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How to Lead Like a Pig

Next Level Blog

In it, he describes  how real estate investor Sam Zell and his minions destroyed the culture of the Chicago Tribune and other great newspapers in its holding company.

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Social Media Influence | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Validating proof of concept around social media ROI is a discussion that may have had a bit of relevance 24 months ago, but unless you’ve been stranded on a desert island for the last couple of years you know that numerous case studies abound which validate social media beyond any reasonable doubt. What more proof does one need?

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Case Study: Should a Female Director “Tone It Down”?

Harvard Business Review

ran, a Florida-based shopping-center-development group, and she was devoted to both him and his firm. Sarah, an experienced real estate consultant, had always been happy to help. It’s that board I’m on — the real estate company.” Finally , Sarah thought. Offutt, the CEO, had named a time when they could meet.

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Case Study: How Do You Compete with a Goliath?

Harvard Business Review

” Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. “I founded this company to give Peruvians stable, well-paying jobs and to help develop a new class of entrepreneurs. That’s who we really are.”

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Case Study: Should You Rehire Someone Who Left for a Competitor?

Harvard Business Review

Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. Ram had led the technical analysis and design teams for their residential and commercial real estate projects, and Hari had overseen the small team of civil engineers in the field.

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Case Study: Should an Emerging-Market Incubator Help U.S. Businesses?

Harvard Business Review

This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. They’d bonded over their Miami roots and their desire to make a difference in the world, and soon they began developing Helena’s idea into a fully fledged organization.

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Case Study: Can Nice Guys Finish First?

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. Right after the wedding, she'd taken a job with a real estate powerhouse. Kaleeb's wife, Sarah, was inside — on the phone, as always. My age," Adam said.