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Demographics Could Give the U.S. a Competitive Edge

Harvard Business Review

competitiveness strikes a pessimistic tone about certain demographic facts — the education gap between young people and the jobs which are and will be available, the aging of the American population, and the related rise in health care costs. In the context of a not-yet-entirely-settled system of healthcare finance in the U.S.,

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Streaks, from Jumpin' Joe to Mutual Fund Managers

Harvard Business Review

And it's also readily observable that performance streaks are everywhere: We have Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak , Paul the Octopus's seven-game prediction streak for Germany's games in the 2010 World Cup, Ken Jenning's 74-game Jeopardy streak , and Bill Miller's 15-year streak when his mutual fund beat the S&P 500.

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The Ways Big Cities Think About Large-Scale Change

Harvard Business Review

In 2010, Living Cities, a long-standing collaborative of 22 of the world’s leading foundations and financial institutions, created the Integration Initiative to accelerate the pace of change in U.S. Change on a grand scale requires people to come together in new and different ways, and to reimagine what’s possible.

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The Next Frontier of Judgment - Across Enterprises

Harvard Business Review

Judgment of course is what is required when all the facts that can be assembled dont make a decision obvious. Judgment of course is what is required when all the facts that can be assembled dont make a decision obvious. Business people will recognize this as a growing challenge in our interconnected economy. All rights reserved.

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The Right CEO Personality for Process Improvement

Harvard Business Review

Typically, these executives focus on the "what" and the "what if" and not the "how," which of course is the realm of process people. Typically, these executives focus on the "what" and the "what if" and not the "how," which of course is the realm of process people. For that they have underlings — even high-level underlings.

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Health Care Innovation Doesn’t Have to Be Driven by Profit

Harvard Business Review

As health care reform evolves, large public institutions that offer a health safety net have some advantages over privately owned enterprises. Those are all assets in an era of health care reform. I head one of these institutions: Dallas-based Parkland Health and Hospital Systems. Insight Center.

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Big Companies Can Unleash Innovation, Rather than Shackle It

Harvard Business Review

In late 2010 I visited The Mission Hospital (TMH) in Durgapur, a modest town by Indian standards (population about 1 million), nestled in India's northeast corner, near Bangladesh. It worked with a local partner to create India's first financing plan for medical devices. Healthy Heart's first implant occurred in September 2010.