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101 Things I Learned in Business School

Leading Blog

Moral hazards can result from a positive feedback loop: for example, a lender insured by the government against loan default may make very risky, high-interest loans to uncreditworthy customers because it will do no worse than break even, and may realize a very high rate of return.

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The Economic Consequences Of COVID-19 Could Last Decades

The Horizons Tracker

” Depressed rate of return. The researchers believe that the coronavirus pandemic is likely to depress real rates of return, which is likely to result in small increases in both real wages and investment. In contrast, we find that wars have no such effect, indeed the opposite,” the researchers say.

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Unlocking the Potential of Less Than Truckload (LTL) Freight Shipping: Strategies for Efficiency and Cost Management

Strategy Driven

How items are packed can significantly reduce the likelihood of damage, ensuring that products arrive at their destination in pristine condition and reducing the rate of returns or insurance claims. Therefore, those who can adjust and welcome these developments have a bright future.

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How to Diversify Your Happiness

Next Level Blog

Over time, the balanced investment approach of asset diversification has proven to yield reasonably predictable rates of return. Not super sexy rates of return, but rates in which you can have some degree of confidence. And, by now, you may be asking yourself, “I thought this was a leadership blog.

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Seven Ways Leaders Impact Training’s Return on Investment

Kevin Eikenberry

People often talk increasing the return on investment for training, and generally, most people point to others to be responsible for that return, or measure that return.

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Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA) Business

Coaching Tip

Leaders in companies prioritizing interaction skills are more effective at coaching and developing others; communicating and interacting; developing strong networks and partnerships; fostering employee creativity and innovation; and identifying and developing future talent. DDI Senior Vice President and study co-author.

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What Private Equity Investors Think They Do for the Companies They Buy

Harvard Business Review

In operational engineering, PE firms develop industry and operating expertise that they bring to bear to add value to their portfolio companies. Rather, they rely on internal rates of return and multiples of invested capital.

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