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Research Suggests Firms Should Look Externally For New Bosses

The Horizons Tracker

Choosing leaders The authors examined 193 private equity (PE)-backed companies valued at $1 billion or more, a figure comparable to mid-sized public firms in the S&P 400 Index, that were acquired between 2010 and 2016. Paying off The advantages of appointing an external CEO for private equity firms are clear, the research suggests.

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20 Most Popular Posts on the Curious Cat Management Blog in 2016

Curious Cat

These posts were the most popular posts on the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog in 2016 (as measured by page views, as recorded by my analytics application). The Toyota Way – Two Pillars (2010). How to Manage What You Can’t Measure (2010) *. How to Get a New Management Strategy, Tool or Concept Adopted (2010).

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Treading Water Is The Same As Drowning.

Rich Gee Group

In 2010 — they launched the MacBook Air without a DVD drive (“How will I watch movies?”). In 2016 — they launched a new MacBook Pro with 4 USB-C ports (“How will I connect my stuff?). In 1998 — they launched the iMac without a floppy disk drive (“How will we transfer files?).

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Rural Students Disadvantaged When It Comes To University

The Horizons Tracker

After researching data from around 800,000 English students starting university in 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, and 2016, they found that cities appear to provide an “escalator effect” into these universities that don’t exist in rural areas.

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Think SoLoMo or SoCoLoMo – Social Commerce, Local & Mobile – For Digital Success

Modern Servant Leader

eCommerce Influence: By 2016, more than half of the dollars spent in US retail will be influenced by the Web. Billion in 2010 to 7.9 Influence on Retail: By 2016, $689 Billion will be influenced by mobile retail. Forrester Research: US Cross-channel Retail Forecast 2011 to 2016. Commerce and Content. Billion in 2015.

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Want some grub?

CEO Blog

I did not have a problem with screen time in China since China banned Google in 2010. I attended Ideacity in 2016. I am increasingly thinking screen time is making us dumber (except of course reading this blog). And it made me realize how much I Google things – Yahoo did work though. EG – using a blow torch to cook duck.

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What Impact Might Covid Have On The Election?

The Horizons Tracker

The research found that a 10% decline in house prices resulted in lower election turnouts among mortgage holders by 1.6%, which would amount to around 800,000 voters across the 2010 and 2012 national elections. It’s a case where the opportunity costs now of voting are very high for some people,” the researcher explains.

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