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The Value Of Corporate Thought Leadership

The Horizons Tracker

The study analyzed a representative sample of 310 companies from the S&P 500 index that maintained an active presence on LinkedIn, spanning 99 sectors and eight overarching categories including services, basic materials, consumer goods, finance, healthcare, industrial goods, technology, and utilities.

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Is It Really Possible For The Next Silicon Valley To Emerge In A Small Town?

The Horizons Tracker

The authors believe that cities under that size may struggle to grow a technology scene because they have insufficient people to also work in ancillary industries, such as public transport and entertainment, which are crucial in supporting the technology sector. “If The whole package of an urban system should grow together.”.

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Social Class In The C-Suite

The Horizons Tracker

The potential for social mobility was far from even across different industries, however, with sectors like finance, real estate, and insurance scoring particularly poorly. “We argue that CEOs’ social class can only be understood when considering both family background and the current resources (income and education) at their disposal.”

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The Most Common Negotiating Gambit… and How to Beat It

Strategy Driven

Some sold technology and professional services, which means they often have to deal with professional buyers and procurement teams; others were in commercial real estate and finance, which means they typically have to deal with senior executives when it comes to negotiations; and some sold to individual consumers.

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Front Line Leadership: The Keys To Managing Millenials, Part 1

Terry Starbucker

Like the generations preceding them, Millennials are products of the major events and technologies that became widespread during their formative years. This is in sharp contrast to those of a generation ago- teacher, banking/finance and medicine. Millennials must feel significant in their role.

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Big Data In Your Shampoo?

Mills Scofield

Then, based on the insights drawn from this sample, the company would decide the reason for the recent losses and propose changing a feature to address that specific "pain." They then took it one step further and asked, "How would you find the technology and material to meet this need?" Technology + Methodology.

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Finance Can Be a Noble Profession (Yes, Really)

Harvard Business Review

When I ask students graduating from Harvard Business School what they’re doing next, I often get some version of “I’m going into finance but…” Then they quickly explain that finance is just a way station on the route to nobler goals. And it is truly fascinating.