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Using M&A to Increase Your Capacity for Growth

Harvard Business

Companies should look beyond the typical goals of size, scale and efficiency – and instead seek to rebuild their capacity for growth. They are highly efficient at what they do, but struggle to do anything new. What needs to change? It starts with re-thinking the objectives for M&A and the post-merger period. ” Why?

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How Winning Organizations Last 100 Years

Harvard Business

Most businesses focus on serving customers, owning resources, being efficient and growing — but the Centennials don’t. They are incredibly strategic, looking 20 to 30 years ahead, to understand how society is evolving, how they can shape it, and how they can get the talent to do this.

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