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Estonia Highlights The Progress Made With Government-As-A-Platform

The Horizons Tracker

technologies, that were at the time growing apace via platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, could transform governments and better enable them to address the many challenges facing the world. billion per year can be saved through smarter use of digital technologies. The paper highlighted the potential for web 2.0

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What U2 and the US Navy Have in Common: Connecting with Core Employees

Michael Lee Stallard

Leaders build the Vision bridge by developing and communicating a mission, set of values, and reputation that connect with employees. Leaders build the Voice bridge by developing processes and practices that keep employees “in the loop” and give them regular opportunities to express their views. Connecting the U.S.

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Companies Should Take the Lead in Fixing the Middle-Skills Gap

Harvard Business Review

Yet many employers still struggle to fill certain types of vacancies, especially for so-called middle-skills jobs — in computer technology, nursing, high-skill manufacturing, and other fields — that require postsecondary technical education and training and, in some cases, college math courses or degrees.

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The 787's Problems Run Deeper Than Outsourcing

Harvard Business Review

Outsourcing leads to business model risk — you open the door to outsourcing your profits (in fact, a 2001 Boeing paper that is incredibly prescient and worth the time to read identified exactly this problem). The thing about these Government contracts is that they are paid as development proceeds. At least not yet.

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The Real Reasons Companies Are So Focused on the Short Term

Harvard Business Review

Most attempts to combat short-termism are flawed because they focus on changing CEO behavior through some combination of pleading and incentives. The shift in patenting policy was not to protect innovations, but rather to license them and/or to use them as chips to gain access to other firms’ technology.

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The Outside-In Approach to Customer Service - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM HBS EXECUTIVE EDUCATION

Harvard Business Review

It’s worth noting that the companies and business units in my study were tracked between 2001 and 2007. Q: What are some of the institutional barriers to developing an outside-in orientation? A: Developing an outside-in orientation is difficult to achieve because it requires both insight and action.

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A Couple Reasons to Smile About

Women on Business

The Bush cuts also gradually raised the estate exemption and lowered the estate tax from 2001 until 2010, when the estate tax disappeared for that year only. Barring any Congressional action to change this law, taxes were set to revert back to their pre-2001 rates on January 1, 2011. What’s in the Tax Bill?