This tendency to regress raises the question whether a bolder approach is needed, going beyond limited fixes or experiments and instead rethinking the fundamentals of management.

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When selecting cloud service providers, enterprises should consider the rigor and application of these fundamentals in their evaluation process. the quality of management applied to any IT environment that drives good security.

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Perhaps this is my own moment of doubt, but many of these same arguments I myself have used does not speak to me of a rewriting of organizational management fundamentals anytime soon.

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Perhaps the financial industry, instead of seeking icons, should focus on fundamentals: careful risk management and client relationships.

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We continue to search for the stocks of undervalued companies with attractive business models and solid fundamentals, run by top notch management teams.

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"We've held a substantial long position in the Mexican peso since the beginning of the year, which has done very well, and we're going to keep that for the time being simply on fundamentals and attractive valuations, " said Dagmar Dvorak, an investment manager of fixed income and currencies at Baring Asset Management in London.

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