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November 2, 2015

Scaling Tips for Business Growth

A focus on your company’s unique capabilities can lead to sustainable growth.

High frequency traders affect the markets in many ways - in most cases, positively.
November 2, 2015

Do High-Frequency Traders Deserve Their Bad Rap?

Though suspicions abound, HFTs generally help markets function and grow.

A Chief Growth Officer must consider many factors to implement growth strategies.
November 2, 2015

How to Succeed as a Chief Growth Officer

Five ways leaders can challenge the status quo to encourage growth.

Workplace entitlement demonstrated by an opera diva.
November 2, 2015

Does Creativity Breed Entitlement?

Companies that put creative employees on a pedestal encourage bad behavior.

Data scientists are most fulfilled when contributing to company-wide decisions.
October 15, 2015

5 Ways to Attract and Retain Data Scientists

How directly contributing to the business can help analytics talent thrive.

The rotating door of poaching employees can have its benefits
October 5, 2015

Poach Our Employees, Please

How hiring an employee from a related company can directly benefit both the poacher and the poached.

Multitasking to strike a balance between time and workload
October 5, 2015

A Smarter Way to Schedule

What multitaskers can learn from how judges schedule hearings

Retail prices do not proportionately reflect wholesale price changes.
October 5, 2015

What Do Customers Pay When Wholesale Prices Change?

Increases and decreases are not passed through the same way.

An entrepreneur ponders his startup funding strategy
October 5, 2015

When to Pass the Hat

Strategic timing can help startups get the most from their fundraising.

The recruiting tactic of offering higher pay attracts fewer committed applicants.
October 5, 2015

When Higher Pay Attracts the Wrong Job Candidates

Labeling jobs as lucrative can backfire for socially minded organizations.

Like yin yang, the Chinese consumer's psyche is all about finding a balance
September 8, 2015

What Chinese Consumers Want

Western Companies doing business in China need to ask the right questions.

Maintaining business relationships can be invaluable.
September 8, 2015

No Contract? No Problem

How the Kenyan flower industry thrives in the absence of formal contracts.

Company naming strategies provide clarity for consumers.
September 8, 2015

Companies, Choose Your Name Wisely

The right name can signal that you are a safe bet.

Smart meters enable surge pricing schemes which encourage users to be conscious of their power usage during peak load times.
September 8, 2015

Why Power Companies Love Smart Meters

Smart meters provide richer data, enabling smarter pricing strategies and a smoother electricity supply chain.

As a mobile money platform, M-Changa fosters Kenya's culture of reciprocity and allows people to easily support the injured.
September 8, 2015

A Crowdfunding App that Pays the Bills

A startup in Kenya captures an underserved market.

September 8, 2015

Four Ways Cuba Can Become More Business-Friendly

What will it take to make the country attractive to investors?

A toxic worker can cost a firm money, low quality work, and legal issues.
September 8, 2015

Hire a Superstar or Dump a Toxic Worker?

Difficult employees are a bigger drag on your company than you think.

Alternative methods for assessing credit worthiness are needed.
September 8, 2015

Credit Where Credit Is Due

New ways of assessing credit worthiness could open up access to the global banking system.

Purpose is at the heart of Marketing 3.0
August 3, 2015

Philip Kotler on Marketing’s Higher Purpose

How social marketing can be a force for good.

Intrapreneurship and innovation drives further company success.
August 3, 2015

Creating Urgency around Corporate Innovation

What intrapreneurs in established firms must do to succeed.

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