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mark gottfredson

Strategic Sourcing: From Periphery to the Core: The Idea in Brief Almost nothing a company does can't be outsourced anymore--even functions as critical as engineering, marketing, and manufacturing. Yet only 6% of the companies that outsource are satisfied with the practice. Why?...; Tags: Stephen Phillips, Rudy Puryear, Mark Gottfredson, Finance, Marketing, Business Operations, It Operations, Channel Management, Outsourcing, Capability, Supplier, 7-Eleven Inc., Sourcing, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Business Structures, Outsource, Partnership, In Brief, Harvard Business Review; Articles 2008-01-04

Simplicity-Minded Management: The Idea in Brief Big companies have always been complex. But to cope with new challenges such as globalization, they've increased their complexity--with proliferating products, tangled reporting relationships, and duplicated processes. They've become unwieldy, ungovernable, and...; Tags: Management, Simplicity, In Brief, Harvard Business Review, Ron Ashkenas, Finance, Business Operations, Human Resources, Marketing, Complexity, ConAgra, Branding, Financial Accounting, Organizational Structure, Operational Planning; Articles 2008-01-02