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Is Behavioral Economics Used in Business?

Steve Shu Consulting

” Broad conscious, concerted efforts to apply behavioral economics probably did not begin until sometime after 2008 with the release of Thaler and Sunstein’s book, Nudge. 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.

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Jim Whitehurst on the Open Organization: A Conversation with the CEO of Red Hat

BCG

With a background in business development, finance, and global operations, Whitehurst has a reputation for helping companies flourish—even in the most challenging of times. Whitehurst recently sat down with Grant Freeland, a BCG senior partner and managing director and the global leader of the firm’s People & Organization practice.

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Strong Economy – Strong Buy-Sell Market

Martinka Consulting

70% of medium sized companies will change hands (2008). Notice the same predictions from 2008-2015? We have a few articles in our “writing folder” (articles I’ve saved to write about) on bad management, how technology is replacing people, and employee unhappiness. Their average age of retirement is 67. And guess what?

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Commercial Awareness – what is it and how do I get it?

Tom Spencer

If you feel the need to hit the books, there are some very informative and easy to understand books out there that are designed specifically to make the commercially unaware exactly the opposite. Vivien Zhu is a student studying History at the University of Oxford and is considering a career in Management Consultancy.

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Mortgage REITs Clobbered as Leverage Forces Sales

MishTalk

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Recommended Books. Annaly Capital Management Inc. That means they benefited from cheap financing as the Fed kept short-term interest rates near zero for more than four years. REMs two major holdings, Annaly Capital Management (NLY) (17.5%

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Expect Another "Bad Bank.

MishTalk

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Recommended Books. Until June 1, Sareb had managed to sell 700 properties (550 in the first 3 months). Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. December 2008 (85). November 2008 (78).

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Only Hope For Italy is.

MishTalk

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Recommended Books. And in Italy in the last thirty years, the credit market has served to finance the public debt. There are so many resources that should be used to finance the growth of businesses, but only served to finance the growth of the state.