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6 Due Diligence Concerns Before Outside Contracting

Startup Professionals Musings

Customer-facing services, like call centers, should rarely be outsourced. You can’t isolate your customers from language idiosyncrasies and culture issues, per reduced customer engagement highlighted a while back by the The Globe and Mail. But customers are not looking yet another homogeneous product or service, so be careful.

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7 Ethical Fictions Lead Many New Entrepreneurs Astray

Startup Professionals Musings

These can be as simple as how to handle customer over-payments, or more complex in how to handle the choices every employee may face between conflicting customer and company interests. This is usually an excuse for not developing ethical policies and practices. Business ethics are best left to philosophers and academics.

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6 Realities To Evaluate Your Outsourcing Alternatives

Startup Professionals Musings

Customer-facing services, like call centers, should rarely be outsourced. You can’t isolate your customers from language idiosyncrasies and culture issues, per reduced customer engagement highlighted a while back by the The Globe and Mail. But customers are not looking yet another homogeneous product or service, so be careful.

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Are You Properly Managing Your Core Competency?

Startup Professionals Musings

Customer-facing services, like call centers, should rarely be outsourced. You cant isolate your customers from language idiosyncrasies and empowerment issues, per reduced customer satisfaction highlighted a while back by the Wall Street Journal. core competency entrepreneur near shoring offshoring outsource startup'

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7 Delusions About Business Ethics Limit Future Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

These can be as simple as how to handle customer over-payments, or more complex in how to handle the choices every employee may face between conflicting customer and company interests. This is usually an excuse for not developing ethical policies and practices. Business ethics are best left to philosophers and academics.

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7 Cultural Myths That Can Destroy Your Moral Compass

Startup Professionals Musings

These can be as simple as how to handle customer over-payments, or more complex in how to handle the choices every employee may face between conflicting customer and company interests. This is usually an excuse for not developing ethical policies and practices. Business ethics are best left to philosophers and academics.