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What Happens To Productivity After Minimum Wage Increases?

The Horizons Tracker

Traditionally, those opposed to the minimum wage would argue that its introduction would stop employers from creating low-productivity jobs as certain workers simply don’t provide sufficient value to justify the new wage floor. The researchers overcame this by analyzing productivity data from a U.S.

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What Impact Does Foreign Direct Investment Have On Productivity?

The Horizons Tracker

It’s an approach that may have negative consequences on the economic productivity of both the home country of the company and the country it invests in, however, as new research from Temple University explains. The analysis found that routing FDI via tax havens had different impact on the productivity of the home and host country.

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LeadershipNow 140: September 2012 Compilation

Leading Blog

Here are a selection of tweets from September 2012 that you might have missed: @davidrock101: 3 ways to think deeply at work. World's top brands of 2012. The Process is as Important as the Product : 7 Tips to Manage Both by @JesseLynStoner. 10 unexpected ways to show your staff that you value them by @mjasmus.

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Steve Jobs: The Dynamics of An Excellent Team

Leading Blog

A productive team that pulls the best thinking from all members encourages the friction we need to grow into something transformative. What follows is a lightly edited portion of Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview , released in 2012, explaining what is required from a team to achieve excellence. It’s groupthink.

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LeadershipNow 140: November 2012 Compilation

Leading Blog

Here are a selection of tweets from November 2012 that you might have missed: A Great Leader's Year-end Checklist by @lesmckeown Making time to reflect. From @JimClemmer: Thoughts That Make You Go Hmmm on.Making Strengths Productive (Peter Drucker). Doing Leadership. Part 1 of 6 by @Mark_Sanborn. See more on Twitter.

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Tenacity in 2012

Lead on Purpose

How will you show tenacity in 2012? —. The Product Management Perspective: Tenacity is key for creating great products. Product success does not come overnight, but instead comes over time, through consistent application of sound principles.

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The January 2013 Leadership Development Carnival: Best of 2012 Edition

Great Leadership By Dan

Welcome to The January 2013 Leadership Development Carnival: Best of 2012 Edition! favorite, most popular) post from 2012, along with why it was the best. was the most popular post of 2012 on the Leading in Context Blog. Here's my own favorite from 2012, 10 Simple "Truths" about Management vs. Leadership. Mike Henry Sr.,