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Where Teamwork Thrives in the Money Management Industry

Harvard Business Review

Recently, my colleagues at the Focus Consulting Group and I surveyed more than 100 asset management firms around the world, testing both for the strength of their cultures and for the effectiveness of their leadership teams. They make up the "secret sauce" of firms that are well managed and demonstrate strong culture.

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The End of Economists' Imperialism

Harvard Business Review

Lazear went on to describe how economists, with the University of Chicago's Gary Becker leading the way , had been running roughshod over the other social sciences — using economic tools to study crime, the family, accounting, corporate management, and countless other not strictly economic topics. Interesting times lie ahead.

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Making Sense of the Many Kinds of Impact Investing

Harvard Business Review

Second, they deploy a small amount out of an experimental or mission-motivated pocket, which still holds back enormous amounts of capital. The Lyme Timber Company is a private timberland investment management organization that acquires and sustainably manages land with unique conservation value in the United States and Canada.

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Why the U.S. Needs More Worker-Owned Companies

Harvard Business Review

Third, as a result of strong performances by worker- and employee-owned companies, it is becoming easier for workers to overcome arguably the biggest hurdle to worker buyouts: financing. The biggest difference is that workers have an important say in who manages them and how profits align with values. Already, U.S.

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