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The Merger Mirage: The Triumph of Hope over Experience
Synergy. Market expansion. Gaining share. Cost savings. Diversification. Talent acquisition. Owning a unique asset. Moving into a high-growth sector…
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High-quality service jobs and the advent of a new golden age?
As MIT’s Zeynep Ton has pointed out, the U.S.
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The Digital Deception Economy: How Bot Farms Distort Social Signals
In a digital environment, sentiment has become currency.
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Have business books jumped the shark? The “peak book” hypothesis
Publishing a book used to be a rite of passage for would-be pundits, experts, speakers and more.
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Interns! We have interns! Welcome to the tribe
As Garry Ridge, the former CEO of WD-40 says, in his wonderful book Any Dumb-Ass Can Do It, citing Sebastian Junger, “The earliest and most basic…
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The Benefits of Bureaucracy: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Red Tape
Throughout much of human history, power was exercised through a system of patrimonialism, as the great sociologist Max Weber coined the term.
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Boggled by radically increased uncertainty? You are not alone
January 2025 Monthly Wrap Up
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