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Entries by Ron Ashkenas from 11/2009

Can We Simplify Financial Regulation?

| Posted 11.06.2009 | Business
Read More: Financial Bailout, Financial Regulation, Financial Reform, Financial Crisis, Business News

Cross-posted from Harvard Business Online There's a common saying that you never pay attention to your electricity provider unless the lights don't c...

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Health Care Reform Through an M&A Lens

| Posted 11.13.2009 | Business
Read More: Health Care, Obama Health Care, Health Care Reform, Health Care System, Business News

If the U.S. government were a corporation, the new health care "division" would represent a major acquisition. Companies don't add units without combining, consolidating, streamlining, and reducing.

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Of Goldman Sachs, the Yankees, and Level Playing Fields

| Posted 11.23.2009 | Business
Read More: New York Yankees, Goldman Sachs, Yankees Phillies World Series, Business News

it is understandable that both the Yankees and Goldman Sachs are widely admired as the best of the best, and that top free agents want to work for them. But both also are viewed by many with anger, cynicism and even contempt.

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Give Thanks -- To Your Employees

| Posted 11.24.2009 | Huffington Post
Read More: General Electric, Giving Thanks, Case Western University, Thanksgiving Traditions, Thanksgiving Commentary, Case-Western-University, Thanksgiving, Huffington Post News

Cross-posted from Harvard Business Online When Thanksgiving was established as a national holiday in 1942 by President Roosevelt and Congress, it sol...

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