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8 Ways to Lose in Business

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It isn’t the incompetent who destroy an organization. Kettering said, “Research is an organized method of trying to find out what you are going to do after you cannot do what you are doing now.” When the organization becomes bogged down with administrative issues and bureaucracy, growth can screech to a halt.

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The Benefits of a Performance Culture (and How to Implement One)

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There are things he would do differently, he says, but his core values influenced the company’s culture then and now, and it’s fair to say Excel was built with the kind of integrity that sometimes eludes bigger companies (even if their ethics policies say otherwise). “In The company’s results spoke for themselves, however: Excel had $3.6

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Local Online Advertising to Increase 18% in 2011

Small Business Labs

Defining Small Business Innovation 2010 Top 10 Small Business Trends Intuit Future of Small Business Resources The Changing Face of Entrepreneurs The Connected World of Entrepreneurs Disclosure Policy Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients. billion in 2011. .  billion in 2011.

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Smartphone Sales to Over Take Feature Phone Sales in 2011

Small Business Labs

Defining Small Business Innovation 2010 Top 10 Small Business Trends Intuit Future of Small Business Resources The Changing Face of Entrepreneurs The Connected World of Entrepreneurs Disclosure Policy Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients. will exceed "dumb" phones in 2011

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How Designers Can Set The Stage For A Flexible Future

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These surveys give the firm real-time insights to shape future policy and space design. In our Ann Arbor location for example, which was designed in 2011, we’ve found that when the office is at only 35-percent occupancy meeting spaces are fully booked. Like ours, many organizations are testing and studying during this period of change.

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How Women Are Rising in Business

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And some organizations are looking to help change that. Office of Technology Assessment, the National Science Foundation and the National Academy of Engineering Committee on Public Engineering Policy,” according to her website. Lacy found that motherhood made her not only a better entrepreneur, but a better version of herself.

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How to Create Strategic Partnerships

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Does the organization share your values ? Create policy for the event that a new innovation stems from the partnership. Proof it works: Schaus’s profits grew by 15% from 2011 to 2012 as a result of her partnerships. “Make it explicit that you want to learn everything you can about them in short order,” Gage says.

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