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A Growth Strategy for the Long Term
Economies that depend primarily on a single resource are exposed to ongoing shocks, but an export-based diversification strategy can alleviate the tremors.

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The Digital Oil Field Advantage
New technologies can help the oil industry manage a shrinking labor force and rising demand.

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Upturn Thinking in a Downturn Year
Why it’s important not to lose sight of long-term goals during a recession.

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Consultants Are No Help in Preventing High CEO Salaries
Compensation consultants, often hired by companies with deficient corporate governance, rarely prevent the boards of such companies from overpaying executives.

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P&G’s Innovation Culture
By A.G. Lafley, with an introduction by Ram Charan
The CEO of Procter & Gamble explains how his company built a world-class organic growth engine by investing in people. He and noted author Charan show how to make innovation part of your company’s daily routine. Going beyond their book, The Game-Changer, they explore the role of social systems in turning new ideas into commercial success.
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Design for Frugal Growth
By Jaya Pandrangi, Steffen Lauster,
and Gary L. Neilson

With the right kind of organizational design, you can expand while cutting costs. Five elements are critical: accountable business units, an aptitude for innovation, pull-based functional relationships, differentiated capabilities, and the ability to leverage scale.
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The Unique Advantage

By Alexander Kandybin and Surbhee Grover
Why do mature businesses struggle with innovation? Often it’s because they think the secret to growth is rapid-fire line extensions that get customers excited for a little while. But the trick isn’t being fast; it’s being hard to copy.
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Smarter Medicine
By Michael V. Copeland
If you’re looking for a public health success story, it would be hard to do better than the U.S. Vaccines for Children program. In 2003, faced with a sprawling supply chain, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revolutionized the way vaccines are delivered — and showed how governments can build smarter operations.
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  Tea and Empathy with Daniel Goleman

By Lawrence M. Fisher
Meet the author of Emotional Intelligence, the man responsible for associating corporate leadership with steadfast personal maturity. Now this best-selling writer says that companies are entering an era of corporate transparency, when every product and service they offer will be scrutinized as never before.
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The Thought Leader Interview: Fulvio Conti
By Art Kleiner
The CEO of Europe’s second-largest utility says that energy companies must adapt in a fast-changing global marketplace.

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