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• A case in poor management: Kodak

  When I worked as a buyer for photography products Kodak had over a 90% market share in film and was king of the hill.  What happened to Kodak is a lesson to all companies who refuse to acknowledge innovation and …

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• Why cutting expenses can hurt tomorrow’s performance

  Managers get punished harshly for failing to meet expectations, even unrealistic ones, so in growing numbers they’ll try to hit their targets by doing things they shouldn’t. According to Geoff Colvin here are some stupid things to do to “make …

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• Creative destruction: Who benefits ?

  There has been a lot of talk about creative destruction because of Mr Romney.  In a capitalist society profits and sales are important but today so are people.  Companies are going to declare bankruptcy and as a result realign operations …

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• “It pains me to fire you” (What a crock !)

  Mitt Romney said Saturday night that it pains him to fire workers in order to make a company more profitable, responding to criticism from Newt Gingrich, who cited a New York Times story on one of Romney’s ventures.  That is such a load …

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• So you want “this job” ?

  The economy is starting to pick up and what I am hearing and seeing is that some companies are indeed hiring again.  While this is good news for most of the people who are out of work and looking the …

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