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Ethnic Minorities Are Paid Less, Even In The Same Firm

The Horizons Tracker

The researchers assessed data from the 1998, 2004, and 2011 editions of the British Workplace Employment Relations Survey. For instance, people reported feeling like second-class citizens or having any unique practices of their racial group treated with contempt. Segregated workplaces.

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Helping Kids Cope with Bullies - What Experts Say

Building Personal Strength

2011) to this topic. 2004) recommends that the victim try ignoring verbal harassment. Plus, when he was young he was the smallest kid in his class. I coped with it by steering clear of these jerks. One author, Vanessa Van Petten, devotes an entire chapter of her book, Do I Get My Allowance Before or After I'm Grounded?

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The 50 Most Influential Management Gurus

First Friday Book Synopsis

Below are the results for 2011. Every two years, the Thinkers50 publishes their definitive list of management thinkers. For classic HBR content from this year’s winners, please click here. Christensen is the Kim B.

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China's Stubbornly High Food Prices

Harvard Business Review

in September 2011, down slightly from the three-year peak of 6.5% in July 2011 — appears likely to remain a priority. in September 2011, the same as in August, though down from a July 2011 peak increase of 14.8% — staying so stubbornly high? For Beijing, tackling China's high inflation rate — 6.1%

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Why the South Will Lead in the Global Tilt

Harvard Business Review

Fluid capital, mobile communications, and an expanding global middle class all contribute to the global tilt, but the human factor is also a powerful driver. In 2011, for the third year in a row, the Euromonitor International market research firm ranked Haier as the top appliance brand in the world, calculated its retail volume share as 7.8

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The Scaling Lesson from Facebook’s Miraculous 10-Year Rise

Harvard Business Review

On February 4th, 2004, Harvard undergraduate Mark Zuckerberg launched “Thefacebook.” In early 2006, Diego Rodriguez and I started teaching a class we called “Creating Infectious Action” at the Stanford d. Today is Facebook’s 10 th anniversary. The opening sentence was “When Mark E.

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Business Model Innovation the Red Sox Way

Harvard Business Review

The Red Sox have added several new classes of seats, notably seats on top of the iconic 30-foot wall in left field (" the Green Monster "). Of course, a track record of recent success, including two World Series titles (the one in 2004 ending a famous 86-year drought) and six trips to the playoffs in nine years hasn't hurt.