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What Younger Workers Can Learn from Older Workers, and Vice Versa

Harvard Business Review

What we asked people was, at this point in their lives, are they actively building, maintaining, or depleting their tangible and intangible assets? Actively building both tangible and intangible assets is crucial to creating a long and productive working life. How to be financially proficient.

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What It Will Take to Fix HR

Harvard Business Review

As growth became a competitive imperative, business leaders began seeing the firm as a system of investment rather than a system of production. Financial capital was recognized as the scarce resource and its shortage a significant constraint on growth. The CHRO must step up to the implications of the new world of work.

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Filing for a Patent Versus Keeping Your Invention a Trade Secret

Harvard Business Review

In 1998, a group of horse ranchers suddenly set up a production facility and filed an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for a generic version of Premarin. This, of course, represented a serious threat to a hugely profitable product. Budget constraints and the costs for filing a patent force a smart evaluation of your options.