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Mary Barra Brings Teaming to General Motors

Harvard Business Review

She had “an ability with people” and a track record of bringing new models to market faster and at lower cost. That’s part and parcel of Mary’s success, and the rest of the team plays well together, too.” They play well as a team.

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The Most (and Least) Empathetic Companies

Harvard Business Review

The top 10 companies in the Global Empathy Index 2015 increased in value more than twice as much as the bottom 10 and generated 50% more earnings. The Most (and Least) Empathetic Companies, 2015. Whole Foods Market. United Parcel Service. compared to weighted average of 5.2% of all the companies in the index). MasterCard.

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Europe’s Other Crisis: A Digital Recession

Harvard Business Review

” The proposal is to create a “Digital Single Market” in the EU. The goal of the Digital Single Market is an ambitious one: to deliver by the end of 2016 the equivalent of US$ 471 billion per year to the regional economy and 3.8 The EC’s pronouncements signal the beginnings of a “Digital Maastricht Treaty.”

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What to Do When Your Future Strategy Clashes with Your Present

Harvard Business Review

Accordingly, it consists of a collection of broadly defined markets (“where to play”) and strategies (“how to win”), rather than a group of more fully defined businesses. area health care market has indeed shifted. Competing in New Ways. billion in 2010 to $4.9