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Winning Isn’t Everything: The Art of Playing Well

Tom Spencer

One example of a company that embodies Porter’s approach is Patagonia, an outdoor clothing company, which is committed to creating high-quality products as well as protecting the environment. They have a program called Common Threads [pdf], which encourages customers to recycle their clothes.

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Is Your Company as Ethical as It Seems?

Harvard Business

The onus for ethical behavior falls first to the employee. Most companies talk a good ethics game and even make their goals public. Compensation should be tied to broad-based outcomes and include things such as customer satisfaction and product knowledge, in addition to success at closing deals. billion in inflated profits.

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Local US Business Experts for Market Management

Business Consulting Agency

Local business experts offer guidance on regulatory compliance, licensing, permits, tax obligations, import/export regulations, and industry-specific laws, ensuring businesses operate legally and ethically.

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Avoiding Costly Business Mistakes With Consultants

Business Consulting Agency

A single misstep, whether in product quality, customer service, or ethical considerations, can tarnish a brand’s image irreparably. These inefficiencies hinder productivity and hamper the ability to adapt to market dynamics. The tangible impact of consulting services is reflected in case studies and quantifiable metrics.

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CSR: Collaborating with NPOs for Positive Social Impact

Tom Spencer

Measurable Impact Partnering with a non-profit that has measurable metrics for success is crucial to ensuring that the partnership has a meaningful impact. Through detailed reports and metrics, Charity: Water is able to show the impact of their work.

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Why CEOs Can’t Dance Redux

Rick Conlow

By not dancing, CEOs cost their companies billions of dollars of lost employee innovation, productivity, and customer service. In the 1940’s, Peter Drucker praised the company for its product decentralization but criticized it, even back then, for treating employees as a feudal cost center rather than a base of knowledge and potential.

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Big Data in Marketing – It Is Here To Stay

Tom Spencer

This is especially important for marketers whose job is to connect consumers and products. Product recommendations have been commonplace in most online shops such as Amazon for many years. Producers of consumer goods have been especially successful in developing and marketing new products using this approach.

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