Thought Leadership
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A Bottom-Up Approach To Value Financial Institutions And Their Business Units
The valuation of Financial Institutions from a bottom-up approach to valuate banks showing the differences between capital aggregation methods, diversification and target rating
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Being the Boss
Unless you manage the context in which your team resides, there's no way that your team can be successful
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Service Complexity: Managing A House Of Cards (Really)
Whether Lean principles can help us chart a path through the complexity and actually improve customer service?
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CSR: A New Model For Capitalism?
Corporate social responsibility and the notion of companies doing well by giving back to the community
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New Ways To Study Behavioral Economics Via Porn Industry
People who work in the porn industry also rely on teamwork and consequently, pro-social behavior such as trust and collaboration are essential to producing their products
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The Interest Rate Myth In Indian Microfinance
There is no research supporting the idea that competition reduces rates charged by microfinance institutions in the industry. Even so, it’s hard to find microfinance clients in India who are concerned about interest rates or even take it into consideration when deciding to take a loan
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Firms in Corrupt Countries Pay a Price in Market Value
Virtue seems to pay according to Professor Charles M.C. Lee whose research shows that publicly-held firms in countries perceived as less corrupt trade at bigger market premiums than those in places deemed more corrupt
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Pushing Digital Marketing Content Without Strategy
A better approach for 2011 includes strategic thinking about digital marketing
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Is Groupon Good for Retailers?
With the economy lagging, consumers are increasingly responsive to discounts. And Groupon has found a way to feature small businesses that haven't traditionally advertised online
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Reframing the American View of China
The meetings of the top American and Chinese leaders in Washington were arranged to iron out differences and formulate collaboration and commitment, to move from being foes to being friends
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Maximizing the Effects Of Knowledge Diversity
The social psychologist and former NASA researcher, Susannah Paletz, discusses some of the cognitive and team processes that are imperative to innovation