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Divided We Stand: Treating Corporate America’s Loneliness Epidemic

Michael Lee Stallard

A nationwide survey published in the American Sociological Review in 2006 shows that despite our proud motto, Americans are lonelier now than ever before. In 1985, and then again in 2004, the General Social Survey (GSS) asked Americans about their close social networks. The results were alarming. Feed Your Hunger Before You Starve.

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Frugal Innovation: Lessons from Carlos Ghosn, CEO, Renault-Nissan

Harvard Business Review

Carlos Ghosn, Chairman and CEO of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, famously coined the term "frugal engineering" in 2006. For example, in 2004, Renault launched Logan, a small, no-frills family car. It's about learning how to innovate under severe constraints and turn extreme adversity into an opportunity for growth.

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An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

The idea was simple: Combine the best of both companies into the new Yahoo China, which was projected to generate more than $25 million in revenue in 2004. We were optimistic about Yahoo’s future in China as the deal closed in January 2004. At the end of 2006, eBay pulled out of the market.

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9 Ways Social Media Can Make You A Better Leader

Terry Starbucker

Blogging about leadership organizes and crystallizes your thoughts – When I started writing about leadership on my blog back in 2006, I was surprised at how the act of putting things “on paper&# was so effective at taking the concepts in your head, organizing them, and converting them into quicker action.

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How to Pull Your Company Out of a Tailspin

Harvard Business Review

At first, the causes of free fall appear to be external: a global financial crisis, a banking system collapse, government deregulation, or, more common, a new business model or technology harnessed by a nimble insurgent competitor. Clearly, something else, beyond the disruptive technology itself, is behind the demise of companies like Kodak.

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The Reinvention of NASA

Harvard Business Review

Over the past few decades, not only has NASA delivered crucial technologies for society, such as water filtration systems, satellite-based search-and-rescue, and UV coating on eyeglasses, it has also evolved its dominant logic and business model. It is currently at less than o.5% 5% of the federal budget.

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How to Manage Multiple Partnerships

Harvard Business Review

Their exclusive agreement had been launched in the go-go year of 2000, but by 2004 it had landed in court. The 2006 ruling of Judge Margaret McVeigh of the New Jersey Superior Court highlights the root of the problem with exclusivity in partnership contracts: Amazon.com did not want a ten year agreement.