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How Companies, Governments, and Nonprofits Can Create Social Change Together

Harvard Business

We see this in our research at Columbia University and have identified many examples where CEOs benefit their businesses by partnering across sectors with public officials, nonprofit managers, and community members. Develop portfolios of financing to offset risk and achieve greater scale.

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Why the World Needs Doctors with These 3 Qualities

Harvard Business

Doctorpreneurs have three important qualities: Medical excellence: First and foremost, doctorpreneurs are excellent doctors, with first-rate education and training. Compassion: Doctorpreneurs are compassionate human beings who believe they have a responsibility to use their professional training to serve as many people as possible.

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Business Lessons from Henry David Thoreau

Emerson Consulting Group

So inspired to uncover a solution to this, Henry took himself back to Harvard for a week to engage in an MBA-like “independent study” project, specifically aimed at how to fashion a “recipe” for pencil lead that would transform Thoreau pencils into an efficient product that everyone could use and love.

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When Selling, Ask Questions, Rank Your Prospects … and Listen!

Emerson Consulting Group

These will often heighten your efficiency as to who should be considered a worthwhile prospect to meet with at all, thereby increasing each sales call’s likelihood of success. which transforms business consultants, CEOs, attorneys, finance experts and other business leaders and their companies into published “thought leaders.”

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The H-1B Visa Debate, Explained

Harvard Business

It has benefited the tech industry enormously, and other sectors, including health care, science, and finance, have also used it to fill gaps in their workforces. To reduce overhead, or to cut costs, or to increase efficiency, you decide to contract out (outsource) some or all of your IT work. But in April, just after U.S.