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Will You Be Writing Off Your Investment in Egypt?

Harvard Business Review

To understand how the current political instability in Egypt will affect the NPV of a foreign subsidiary located there, we should first establish a no-instability benchmark, which assumes that the operation there will generate the same level of profitability (adjusted for inflation) for the rest of time. Vinod K.

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The Swedish CEO Who Runs His Company Like a CrossFit Gym

Harvard Business Review

Between 2001 and 2011, the number of CEOs finishing at least one marathon doubled, and in a Swedish survey of nearly 3,000 managers , more than 90% said that physical exercise had a positive impact on their leadership skills. During 2016, employee engagement increased by 3%, to 75%.

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