Thought Leadership
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How To Make Friends And Gain Influence … By Losing Employees
Fighting for the best talent is still important, but being able to let them go is also crucial as there are benefits in letting people go, whether in good or in bad economic times
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Creating a Positive Professional Image
Most people use a variety of strategies for managing impressions of their social identities
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Cisco: Hedging Rather Than Betting
With new agility and better customer focus Cisco would be well primed to continue its growth in the 21st century
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Stock Options Improve Executive Performance But Have Minimal Effect On Rank-And-File Workers
Stock options provide incentive effects at the executive level that are sufficiently large to be reflected in firm performance, but no evidence for similar incentive effects for non-executive employees
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Why Good Ideas Die … And A Simple Approach To Saving Them
Readers of this article will learn what tactics they can use to effectively disarm and discourage such a saboteur and allow their ideas to be heard fully and ultimately win acceptance
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Private Equity In Asia: Hunting For Opportunities Beyond The Hot Markets
Funds in Asia are hunting for opportunities elsewhere than the Asian giants
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HP’s Strategic Shortfall: A Paradox of Choice
HP has fallen short of its strategic aim: making the computer personal again
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Measuring Pay-for-Performance Incentives – In the Church
The impact of financial incentives on performance
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How Businesses Can Profit From Raising Compensation At The Bottom
Companies use diverse incentives such as high wages, performance rewards, and stock options to recruit, retain and motivate highly skilled professionals, they assume that employees at the bottom of the corporate ladder can be replaced easily — and don’t need incentives
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Tunneling Through Intercorporate Loans Damages Company Value
Majority shareholders who divert assets from one company to another for personal benefit can be found in some developing nations, robbing companies of value and even forcing them to be delisted from stock exchanges
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Global Warming: Science or Sensation?
Feeling Warm Makes People More Likely to Believe