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The Lockdown Unlocks Real Work

Markovitz Consulting

The sales, marketing, product, and customer service teams were stuck at the 11th hour (well, the 12th hour, actually) adjusting for the CEO’s violation of structure. He diverted a container that was en route to the US with $400,000 worth of shoes to Africa, where he unloaded everything at a loss.

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Global Capital Markets 2016: The Value Migration

BCG

Yet the same cannot be said for the capital markets industry as a whole—the ecosystem that includes buy-side firms, sell-side firms, information service providers, and exchanges. Over the next five years, revenues in the capital markets industry will grow by an estimated 12%, increasing to $661 billion from $593 billion in 2015.

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Framework for Understanding Market Tops and Bottoms

MishTalk

Last week I received an excellent article from Variant Perception on "Market Tops", and have permission to excerpt some of it. Here is a link to the summary page of Understanding Market Tops. Framework for Understanding Tops In the following table, we summarize the signs of market bottoms and tops. Insiders, however, are smart.

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Finding the Sweet Spot Between Mass Market and Premium

Harvard Business

A decade ago, the Mach 3 razor was Gillette’s premium offering for men, until the Fusion line was launched in 2006 at a 40% price increase, followed by the Fusion ProGlide in 2010 and the Fusion Proshield Flexball in 2016—to name a few of the brand’s major releases. times the cost of mainstream ice creams.

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(Re)Designing the HR Organization (Kates, Human Resource Planning, 2006)

Kates Kesler

Human Resource Planning, 2006. However, the unique combination of strategies, market factors, and the life cycle stage of a given company and its existing capabilities will determine what type of design is appropriate. Many HR functions have gone through the process of transformation over the past decade.

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Majority in U.S. Say Healthcare Not Government's Responsibility

MishTalk

Percentage Point Change Since 2006 Since 2006, the share of republicans who say healthcare is not the responsibility has increased from 57% to 86%, a rise of 29 percentage points. Since 2006, the share of independents who say healthcare is not the responsibility has increased from 25% to 55%, a rise of 30 percentage points.

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How Managers Should Respond When Bribes Are Business as Usual

Harvard Business

Studies show that it’s also counterproductive resulting in lower profit margins, return on equity , and employee morale ; costly delays as players haggle over the size of the kickback; and poverty and poor governance in the markets where they’re paid. ” Identify “moon markets” and walk away.