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How to Keep Your Team Agile and Aligned Under Pressure

Strategy Driven

You can see this play out in your daily operations and ultimately in the P&L. As a leader, you are constantly trying to maximize the magical effort to effectiveness equation (a.k.a. efficiency). However, there is an intangible asset that is very difficult to quantify — but without it you cannot ultimately succeed. About the Author.

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Top 10 Green Business Stories of 2011

Harvard Business Review

The goal: to reduce negative environmental and social impacts of the $1.4 The movement has been building for years, from P&G opening up its product development pipeline early in the 2000s to the launch of the GreenXchange for sharing green patents early in 2010. for " every manufacturer, component, and process in apparel production."

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Women, Finance the World You Want

Harvard Business Review

But the fact is that in the Wild West of investing, an Annie Oakley is rare — the realm of investing is still very much a dude ranch. When she's not at work managing a portfolio that consistently outperforms relevant benchmarks, you can find her at home buying and bearing bonds. Investing is about taking stock in you.