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Research: How Boards Can Increase CEO Accountability

Harvard Business

listed manufacturing firms between 2010 and 2020 and identified an often-overlooked source of accountability principles: the military. So how can boards more effectively enforce CEO accountability in the face of poor performance? The authors recently analyzed boards of 865 U.S.-listed

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What the Data Says About Women in Management Between 1980 and 2010

Harvard Business

Census and American Community Survey for the years 1980 and 2010 to examine three major factors that contribute to gender equality in the labor force: women’s representation in management, the occupational gender segregation among managers, and the gender wage gaps that vary across managerial occupations. And if so, how? million by men.

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European Service Prices Plunge at Steepest Rate Since January 2010; Reflections on Keynesian Stupidity

MishTalk

Average prices charged for goods and services showed the largest monthly fall since February 2010, having now fallen almost continually for just over two-and-a-half years. My Comments Prices received plunge the steepest since January 2010, but input prices are up. Prices were increasingly being cut in order to help boost sales.

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The Power of Project-Based Thinking

Steve Shu Consulting

As a consultant, 2010 has been an interesting year for me to reflect upon. I am thankful for the clients I have, and they have challenged me to perform my best in a very diverse set of circumstances and industries over the past couple of years.

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Consultant Ninja: How Consultants Manage Frequent Flyer Miles.

Consultant Ninja

Monday, September 27, 2010. September 28, 2010 at 10:41 AM. September 28, 2010 at 11:40 AM. October 10, 2010 at 10:40 AM. October 10, 2010 at 11:13 AM. October 28, 2010 at 11:06 PM. November 25, 2010 at 11:59 AM. November 25, 2010 at 12:52 PM. Monday, September 27, 2010. The ANALyst.

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Is Behavioral Economics Used in Business?

Steve Shu Consulting

Back in 2010, I was part of a team that started one of the early behavioral finance centers with one of the investment manufacturing firms in the United States. Since then, the implementation of behavioral economics/science initiatives in business has started to grow, but it’s still somewhat early.

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Why Mass Migration Is Good for Long-Term Economic Growth

Harvard Business

By one estimate , the number of international migrants worldwide reached 244 million in 2015, up from 222 million in 2010, and 173 million in 2000. To find out, we mobilized a large-scale data set on international migration from 1960 to 2010, using information on the nationality of the immigrants to construct indexes of birthplace diversity.