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Spain Is Now Making Ireland's Mistakes

Harvard Business Review

Spain simply cannot do this even if it wanted to: the problem is too big. In Ireland a National Asset Management Agency was formed to cleanse private banks' balance sheets and disburse the bad loans over a longer period. Spain can, and should, do better, if it learns from Ireland's mistakes. percent to 102.9

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Free Yourself from Conventional Thinking

Harvard Business Review

Failing to do so not only prevents truly innovative thinking; it also ensures failure. I recently employed this principle with a large asset management firm. Thru-put was 30% higher, quality reached record levels, and morale was way up. How, then, can organizations break free of conventional thinking to spark creativity?

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Is It Ever OK to Break Into Your Colleague’s Computer?

Harvard Business Review

Eric was a great trader, but this posed a real difficulty for Steve — what should he do with the information he possessed? I had been preparing a client presentation with several of my colleagues at our asset management firm. On the negative side, it may create worker dissatisfaction, hurt morale, and erode trust.

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