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What’s the contrast between Japanese and Western management style?

HR Digest

Now, the Western management style tries to learn from the Japan management style when it comes to matters related to work ethics and employees’ dedication to the company’s goals. The bond between the employees and companies is weak and the companies employ workers just for the sake of the business success.

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Failing Forward: Brad Smith, Board Chair of Intuit Shares His Perspective

N2Growth Blog

During his decade long tenure, the stock price skyrocketed nearly 10X. In response to this tragedy, the community rallied in support and forged tight bonds. “Well, my intelligence didn’t increase after that terrifying episode, but my work ethic did,” Brad told us.

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Do Commodities Speculators Make Things Cost More?

Harvard Business Review

Kocieniewski describes forklift drivers moving aluminum from warehouse to warehouse in Detroit to profit from rules set by an overseas metals exchange, while delivery times to actual users of aluminum have stretched to 16 months and aluminum prices have been pushed up by the equivalent of a tenth of a U.S. cent per aluminum can.

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If You're Not Pissing Someone Off, You're Probably Not Innovating

Harvard Business Review

To make such requests, you're going to need to have built a hell of a personal bond. Ethics aren't just important in business," Branson says. So, for those innovators at work today, just remember — you can price your way into a war with a powerful incumbent, but you can't price your way out of one.

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SAC and the Strange Focus on Insider Trading

Harvard Business Review

Just in the past few months, the Columbia Business Law Review has come out with an entire issue devoted to the topic (based on a symposium held at Columbia last fall), and Edward Elgar has published a 512-page Research Handbook on Insider Trading (list price, $240) edited by UCLA Law Professor (and prolific blogger ) Stephen Bainbridge.

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Is Overwork Killing You?

Harvard Business Review

This loosening of long-term bonds has brought more uncertainty to all workers, and more freedom to a fortunate few. Seen as a ticket to thrive in a mobile job market, “talent” is an ever more valuable label, and devotion to work is that ticket’s price. I (Over) Work Therefore I Am.

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Win the Pitch: Tips from Mastercard's "Priceless" Pitchman

Harvard Business Review

When I asked Larry Flanagan, who went on to become MasterCard's celebrated CMO, about their decision to award us the business for the Priceless campaign, he said, "We bonded because McCann Eriksson understood the deep desire of the MasterCard customer, but they understood MasterCard's deep desire, too.".