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Even for Companies, the U.S. Is Split Between Haves and Have-Nots

Harvard Business Review

Economywide ROIC has trended downward since the 1980s, falling from above 6% in the mid-1960s to 5% in 1980, then to 3% in 1990, and to only a bit more than 1% by 2010. Companies are using this money for share buybacks, or putting it in the bank, running high (and rising) cash balances of close to 15% of GDP. economic performance.

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The Authenticity Trap for Workers Who Are Not Straight, White Men

Harvard Business Review

For example, at Standard Chartered in India, one female executive drove the transformation of two bank branches in Kolkata and New Delhi into all-women branches, a move which increased net sales at these branches by an impressive 127% and 75%, respectively, from 2009 to 2010.

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