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Leadership in the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association

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The RV Financing Community. Leadership Sports Travel What is Work life Coleman Company Fleetwood Enterprises Ford Motor Company John Brademas Monaco Coach Corporation Recreation Vehicle Industry Association RVIA Thetford Corporation Thor Industries U.S. Norm Jacobson. Lance Camper Manufacturing Corp. Sid Johnson. Jayco, Inc.

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An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

In May of 2005, Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, cofounder Jerry Yang, corporate development executive Toby Coppel, and I — I was then chief financial officer of the Silicon Valley internet company — went on what would turn out to be a fateful trip to China. On the finance and deal side, we also felt a strong kinship with Tsai.

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How One Company Contained Health Care Costs and Improved Morale

Harvard Business Review

Instead of simply providing health insurance, savvy employers are tackling health care costs by supporting the whole employee—everything from their finances to their career development to physical health. This is not just good for individuals; it’s good for business. Well-being has to be woven into the very fabric of the company.”

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Serving on Boards Helps Executives Get Promoted

Harvard Business Review

More than 25 years ago, William Sahlman wrote the HBR article “Why Sane People Shouldn’t Serve on Public Boards,” in which he compared serving on a board to driving without a seatbelt, that it was just too risky—to their time, reputations, and finances—for too little reward. increased by over $300,000.

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Is the Next Karl Marx a Management Consultant?

Harvard Business Review

Back when economists and finance scholars believed that stock market prices were a near-perfect representation of the current value and future prospects of corporations, it seemed conceivable that following the movements of the market would steer executives right. Today some business gurus have a similar message.

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The New New International Economic Order

Harvard Business Review

Earlier this week, on April 16, the US nominee Jim Yong Kim was selected over Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and former Colombian Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo. In light of this history, many observers suspect that the new NIEO-style demands of 2012 are just more of the same, and will meet with the same outcome.

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Who’s Responsible for the Walmart Mexico Scandal?

Harvard Business Review

It broke into the open in April, 2012, when the New York Times published a lengthy investigative piece alleging Walmart bribery in a Mexican subsidiary and a cover-up in its Bentonville, Arkansas, global headquarters. Boards Leadership Wal-mart' Think GM and its delays in addressing problems with an ignition switch.).