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Preview Thursday: Untangling the USA: The Cost of Complexity and What Can Be Done About It

Lead Change Blog

Entire new systems need to be constructed just to manage this complexity, with questionable or negative value to society at large. Deffarges looks at five major causes for the intrusion of complexity in our society, spanning over 70 years: Our recent history and politics. It was a complex path as well. citizen in 1993.

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The JOBS Act, Groupon, and Gullible Investors

Harvard Business Review

For one, it temporarily healed the deep political divide in Washington, bringing together overwhelming bipartisan majorities of 380 votes in the House of Representatives and 73 in the Senate. Such regulations, if they succeed in increasing the information flow between managements and markets, are also good news for investors in general.

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Your Friends Are Now Your Customers

Harvard Business Review

When Facebook announced its recent $5 billion IPO , many applauded the company's mission to connect friends and make the world a more open place. Next time you see a friend, I suggest you politely thank them for their business. Experts described Zuckerberg as " noble ," " grandiose ," and " downright inspirational."

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Boardroom Lessons from a Social Media Misstep

Harvard Business Review

Economics, politics, and sector shifts are all vital issues on the agenda in the boardroom. It is not just about political uprisings any more. It therefore should be managed by someone who is empowered in the organization, with the authority, or access to someone with authority, to make things happen in a decisive manner.

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A Few Unicorns Are No Substitute for a Competitive, Innovative Economy

Harvard Business Review

For instance, Snapchat’s recent IPO filing revealed that the company grew revenues by 600% (to $404 million) in 2016. For example, one celebrated software company had managed to accumulate 600 vice presidents by the time it reached $4 billion in revenues. Many of them have been growing at a ferocious pace.

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The Dell Deal Explained: What a Successful Turnaround Looks Like

Harvard Business Review

Competitors like IBM and Compaq struggled with the politics of managing their various channel partners and lagged Dell in inventory management. Lerner has another paper relevant to the Dell case, which looks at the performance of buyout companies'' stock prices after they IPO, including public firms taken private in the deal.

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Welcome to the Age of Dilemma

Harvard Business Review

It's likely to ignite even more political instability and social turmoil — in layman's terms, that's riots, panics, protests, and violence. Another week, another potentially destabilizing global mini-crisis. Should we raise interest rates so there's less hot money sloshing around to fuel the bubble, bringing down food prices?