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How Companies Can Take a Stand Against Bribery

Harvard Business Review

In 2016, the International Monetary Fund estimated that corruption amounted to roughly 2% of global economic output — between $1.5 External standards can also be a powerful tool in support of those efforts, helping companies strengthen ethics and compliance practices by offering a clear framework for action.

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Jon Stewart, Superboss

Harvard Business Review

“Jon Stewart, we need you in 2016,” pleaded a headline in the New Yorker. His departure, said the magazine, killed the “last hope for bringing some rationality to the 2016 Presidential field.” How would the nation possibly cope without Stewart around to skewer the candidates? And the affection went both ways.

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Research: CEOs with Diverse Networks Create Higher Firm Value

Harvard Business Review

Using BoardEx data provided by the Center for Corporate Performance, we examined a sample of 1,212 CEOs who led S&P 1500 firms between 2000 and 2010. We analyzed each CEO’s network by documenting their school ties, work ties, and leisure social ties (for example, clubs and charities) in the past.

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How Pharma Can Fix Its Reputation and Its Business at the Same Time

Harvard Business Review

The estimated return on these (fewer) products has itself declined substantially since 2010, from 10.1% According to the 2016 Harris Corporate Reputation Poll , only one-third of U.S. An August 2016 Gallup Poll found that no industry is held in lower esteem by U.S. citizens have a positive opinion of big pharma.

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How the New U.S. Tax Plan Will Affect Health Care

Harvard Business Review

The tax bill will be the most important health care legislation enacted since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010. trillion in federal spending in 2016, about 30% of the federal budget, they will be the major targets for deficit reduction. in national health spending overall from 2006 to 2016. from 2014 to 2023.