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What Impact Does Foreign Direct Investment Have On Productivity?

The Horizons Tracker

In our globalized world, it’s increasingly common for companies to invest internationally in a process known as foreign direct investment (FDI). A common form of FDI is to invest in countries with favorable tax policies as this lowers the tax obligations of companies.

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GC25: Four Game Drives – and One Drive to Rule Them All

Engaging Leader

Game Drives Game Actions that appeal to each of the Four Game Drives How to consider the player’s focus based on their dominant drive: are players more focused on people or things, and are they more focused on outcomes or process? how do they like to engage?” Marczewski, Andrzej (2013), “Marczewski''s Gamification User Types 2.0”

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Review of “The New Extraordinary Leader”

The Practical Leader

The first edition of their book, The Extraordinary Leader: Turning Good Managers into Great Leaders, published in 2002, formed the foundation for a unique 360 strengths-based assessment and development process. This edition featured 20 key insights on leadership development.

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On Judgment - What John W. Gardner Told Me about Leadership

Building Personal Strength

Gardner (1912-2002). I wasn't one of the lucky ones ultimately chosen, but during the selection process it was my was good fortune to sit next to John Gardner during lunch. Also, I've learned that this is the last part of the brain to develop itself, a process that begins at puberty and continues throughout adolescence.

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Coaching for Behavioral Change

Marshall Goldsmith

When the steps in the coaching process described below are followed, leaders almost always positive behavioral change – not as judged by themselves, but as judged by pre-selected, key stakeholders. This process has been used around the world with great success – by both external coaches and internal coaches.

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China’s Economy, in Six Charts

Harvard Business Review

Its gross domestic product has surged from less than $150 billion in 1978 to $8,227 billion in 2012 (see “China’s GDP” chart below). In the process, more than 600 million people have escaped poverty. percent average annual increase in GDP in 1990 to 2002, and 7.2 percentage points in 1990-2002, and 0.3

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The IT Challenge of the London Olympics

Harvard Business Review

The fact is, London 2012 is the largest and most sophisticated sports information technology (IT) project of all time. In preparation for the 2012 Games, Atos ran more than 200,000 hours of tests and rehearsals, including full technical tests and simulations of hundreds of worst-case scenarios.