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Why IBM Gives Top Employees a Month to Do Service Abroad

Harvard Business Review

According to Litow, the objective was threefold: to support IBMers in their service engagements, to invest the intellectual capital of IBMers in tackling social issues around the world, and to develop the expertise and leadership of IBMers through volunteer opportunities that leverage their skills and abilities.

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Why IBM Gives Top Employees a Month to Do Service Abroad

Harvard Business Review

According to Litow, the objective was threefold: to support IBMers in their service engagements, to invest the intellectual capital of IBMers in tackling social issues around the world, and to develop the expertise and leadership of IBMers through volunteer opportunities that leverage their skills and abilities.

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The Tempting of Rajat Gupta

Harvard Business Review

from 1994 to 2003. McKinsey responded that it was actually investing more on intellectual capital, but on the industry-specific variety of more use to consultants and clients.) Let us be fair to the man and the firm he headed. These are not criminal charges. Some insiders complained the Firm was yarding back on Grand Ideas.