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Book Review of “Good Company: Business Success in the Worthiness Era”

The Practical Leader

The two companies in the “highest” category were United Parcel Service and Walt Disney. About 25 companies were rated “high.” ” Some of these included IBM, FedEx, Dell, Procter and Gamble, Best Buy, and 3M.

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How Companies Say They’re Using Big Data

Harvard Business Review

I’ve been surveying executives of Fortune 1000 companies about their data investments since 2012, and for the first time a near majority – 48.4% — report that their firms are achieving measurable results from their big data investments , with 80.7% of executives characterizing their big data investments as “successful.”

Company 12
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A Quick Guide to Avoiding Common Writing Errors

Harvard Business Review

Allot means “to parcel out.” For years, this dictionary has surveyed a usage panel of experts to gather opinions about areas of language that are changing, and certain dictionary entries include explanatory notes based on the survey results. The effect was startling. A Lot: A lot is two words, not one.

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Guidance is Good, Overpriced Shares a Disaster

Harvard Business Review

BL: A misconception: Dealing with funds providers is part and parcel of running the company. What about that Graham-Harvey-Rajgopal survey of financial executives who said they'd avoid investments that would cause them miss quarterly earnings targets? In the final analysis, managers can't shun corporate owners. BL: A good question.

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6 Ways to Keep Good Ideas from Dying at Your Company

Harvard Business Review

Start with a survey. When my publication, Innovation Leader, surveyed nearly 200 innovation-oriented executives in partnership with the consulting firm Innosight, respondents told us about plenty of good reasons to pull the plug on projects, such as not hitting deliverables. Here are six ways to change that. Invest real money.

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The Most (and Least) Empathetic Companies

Harvard Business Review

The Global Empathy Index uses a combination of publicly available information and proprietary data drawn from its surveys and from social and financial feeds — including textual analysis of over half a million social media interactions. United Parcel Service. Telecommunications. MasterCard. Vodafone Group. Telecommunications.

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How the Internet Saved Handmade Goods

Harvard Business Review

Indeed, it’s part and parcel of the digital disruption remaking every aspect of the global economy. A survey of its 5,500 U.S.-based Consolidation shrinks the market down, often to one remaining, integrated producer, who can still profit by serving a small group of legacy customers. cut of sales. billion in merchandise.