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3 Ways M&A Is Different When You’re Acquiring a Digital Company

Harvard Business

When we recently interviewed top M&A executives in Europe about their experience, fully three-quarters of them said that digital disruption has had a relatively large impact or even requires a complete overhaul of their M&A strategy. Let’s start with financing the deal. Sponsored by DXC Technology.

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What 11 CEOs Have Learned About Championing Diversity

Harvard Business

Yet progress within organizations has been slow – there is still a lack of women and minorities in leadership positions, and certain industries like tech and finance are lacking diversity at all levels. About the Interviews I wanted to select a diverse group of CEOs from a range of companies that varied by size and industry.

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Holidays Can Be Stressful. They Don’t Have to Stress Out Your Team.

Harvard Business

” Almost half the respondents cited finances as the main culprit for their tension, while being over-scheduled, choosing the right gifts, and remaining healthy also contributed to people’s holiday woes. companies roughly £11 billion in 2016. Based on an analysis by Peakon of more than 15,000 employees across the U.S.,

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This Pharma Company Stays Innovative by Doing Two Things

Harvard Business

Roivant was addressing some sobering realities: In 2016, only 22 new drugs were approved by the U.S. As a result, teams are perversely incentivized to protect and prolong dubious drug-development programs, diverting resources from more promising avenues of research. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the lowest number since 2007.

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Rethinking How Medicaid Patients Receive Care

Harvard Business

Critics outside of CareMore issued an ugly forecast: Our resource-intensive approach to care would never survive on Medicaid’s meager reimbursement levels. Chief among them were behavioral-interview methods to uncover candidates’ intrinsic motivations and biases. To many at the time, we were fools.

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Writing Your Résumé When Your Job Title Doesn’t Reflect Your Responsibilities

Harvard Business

Oversee resource allocation and budgeting. Described by faculty as “the Hope Diamond among the many gems on staff” when received 2016 and 2013 Staff Excellence Awards. Establish functions from scratch — Finance, Accounting, Marketing, Sales, and HR. Manage junior staff and evaluate performance.

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Chicago's Fiscal Freefall: Moody's Cuts Chicago Credit Rating to Two Steps Above Junk; Snake Oil and Swaps; It's All Junk Now

MishTalk

“This is a very significant, negative development for the city of Chicago’s financial position,” Laurence Msall, president of the Civic Federation, a nonpartisan research group in Chicago, said in an interview. This is a very big deal.” Swaps agreements, which issuers enter into with banks, exchange fixed interest payments for floating ones.

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