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China’s Economy, in Six Charts

Harvard Business Review

Foreign investors have flocked to the country’s shores as many of the world’s largest manufacturers have established operations there. percent average annual increase in GDP in 1990 to 2002, and 7.2 percentage points in 1990-2002, and 0.3 This is the overarching goal of China’s 2010-2015 plan. percentage points of the 10.5

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How to Create Remarkable Teams PART 2 – Collaboration

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2010), and even looking into the impact of facial features (DeBruine, Lisa, 2002). 5) Operational Transparency -. Improves participation and the quality of decision making. Accountability, on the other hand, is a process of verifying the quality of decisions or actions after the fact. Mayer, James H. Davis and F.

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The IT Challenge of the London Olympics

Harvard Business Review

It has been our responsibility to lead the consortium of IT partners involved in designing, building, and operating the massive, mission critical IT infrastructure and solutions that support the Games. Thus, London 2012 is reusing a lot of the IT operational procedures we implemented for the 2008 Summer and 2010 Winter Games.

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The Problem With Coaching | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

The problem with the coaching profession is that as a general rule it is a widely held belief (at least by coaches) that a good business coach need not have specific business expertise and experience in the same field as the person receiving the coaching in order to provide quality business coaching services. Ultimately, I agree with Peter.

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Blockbuster Becomes a Casualty of Big Bang Disruption

Harvard Business Review

” Classic disruptive innovation says that a cheaper, but lower-quality, innovator can eventually overtake an incumbent by gradually siphoning off customers the incumbent doesn’t find it profitable to defend. At its peak, the company operated 10,000 stores. As recently as 2002, the company had a market value of $5 billion.