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Nov 2017
20m 11s

When ‘Best Practices’ Backfire

Harvard Business Review
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Freek Vermeulen, an associate professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at the London Business School, argues that too many companies are following so-called best practices that are actually holding them back. They do it because of deep-seated industry tradition—and because it’s hard to know how seemingly successful business models will hold up over the lon ... Show More
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