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Thoughts That Make You Go Hmmm … on “Good Company”

The Practical Leader

“ Structural cohesion is an employee-generated synergy — essentially a close-knit, high-energy culture — that propels the company forward.” ” “In announcing the arrival of “the ethical consumer,” Time magazine noted: “We are starting to put our money where our ideals are.”

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Why We Shouldn’t Worry About the Declining Number of Public Companies

Harvard Business Review

The number of listed firms can decline because of three developments: 1) bankruptcy, failure, or closure of listed firms, 2) delisting of firms going private or acquired, and 3) decrease in number of initial public offerings (IPOs). Furthermore, doing IPO is not only an expensive proposition, it also consumes managerial time and energy.

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Three Things that Actually Motivate Employees

Harvard Business Review

The most motivated and productive people I’ve seen recently work in an older company on the American East Coast deploying innovative technology products to transform a traditional industry. To a person, they look astonished when I ask whether their dedication comes from anticipation of the money they could make in the event of an IPO.

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What Spinning Off a GE Business Taught Me About Managing Ultra-Fast Change

Harvard Business Review

I wouldn’t be surprised if the statistics are worse in my industry, financial services, where so many companies are large, global, regulated, and structurally complex. We hired roughly 1,000 new employees in approximately 15 months to build our operations, human resources, compliance, and technology teams. (We

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An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

In the media and internet industries, it turns out to be very important when operating in China. Only legal, finance, and human resources still reported back to headquarters. billion — the world’s biggest internet offering since Google’s IPO in 2004. Those issues slowed us down on the product side as well.