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Case Study: Culture Clash in the Boardroom

Harvard Business Review

Editors' Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. As he walked into the lobby of the Hilton, he ran into George Ho, the finance director for the joint venture. The room was already packed when Liu Peijin walked in.

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Case Study: Play it Safe at Home, or Take a Risk Abroad?

Harvard Business Review

Editors' Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. His business development team had gotten some good market data about the border cities — Matamoros, Ciudad Juárez — and some leads on potential partners.

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The Boomers are Leaving! – How to Create and Implement a Knowledge.

Strategy Driven

Inside you’ll find scenarios, case studies, tips, templates, and checklists that will help you capture and retain your company’s intellectual capital as Baby Boomers leave the workplace. Workplace demographics paint a startling picture: Almost 40 percent of the U.S. workforce is between 45 and 64. Petersburg, Florida.

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The Boomers are Leaving! – How to Create and Implement a Knowledge.

Strategy Driven

Inside you’ll find scenarios, case studies, tips, templates, and checklists that will help you capture and retain your company’s intellectual capital as Baby Boomers leave the workplace. She is also a fellow of the Poynter Institute, a journalism think tank based in St. Petersburg, Florida.

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A Survey of 3,000 Executives Reveals How Businesses Succeed with AI

Harvard Business Review

While it’s clear that CEOs need to consider AI’s business implications, the technology’s nascence in business settings makes it less clear how to profitably employ it. But while machine learning has many applications, it is just one of many AI-related technologies capable of solving business problems.

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How Women of Color Get to Senior Management

Harvard Business Review

They also generate $1 trillion as consumers and $361 billion in revenue as entrepreneurs, launching companies at 4x the rate of all woman-owned businesses. Developing a diverse leadership pipeline can benefit companies in all sectors. What made their ascent possible? How did (or didn’t) managers play a role?

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How Companies, Governments, and Nonprofits Can Create Social Change Together

Harvard Business Review

In our case study on Central Park, we elaborate on ways she built and maintained her team’s momentum, and we discuss the Park’s current forty-nine team, decentralized zone management system.) Develop portfolios of financing to offset risk and achieve greater scale.

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