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The End Of Long-Term Planning

Strategy Driven

At the end of a particularly long and grueling strategy meeting with the executive team of a major consumer services business, Alan, the chief executive officer, turned to me and said, “Living quarter by quarter is madness, but in a few years’ time people will laugh at us for developing three-year plans.” He was right. About the Author.

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The Supply Of Houses And Integration Of Refugees In Sweden

The Horizons Tracker

The study focuses on the Settlement Act, which was introduced in 2016 and ensures that municipalities receive refugees according to certain quotas. They explain that municipalities impose a range of housing policies, which enable them to maintain, adapt, or even deny long-term settlement of refugees.

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Does The Age Of A Board Affect Company Innovation?

The Horizons Tracker

Innovation involves trying out new things, making improvements, and seeing what works in the market. Many CEOs, the top leaders of companies, often focus on short-term goals because that’s how they’re rewarded in their jobs. The study looked at data from big companies in the S&P 1500 list from 1992 to 2016.

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Featured Instigator: Eileen McDargh

Lead Change Blog

Focusing on resiliency, Eileen has found great synergy with health care audiences and long term care, educators (as an award-winning educator, she went from teaching kids to grown-ups—who are still like kids), and women’s leadership groups. Previous 2016 Featured Instigators: 11/2016: Ann Van Eron. 10/2016: Will Lukang.

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Smart Business is Business Redefined

Leading Blog

In 2016, Alibaba facilitated sales of $15 billion. In 2016, Black Friday and Cyber Monday saw less than 3.5 Instead, Alibaba is what you get if you take every function associated with retail and coordinate them online into a sprawling, data-driven network of sellers, marketers, service providers, logistics companies, and manufacturers.

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Previous Unemployment Changes Voter Behavior

The Horizons Tracker

The researchers build on long-held assumptions that unemployment impacts voter turnout, but the research shows that even if we’ve been unemployed in the past, this still affects participation, especially if the unemployment was traumatic. ” Chances of voting.

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Feedback To Female Entrepreneurs Often Has Gender Bias Baked In

The Horizons Tracker

As a result, they and their ideas may be discounted by the platform because they’re not the intended target market. The researchers tested the impact of this sampling bias on around 6,000 products that had been released on Product Hunt between 2016 and 2018. Gender gap.