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Unexpected Leadership Lessons that Mobsters Can Teach Lawful Leaders

Leading Blog

The mob bosses constructed enduring crime rings using core economic concepts of corporate governance that lawful managers also must follow. These crews kept roughly 75 percent of their illicit profits, passing the remainder up as a type of franchising fee.

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Artisans Must Balance the Books

Harvard Business Review

Across Africa, many unemployed men have managed small businesses, at least once in their lives. But as soon as they began, the communal power of African extended family system weighed on them. Organizations that move into developing nations to help small technical businesses, must help those businesses manage their finances.

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Is HR Too Important to Be Left to HR?

Harvard Business Review

While leaders in most corporate functions naturally try to absorb and demonstrate power, HR diffuses responsibility toward its internal customers because of some major misunderstandings. Its the managers responsibility to lead their employees, manage performance, and provide guidance. This is how we conduct interviews.

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Solving the Twin Crises of Energy and Water Scarcity

Harvard Business Review

Powering one 60-watt bulb for 12 hours a day over the course of a year can require 3,000 to 6,000 gallons of water — enough to fill a large tanker truck. Others, including technology and telecommunications companies, are major customers of — and suppliers to — those industries.

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Can African Tech Startups Succeed in a World Dominated by Facebook and Google?

Harvard Business Review

That is the paralysis we are seeing in telecommunications, in e-commerce, and across the broad ICT sector. Sure, Africa has promising startups, but those are in extreme niche areas like agriculture tech and waste management tech, where there is no direct competition with the global tech giants.

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What Investors Need to Know About Zimbabwe After Mugabe

Harvard Business Review

The situation stabilized somewhat after the government abandoned the Zimbabwean dollar in favor of a multi-currency system in 2009 and entered a power-sharing deal with the opposition party. Mnangagwa’s first actions in office underscore how important he views economic recovery.

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Joint Ventures Reduce the Risk of Major Capital Investments

Harvard Business Review

This is the virtual network operator (VNO) model used by the telecommunications sector. Two companies transfer selected similar assets into a joint venture in order to support the orderly management of capacity in their industry and reduce the risk of prices spiraling downward. Distributed power generation is a well-known example.