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Business Strategy – How to Handle Confidential Information

BrainZooming

While we undoubtedly covered it in class, I learned the ins and outs of confidential information on the job. However, waiting to tell employees until after the market has learned the information leaves employees ill-equipped to support the change. When I worked on the consulting side, that was largely client information.

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The 10 Telltale Signs of Future Troubles for WalMart

Adam Hartung

2 – In March, 2010 AdAge ran a column about WalMart being “stuck in the middle” and effectively becoming the competitive “bulls-eye” of retailing. 3 – In October, 2010 Fortune ran an article profiling then-CEO Mike Duke. It described an executive absolutely obsessive about operational minutia.

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