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So Many M&A Deals Fail Because Companies Overlook This Simple Strategy

Harvard Business

Contrast this with another well-known deal: When eBay bought Skype, eBay executives implicitly thought that video chat belonged somewhere on the journey their customers experienced, and that eBay would be granted permission to offer this extension to its core offering. For example, Gilead grew from a tiny startup developing H.I.V.

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In Memory of Spock: Live Long and Prosper; Is He or Isn't He? Fish Tomatoes, Hand Transplants, Sci-Fi vs. Reality

MishTalk

Vulcan Greeting Nimoy Explains Origin of Vulcan Greeting Link if video does not play: Leonard Nimoy Explains Origin of Vulcan Greeting. In an enclosed video in the above link, Nimoy talks with Ira Flatow, physics professor John Kramer, and science fiction writer Robert Sawyer about the relationship between science and science fiction.

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5 Steps to Disrupt and Improve Your Talent Pipeline

Organizational Talent Consulting

Most leaders struggle to find and develop the ready-now talent they need. But should leaders even bother spending time trying to develop employees and plan for the future, given the turbulence in the labor market and uncertainty in the world? Development investments do not always deliver on promised results.

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