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Strategy & Leadership

Jack’s Right Fight

by Saj-nicole Joni and Damon Beyer
When the head of a division had an impossible target to meet, the only way forward was through a constructive battle between allies.
 
Finance

The New Golden
Age

by Mark Stahlman

 
The history of investment and technology suggests that economic recovery is closer than you think, with a new silicon-based global elite at the helm.
Operations & Manufacturing

The Case for Backshoring

by William J. Holstein

 
Which manufacturing operations should return to the United States?
Health Care

A Better Model for Health Care

by Gary D. Ahlquist,
Minoo Javanmardian, and
Sanjay B. Saxena
An innovative experiment in Florida shows the potential for more systemic collaboration as the catalyst for lower costs and improved quality.
 
Business for the Environment

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Thought Leaders

The Supply Chain Is Flat

William Fung, the head of an old and very large Hong Kong trading company, on making and selling products in a vastly altered global landscape.
INTERVIEW: Carlota Perez, an influential long-wave theorist, explains why the world is due for a technological and economic boom
PROFILE: KISHORE MAHBUBANI, a Singaporean diplomat, says the West should lose its arrogance and the East should step up to global leadership
INTERVIEW: Gretchen Daily on how we can build long-term prosperity by assigning prices to the ecosystems next door
Business Literature

Author’s Choice: Charles Darwin, Management Guru

Seth Godin, author of Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?, introduces a lesson on the role of diversity in business success from Rules of Thumb: 52 Truths for Winning at Business without Losing Your Self, by Alan M. Webber
Best Business Books 2009 Our annual review selects the books that provide fresh insights for leaders on subjects ranging from the meltdown to marketing, in eight essays written by top thinkers in their fields
BOOKS IN BRIEF A review of The Silver Lining: An Innovation Playbook for Uncertain Times, by Scott D. Anthony
Recent Research

Balancing Team Workloads

How to effectively manage employees who work on multiple teams within an organization.
GLOBAL FINANCE Based on the diffusion of the 2008 global downturn, forecasting the next one may be an impossible task
DECISION MAKING Emotions, and anger in particular, can get in the way of rational decision making
CORPORATE DONATIONS After disasters, broker organizations can help match corporate dollars to humanitarian need
CUSTOMER SERVICE Techniques for catering to nervous customers
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