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We Took a Vote. You're Fired.

Harvard Business Review

Instead, the decision to fire (or hire or promote) someone is based on group consensus. New research led by Lan Jiang, an assistant professor of marketing at the University of Oregon, shows that if you give a shopper an unearned reward, she’ll probably have mixed feelings if she’s observed by other people, such as shopper No.

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The Tech Trends You Can’t Ignore in 2015

Harvard Business Review

It analyzes consumer behavior, microeconomic trends, government policies, market forces, and emerging research within the context of our continually-evolving tech and digital media ecosystem. Smart virtual personal assistants: SVPAs started entering the market in 2013. All without you explicitly asking it to do so.

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