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No One's Minding the Store

Sen. Fritz Hollings | Posted 09.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Offshoring, General Motors, Globalization, Paul Krugman, Trade Policy, Roger Lowenstein, Barack Obama, Harvard Business Review, Business News
Sen. Fritz Hollings

China, by protecting its economy, has become the economic superpower while the United States refuses to protect its economy and remains AWOL in the trade war.

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Sound Like Your CEO?

Charles Warner | Posted 06.28.2009 | Media

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Charles Warner

The June issue of the Harvard Business Review has a brief article in the Forethought section titled "Ten Fatal Flaws That Derail Leaders" by Jack Zeng...

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Re-Thinking Charity, Re-Printed from Harvard Business Review

Dan Pallotta | Posted 06.15.2009 | Living

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Dan Pallotta

It's time to give charity the big-league freedoms we really give to business. The fight for these freedoms must be our new cause, because without them, all of our causes are ultimately lost.

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When Money Doesn't Talk

Marc Gunther | Posted 04.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Dov Seidman, Russ Roberts, Wikipedia, General Electric, Small Business, Ge, Proctor and Gambel, Careers, Herman Miller, Rsabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard Business Review, Southwest Airlines, Disney, Ups, Timberland, Google, Business News
Marc Gunther

Here's one answer: Instead of motivating people or trying to coerce them, companies can inspire them.

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Consumed by Our Wants: The Hierarchy of Needs Makes a Comeback

Chip Conley | Posted 03.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and Business, Credit Crisis, Harvard Business Review, Abraham Maslow, Business News
Chip Conley

We've become utterly confused by the difference between wants and needs. Modern man has begun to redefine his need as an unsatisfied 48-hour-old want.

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On Not Doing Dishes: The Rise of the Core Competency Mom

Laura Vanderkam | Posted 06.03.2008 | Living

Read More: Gary Hamel, Dishes, Working Mothers, Core Competencies, Careers, C.K. Prahalad, Moms, Harvard Business Review, Dixie, Living News
Laura Vanderkam

Like corporations focused on their essential functions, modern moms are stripping out most chores that can be outsourced or ignore, changing the way our economy and our families function.

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