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Collaboration for Change: Multi-Sector Partnerships in Sustainable Medical and Sharps Waste Management

Strategy Driven

As the world grapples with waste management challenges, the city of Houston stands as a beacon of innovation. A harmonized approach where multiple sectors come together for a common cause: the safe and sustainable management of medical and sharps waste. The Price of Neglect While the U.S. The era of isolated efforts is over.

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Authority on new technology and communication. Co-founder of Rose Park Advisors—Disruptive Innovation Fund. A leading thinker on strategy and breakthrough innovation. Formerly a leader in the automotive, retail, restaurant, media innovation and consulting industries. Leads Tuck’s incredibly innovative coaching program.

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The Real Reason Companies Are Spending Less on Tech

Harvard Business Review

labor market of the 2000s coincided with a sharp deceleration in computer investment — a fact that appears first-order inconsistent with the onset of a new era of capital-labor substitution. job market troubles of the past decade than new technology had. job market troubles of the past decade than new technology had.

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Six Predictions for Digital Business in 2012

Harvard Business Review

My crystal ball devoted to the intersection of business and digital technology brought forth six predictions for 2012. There will be at least one instance of a science fiction technology becoming reality. Anyone think those are the last of the amazing digital innovations? So a lot of what's below will be off-base or dead wrong.

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Recommended Resources – An Interview with Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi, authors of The Essential Advantage

Strategy Driven

Achieving coherence requires a sharpness of focus that few companies have mastered. Large downturns (such as this recession), technology disruptions, or regulatory shifts create discontinuities that simply accelerate the industry’s evolution toward this equilibrium state. The leading companies are getting out in front of this trend.

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Research: The Rise of Superstar Firms Has Been Better for Investors than for Employees

Harvard Business Review

” Rapid technological advance in computers and automation has led to a huge fall in the quality-adjusted price of capital equipment. Moreover, China itself is experiencing a sharp decline in labor’s share. The disagreement is over why labor has been losing out. Maybe the leading story is “Robocalypse Now.”

GDP 8
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Get Your Budget Ready for the Upturn

Harvard Business Review

There is ample evidence that things are better, trader-driven stock price gyrations notwithstanding. Housing prices have stabilized and are increasing in some regions. For example, the wealth effect from rising equity and real estate prices might make premium product segments more attractive in the coming years.