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Artificial IntelligenceAI is revolutionizing supplier negotiations, driven by the need for speed, scalability, and strategic agility in complex supply chains. Initially used for automating low-value tasks, AI can now play a crucial role in a growing number of key procurement decisions. The transition to adopting AI for supplier negotiations should be step by step: from the assisted stage, where AI tools act as copilots but do not replace human decision-making; to semi…Read Article
How AI Is Reshaping Supplier Negotiations
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LayoffsWhen a recession hits or is looming, many companies turn to layoffs in order to preserve cash and maintain flexibility in the face of economic uncertainty. However, new research on U.S. corporations and job cuts finds that when many firms cut jobs at once (as is typical during a recession) it can have an outsized economic impact on workers and local labor markets. To protect markets and offset the impact that layoffs have on workers, firms and p…See the Story
New Research on How Layoffs Affect the Labor Market
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Germany · GermanyPresenting a new strategy to the board is a defining leadership moment in any CEO’s career. Some directors may be supportive. Others will ask tough questions. Ultimately you need to win over their trust and secure their blessing to proceed. What can you do to ensure a robust and thoughtful discussion that gets their buy-in? This HBR Executive Playbook will help you build shared understanding and consensus in the room.See the Story
Presenting a New Strategy to the Board—and Winning Their Buy-In
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