After much negotiation and a few technical glitches, it has at last arranged to start selling the funds of a few other providers, possibly by the end of this year.

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Though in-house programs tend to be more expensive and labor-intensive than educational partnerships or bringing in external trainers, they are usually "much more customized and tailored to your organizational needs, regardless of whether it's a very technical training or even about business negotiation, " says Donna Weiss, managing director at the Corporate Executive Board.

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