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Globalization Is Becoming More About Data and Less About Stuff

Harvard Business Review

The 20th-century version of globalization was defined by rapidly growing trade in goods, as major multinationals created supply chains that spanned the world. Consider how global value chains are evolving. The same is true for cross-border financial flows. Sharpen product strategies for a more digitally connected world.

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The Global Rise of Female Entrepreneurs

Harvard Business Review

Consider three aspects: Reinvestment: In emerging markets, women reinvest a staggering 90 cents of every additional dollar of income in "human resources" — their families'' education, health, nutrition (compared, by the way, to 30-40% for men. Smart companies are watching this trend.

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Quiet Quitting – What Employers Need to Know

ExactHire - Leadership

Quiet quitting by employees is shouting a profound message to their employers that Human Resources professionals, and organizations as a whole, cannot ignore. LinkedIn’s Global Talent Trends 2022 report attests to employees’ wants and needs evolving into a more distinct work-life balance.

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3 Changes Retailers Need to Make to Survive

Harvard Business Review

For example, by pulling together people from finance, human resources, sales, and other product-related departments, one retailer figured out how the company could operate with one-third fewer employees in its stores. As a result, Amazon can regularly adjust to trends and rush out products.

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When Investors Want to Know How You Treat People

Harvard Business Review

It augers great benefits to leaders that have a strong human capital story to tell with numbers, and poses dilemmas for those not prepared to measure their human capital and organizational capability more precisely. Performance measurement Data Human resource management' This is no fringe movement.

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Corporate Sustainability Efforts: Feast or Famine?

Harvard Business Review

In GreenBiz's annual review of 20 indicators of "how business is doing" on green, we learn that 6 of those indicators are on a downward trend. Sustainability has moved from being a hot, new management trend to being just one more thing for execs to keep an eye on: for many it's become a check-box exercise.

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When Transparency Backfires, and How to Prevent It

Harvard Business Review

When contaminated meat or vegetables are recalled, consumer advocates demand more transparency from food supply chains. A trend also emerged that organizations where colleagues almost never cc’ed others were the least distrustful. After a while, each new initiative that HR introduced was met with suspicion and laughter.

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