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Universities Are Missing Out on an Explosive Growth Sector: Their Own

Harvard Business Review

The summit’s organizers claimed that 80 universities were in attendance, but a closer look at the attendee list revealed only a handful of high-level decision makers — and exactly one university endowment. There is a precedent for endowment managers to see capital as a tool to help the university thrive — investing in local real estate.

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How Microsoft Used an Office Move to Boost Collaboration

Harvard Business Review

” On the other hand is research about people’s preferences, like this 2013 study in the Journal of Environmental Psychology that, according to its authors, “categorically contradict[s] the industry-accepted wisdom that open-plan layout enhances communication between colleagues and improves occupants.”

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What Amazing Bosses Do Differently

Harvard Business Review

Most employees value jobs that let them contribute and make a difference, and many organizations now emphasize meaning and purpose in the hopes of fostering engagement. A 2013 Society for Human Resource Management survey of managers in the U.S. Go big on meaning. But this is also the manager’s responsibility. ” Just 2%!

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The “Four P’s” of Marketing a Law Firm Online

Strategy Driven

Frank at Sagapixel told me about a conversation he had with Eric Diaz, a prominent real estate attorney in Philadelphia. Create a positive user experience by organizing the site logically with fast loading pages and a prominent. The upshot is, it will be difficult and expensive to penetrate a market with a dominant player.

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Writing Your Résumé When Your Job Title Doesn’t Reflect Your Responsibilities

Harvard Business Review

Collaborate with colleagues within department and represent department across entire organization. And she wrote her summary headline — a prime piece of résumé real estate — to immediately show that she had the experience these new positions require. Manage junior staff and evaluate performance.

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Behind China's Roaring Solar Industry

Harvard Business Review

Earlier this week, China's National Energy Administration announced its intention to add 10 gigawatts of solar power capacity in 2013 , more than twice its current level. More than 15 percent of the country's investment goes into real estate, and around 12 percent of GDP comes from property-related industries.

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Africa’s Companies Need to Become More Like Training Schools

Harvard Business Review

In June 2013, some Harvard Business School classmates and I launched a social enterprise ( WAVE: West Africa Vocational Education ) targeted at the youth unemployment issue. Our organization focuses mainly on plugging the ‘skills gap’: we identify, train, and place underprivileged youths in emerging industries like the hospitality sector.