Dame Julia Goodfellow President, Universities UK Malia Bouattia President, National Union of Students Aditya Chakrabortty reports (27 September) on the worst private-sector tactics of outsourcing, zero-hour and agency-worker contracts by Coventry University.
Perhaps the clearest example of how difficult it was for Romney to use private-sector tactics to mold public policy was his approach to higher education.
It is perhaps the one sector where methods, tactics and experience of the Israel Defense Forces' intelligence units can readily translate into commercial products for business customers.
When street protests, mainly on behalf of a bloated public sector, become a negotiating tactic of first rather than last resort, politicians have less chance to listen to those ordinary people in the first place.
Diversifying its clientele outside the high-tech sector, a modern survival tactic of many public relations firms, Allison & Partners has already added accounts from the likes of Sony Pictures and the Disney Channel.
"I would argue that both lists are based largely on individual-store performance and tactics, not necessarily on sector growth," he said.
While sector rotation is a popular investment tactic, critics say it is too difficult to succeed consistently to make it worthwhile.
