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Better Management Will Help Drive Productivity Improvements

The Horizons Tracker

Weak management Bloom’s World Management Survey was established in 2004 to measure management practices across hundreds of medium-sized firms in the likes of the U.K., and France. Ill-equipped Research from Gallup highlights the importance of good management.

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To Close a Deal, Find a Champion

Harvard Business Review

These were all true of Charlie, a champion I met in 2004 just as the tech world was beginning to show signs of life after the dot com implosion. In many cases, it is more closely linked to getting the green light than even financing and business fundamentals. Some champions are visionary types with deep domain focus. Advancement.

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Shape Strategy With Simple Rules, Not Complex Frameworks

Harvard Business Review

Once they understood the rules and their underlying rationale, ALL's employees generated a series of innovative proposals based on what they had to work with. The rules helped people avoid the paralysis that often strikes when they're confronted with too many alternatives. Adapting to local circumstances.

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The Real Reasons Companies Are So Focused on the Short Term

Harvard Business Review

This has been a remarkable year for the markets. Some argue that profits are stagnant because of short-termism—that decades of focusing on current profits over long-run innovativeness has resulted, now, in companies that are hollowed out. MirageC/Getty Images. The S&P and the Dow indexes are up 18% and 19%, respectively.

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The U.S. Economy Is Suffering from Low Demand. Higher Wages Would Help

Harvard Business Review

Are these recent wage increases merely necessary in light of a tightening labor market, or could they start a broader trend that may change our economic growth trajectory? in the United States and Western Europe in 2000 to 2004 to 0.5% This is reflected in slowing growth expectations in many markets. The Economy in 2018.

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The Real (and Imagined) Problems with the U.S. Corporate Tax Code

Harvard Business Review

companies don’t pay taxes on debt-financed investments, which amounts to a subsidy. based corporations make up a disproportionately high share of the Forbes Global 2000 list of the world’s most important corporations (in terms of profits, assets, market capitalization, or sales). And in practice, the foreign income of U.S.

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Using Supply Chains to Grow Your Business

Harvard Business Review

He is poised to become the leader in this segment of a multi-billion dollar market. Global supply chains can cut across many “cultures”: national, industry, technology, market segment, and more. Innovate and invest, even when it hurts. I am no longer limited by geography.”