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Learn MBA Skills In 12 Weeks

Eric Jacobson

Model cooperative behavior. Call attention to and recognize cooperative behavior. Besides Numbers and People, traditional MBAs cover a lot of other topics, such as marketing and operations management that are fascinating, of course. But we leave them out of our book because they are neither timeless nor universal.

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Leadership Matters

N2Growth Blog

In the text that follows you’ll hear Sam’s views on leadership, the state of the market, and you’ll be introduced to his retirement ambitions and the future challenges for the boardroom, following his return to Perth, Australia. I will, of course, continue with my Charity and Arts connections. On with the interview.

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The Big Barrier to High-Value Health Care: Destructive Self-Interest

Harvard Business Review

In the mid-Atlantic region of the United States, an effort is under way to get insurers, providers, employers, and unions to cooperate in creating a system that can reduce total health care costs and premiums while achieving better outcomes. Dominant providers leverage their market position to raise prices independently of cost or quality.

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Can African Tech Startups Succeed in a World Dominated by Facebook and Google?

Harvard Business Review

Across African markets, information and communication technology (ICT) is facilitating the process of socioeconomic developments. The implication is massive: Naspers, Africa’s largest company by market capitalization, recently exited its classified e-commerce business in some markets.

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Can Impact Investing Avoid the Failures of Microfinance?

Harvard Business Review

Impact investors over the past decade largely focused on proving that impact investments could achieve a “market rate” or above return profile. Making something wildly profitable will of course attract the attention of financial markets, and thus increase the chances it will scale effectively.

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Are CEOs Overhyped and Overpaid?

Harvard Business Review

For example, open-minded and curious CEOs create an entrepreneurial culture, driven and intense CEOs create a culture of results and achievement, and altruistic CEOs create a culture of empathy and cooperation. return on sales, return on assets, and market-to-book ratio) have been increasing with time , at least in the U.S.

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How Big a Competitive Threat Is China, Really?

Harvard Business Review

In short, Japan enjoyed asymmetric openness — access to foreign technology and export markets but protection from foreign competition. Of course, this system has turned China into a manufacturing juggernaut. Simply because of its size, it commands attention in global negotiations on trade, finance, and the environment.