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Research: Objective Performance Metrics Are Not Enough to Overcome Gender Bias

Harvard Business

Even when performance information is available, lab-based research has shown that women still tend to be disadvantaged, compared with men of equal quality. exchange over a six-year period (2008 to 2013). This double standard means women must outperform men to be evaluated similarly. But how pervasive is this problem, exactly?

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We Can’t Study Short-Termism Without the Right Metrics

Harvard Business

The McKinsey Global Institute, in conjunction with FCLT Global, recently released research stating that long-term-oriented companies perform better than those that focus on short-term results. This measure has been validated by extensive academic research. This can lead to faulty estimations of companies’ myopia.

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Does Effective Leadership Really Matter?

Organizational Talent Consulting

One research study suggests that followers contribute on average 80% to the success of an organization. While working with a large Forbes Top 25 Private Company, we quantified the value of leadership using internal key business metrics and various cognitive and behavioral leader assessments. Journal of Management Research, 1(4), 254.

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Why Companies Can’t Turn Customer Insights into Growth

BCG

On the left side, record each mention of an internal topic, such as financial or operational performance, plans, metrics, organization, employees, or culture. Consumer-facing companies in developed economies have experienced little or no growth since the global recession of 2008 and 2009.

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Putting Humans at the Center of Health Care Innovation

Harvard Business

The healthcare industry has long relied on traditional, linear models of innovation – basic and applied research followed by development and commercialization. The Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation (CFI) was established in 2008, becoming the first healthcare innovation center to employ a team of in-house designers. Challenges.

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Keynes Is Dead, Abenomics Fizzles, US Fails to Reach Escape Velocity, Stimulus Fatigue

MishTalk

Today''s information technology allows a multinational company to position research, marketing, finance and managerial jobs to anywhere. The 2008 crisis prompted a pause. In the decade before the 2008 financial crisis, trade was driving growth. Both manufacturing blue-collar jobs and most white-collar jobs have become global.

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If You Think Downsizing Might Save Your Company, Think Again

Harvard Business

During the Great Recession of 2008, companies around the world downsized their workforces. American firms alone laid off more than 8 million workers from the end of 2008 to the middle of 2010. We add to this debate with our new research, which indicates that downsizing may actually increase the likelihood of bankruptcy.

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