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China’s Bad Bet on the Environment

Harvard Business Review

years in the country’s heavily polluted north and an estimated $112 billion in labor and health care costs in 2005. Finally, in September 2013, faced with mounting social discontent, Premier Li Keqiang announced a sweeping new plan to try to address the country’s air quality problems.

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Tinkering with Strategy Can Derail Midsize Companies

Harvard Business Review

During those nine months, Cellairis’ leadership had been distracted from their core business. System-wide revenue for 2013 was $350 million – seven times revenue for 2005. By mid-2013, the company was chugging along at a $200 million annual revenue rate. After nine months, AMP’d filed for bankruptcy.

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Proof That Women Get Less Credit for Teamwork

Harvard Business Review

“We thought that bias might hurt people when it’s not really clear who did what on a project.” And in 2013, another series of studies by Heilman and Michelle C. So I wondered from anecdotal stories whether women also received less credit for group work,” Sarsons told me.

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Leading Innovation Is the Art of Creating “Collective Genius” - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM HBS EXECUTIVE EDUCATION

Harvard Business Review

Hill began to dig into the scholarship around leadership and innovation, she soon realized there was a lot of research on both. What most distinguishes innovation leadership, the book argues, is recognition that innovation is a “team sport,” not the act of a sole inventor. As Harvard Business School Professor Linda A.

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Leading Innovation Is the Art of Creating “Collective Genius” - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM HBS EXECUTIVE EDUCATION

Harvard Business Review

Hill began to dig into the scholarship around leadership and innovation, she soon realized there was a lot of research on both. What most distinguishes innovation leadership, the book argues, is recognition that innovation is a “team sport,” not the act of a sole inventor. As Harvard Business School Professor Linda A.

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The Mistakes Behind Healthcare.gov Are Probably Lurking in Your Company, Too

Harvard Business Review

To expect anything as complex as this particular project to emerge fully functional on day one was the first (and perhaps most important) failure. And the New York Times lists “weak leadership” at Medicare as another complicating factor. What’s to be learned sorting through the wreckage? Setting irrational expectations.

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A Cautionary Tale for Regulated Industries

Harvard Business Review

The Justice Department charges of gross negligence were filed before the judge considering whether to approve this private party settlement in order to ensure the issues were preserved for the BP-Department of Justice (DoJ) trial scheduled for January, 2013.