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What Has the Eurozone Learned from the Financial Crisis?

Harvard Business Review

But the real tragedy happened later: a timid recovery during 2010-11 was followed by a second recession starting in the third quarter of 2011, from which Europe did not start recovering until 2015. Yet the place where the crisis had originated, the U.S., avoided the second recession and continued its recovery. What went wrong? Fiscal policy.

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End the Chaos: A Better Approach to Business Intelligence

Harvard Business Review

As she navigated through spreadsheets and dashboard screens — each created by a different person for a different purpose — the only constant was the title of the report, "2012 Actuals." — and come to a consensus-based decision. Our business units are all trying to do the same thing with different tools," she says.

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Ending the Shareholder Lawsuit Gravy Train

Harvard Business Review

The Supreme Court is going to host a debate next week on the efficient market hypothesis. a case scheduled to go to oral arguments on March 5, the Supremes are reconsidering the “fraud on the market” doctrine at the heart of most securities-class-action lawsuits. billion, or 17% of settlements, in 2012. John Fund, Inc. ,