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University of Southern California Business School
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Chunking for Initiative Taking, Genuine Retailer Identity Commitment, Six-Month Grievance Venting System
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In a lecture at the University of Southern California Business School, I talked about this. A young woman raised her hand: “But how could you afford to pay so much more than your competition?” The answer, of course, is…
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"In a lecture at the University of Southern California Business School, I talked about this. A young woman raised her hand: “But how could you afford to pay so much more than your competition?” The answer, of course, is that good people pay by their extra productivity. You can’t afford to have cheap employees."
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Chunking for Initiative TakingGenuine Retailer Identity CommitmentSix-Month Grievance Venting SystemWhite Papers Before Major MovesReasonable Beats Optimal AlwaysPay Premium to Win PremiumEach SKU Profit Center DisciplineNo Secretaries No Secrets PolicyDiscontinuity as Core StrategyGrowth Skepticism as DisciplineOvereducated Underserved TargetingEntrepreneurial Vendor Treasure HuntingBrooks Brothers Strategy