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First Look: Leadership Books for January 2011

Leading Blog

Outrageous Fortunes : The Twelve Surprising Trends That Will Reshape the Global Economy by Daniel Altman. Being the Boss : The 3 Imperatives for Becoming a Great Leader by Linda A. Hill and Kent L. For bulk orders call 1-800-423-8273. Build your leadership library with these specials on over 160 titles.

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The Fortune Global 500 Isn’t All That Global

Harvard Business Review

The 2014 DHL Global Connectedness Index that one of us (Ghemawat) prepares with Steven Altman, and that was released on November 3, indicates that global connectedness started to deepen again in 2013 after its recovery stalled in 2012.

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The Fortune Global 500 Isn’t All That Global

Harvard Business Review

The 2014 DHL Global Connectedness Index that one of us (Ghemawat) prepares with Steven Altman, and that was released on November 3, indicates that global connectedness started to deepen again in 2013 after its recovery stalled in 2012.

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Are CEOs Really India’s Leading Export?

Harvard Business Review

Satya Nadella’s appointment as Microsoft’s CEO was greeted with headlines such as “ Why Microsoft and Everyone Else Loves Indian CEOs ,” echoing Time’s 2011 lead heralding “ India’s Leading Export: CEOs.” Does the paucity of Indians at the top of non-Indian Fortune Global 500 corporations mean that the late C. Not necessarily.

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The World Is Still Not Flat

Harvard Business Review

Globalization marches on. But the pace isn’t all that fast, and the overall level of global connectedness still hasn’t gotten back to its all-time peak of 2007. Ghemawat, a frequent HBR contributor, began arguing in 2007, with the book Redefining Global Strategy , that the world isn’t nearly as flat as Tom Friedman said it was.

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The World Is Still Not Flat

Harvard Business Review

Globalization marches on. But the pace isn’t all that fast, and the overall level of global connectedness still hasn’t gotten back to its all-time peak of 2007. Ghemawat, a frequent HBR contributor, began arguing in 2007, with the book Redefining Global Strategy , that the world isn’t nearly as flat as Tom Friedman said it was.

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