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It’s Time To Stop VCs Driving Entrepreneurship

The Horizons Tracker

Famous research from Stanford’s Nicholas Bloom illustrates the difficulties we face in keeping the wheels of innovation turning. Bloom illustrates that while we’re spending more on research and innovation than ever before, we’re getting diminishing returns for that investment. Engines of creation. A different picture.

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How Managerial Quality Affects Energy Usage In Manufacturing Firms

The Horizons Tracker

In many ways, it seems like something of a no brainer for the sector to target emissions, as making their operations more efficient has productivity benefits as well as environmental ones. Fossil fuel subsidies are hugely important, as they amounted to nearly $5 trillion around the world in 2013, or 6.5% Driving change. of global GDP.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2016

Leading Blog

In this uncertain environment, including the mounting global economic concerns, a humble mindset will be the only thing that will unlock the most promising business, social and economic innovations. Anyone can innovate if given the opportunity and the support. Best Leadership Books of 2013. Blog Post ).

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My Top 10 Leadership Insights For 2014

Tanveer Naseer

As I look back at the past 12 months, there’s no question that this has definitely been a milestone year for me. moments that precede unique discoveries or innovations.” Again, the importance of this can best be appreciated when we consider how our brain operates.

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New Research: You're Doing Customer Experience Innovation Wrong

Harvard Business Review

"Innovation" has become a buzzword in the customer experience field. They also believe that innovation will help them achieve these lofty goals — and they''re investing accordingly. Sixty-nine percent of these respondents report that their companies have dedicated personnel for customer experience innovation.

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Running a State Health Insurance Marketplace

Harvard Business Review

Since 2013, an estimated 16.4 This reduction will affect all of our operations, including staffing, customer service, outreach, and marketing. Both the FFM and the SBMs have had to overcome major operational hurdles. Rollout in late 2013 was rocky for the federal exchange (and for some state exchanges when they first launched).

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How to Turn Around Nearly Anything

Harvard Business Review

The Boston Red Sox 2013 World Series championship will long be remembered as proof that you can turn around nearly anything. What is a common definition of success? Turnarounds operate on several time frames. Territories get hardened, and people seem to be out for themselves. Why does this company/team/relationship matter?

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