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Today's Workforce in the Global Marketplace

Coaching Tip

Viljakainen and Mark Mueller-Eberstein, explains the crucial significance of why today's corporate leaders must adapt to the culture of the younger generation to keep their companies relevant and how to retain a competitive staff. The network economy is going to be mainstream.

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What Uber’s China Deal Says About the Limits of Platforms

Harvard Business Review

At a major CEO summit focused on globalization that I participated in last year, much of the discussion about strategy centered on how to avoid getting “Ubered,” or, better yet, how to “Uber” others. Are there really global network economies? Do switching costs help sustain network advantages?

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Business School Professors Should Be Like Movie Directors

Harvard Business Review

Professors must think of themselves as experiential movie directors for a production of Global Business in the Networked Economy , orchestrating and coaching a multinational cast of actors through experiments – and stepping off of the stage for a broader purview.

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Why the Problem with Learning Is Unlearning

Harvard Business Review

I also had to learn how to drive on the left side of the road. The hard part was unlearning how to drive on the right. How to Create an Exponential Mindset. ” But in a networked economy, the nature of strategy, value creation, and competitive advantage change from incremental to exponential. Mark Bonchek.

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The Art of HR: Building REAL Social Networks

LDRLB

Handy was mostly correct in his predictions, but even he probably did not foresee the explosion and extent of the technology and networks that would make this possible. HR leaders must also be able to train leaders on how to effectively navigate the informal social network within the organization.