10th October, 2009 - Posted by Editor - No Comments
In the first edition of this book (the complete original text of which is reproduced in this new edition) Prahalad highlighted the reasons for the failure of traditional approaches to poverty alleviation – and explored some tremendously successful innovations in this area driven by the efforts of large established enterprises
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4th October, 2009 - Posted by Editor - No Comments
While economic history cannot provide truth or reality, it may reflect a measure of wisdom. So the fun (or perhaps frustrating) thing about economic history is that whichever way one looks at it, it will always be wrong (unless you are the person making a particular point).
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5th September, 2009 - Posted by Editor - No Comments
The sun and the wind were arguing about who was the strongest. The wind pointed at an old man. The wind said that he’d prove his strength by getting the man to remove his coat. He blew and howled and blew some more.
The old man clung to his coat more than ever. When the wind finally gave up, the sun came out from behind a cloud and shone brightly. Soon the man was wiping his forehead and removing his coat.
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3rd July, 2009 - Posted by Editor - No Comments
A book like Tough Conversations with your Employee is a good starting point to learn the skill of confronting difficult situations and conducting the necessary conversations with skill; even if they are terrifying.
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5th June, 2009 - Posted by Editor - No Comments
Author:
Megan Hustad
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster (2008), 232 pages
“How to be useful” is a wide-ranging review of some of the business literature of the ‘how to advance yourself in society and in business’-genre published over the past 150 years.
It would appear that the more things change, the more they stay the same, and that people in business »
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