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Don’t Call It the “End of the Siesta”: What Spain’s New Work Hours Really Mean

Harvard Business

The international media has had a field day covering the Spanish prime minister’s announcement , in early April, that he wants to return Spain to GMT and bring the country’s working hours and practices in line with the rest of Europe. A mounting body of research shows just how much influence managers have.

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For Some Platforms, Network Effects Are No Match for Local Know-How

Harvard Business

Uber, like all transportation services, has never and will never offer a product that’s composed purely of digital “bits,” as companies do in media (Netflix and YouTube), music (Spotify), or advertisements (Facebook and Google). These sectors have never been, and never will be, composed purely of digital bits.