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How the U.S. Can Reduce Waste in Health Care Spending by $1 Trillion

Harvard Business Review

Before looking at what can and should be done, it’s important to note that the public and private sectors have already made significant strides in reducing the growth in health care costs and improving quality.

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Aligning Your Organization with an Agile Workforce

Harvard Business Review

In 2013, Accenture suggested that 20 to 30 percent of the total workforce falls outside the organization’s traditional full-time, permanent employment relationship. Studies of the global agile-talent community vary in their estimates of the size of the population. But there are also extrinsic factors that complicate the relationship.

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4 Types of Activist Investors and How to Spot Them

Harvard Business Review

According to Schulte, Roth & Zabel’s Activist Investing 2015 Annual Review, a total of 344 companies worldwide were subjected to activist demands in 2014, up 18% from the 291 recorded in 2013. However, free cash flow per share remained impressive at both companies, and fixed cost ratios remained somewhat intact.

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The U.S. Media’s Problems Are Much Bigger than Fake News and Filter Bubbles

Harvard Business Review

The media’s bias toward big events stems from three features of its economics: Fixed costs. The cost of covering a golf tournament doesn’t depend on whether Tiger Woods plays. Fixed costs have always been central to the economics of media. But if he does, ratings — and revenue — double.

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