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From a research paper on international management practices and their effect on firm success: One interesting group are the family firms, defined in our research as firms owned by the descendants of the founder… Those that are family owned and family managed (“Family, Family CEO”) have a large tail of badly managed firms, while [...] How Moderates think: Like Mr. Brown, Ms. Snowe said she did not think the measure went far enough, and she also protested the Democratic decision to bar any Republican amendments. But the senator, who was particularly supportive of some business-oriented provisions in the measure, said those concerns were outweighed by the need to show Americans [...] Imagine a world where when you leave a job, instead of telling you to pack your desk, they tell you to: … deposit your ideas at the door before passing through the brain scanner to make sure you aren’t taking any ideas with you. And don’t forget to leave any thoughts you brought with you [...] Good overview on what buzz is, what it isn’t, and what to watch about it. Most perspective shifting part for me: Q: Could Buzz become bigger than Twitter? A: It already is: While we can’t pinpoint an exact number, Twitter has probably around 18-25 million users worldwide. Heck, let’s say there are 30 million to [...] Interesting talk about the technology revolution’s ability to remake government, from the leader of Britain’s Conservative Party. What really strikes me looking around the world today is that information technology has remade retail and remade media consumption, but there are still huge industries it hasn’t begun to touch – Finance, Health Care, Energy, Education, and [...] 538 has a great article on the role of moderate politicians in congress. The result of Moderate legislators combining the worst of both parties proposal The Bayh’s , Lieberman’s and Snowe’s of the world are moderates, in that they muddle together proposals of each side to make bastardized policy proposals that meet in the [...] Rolling stone has a really (really) long, but interesting comparison of recent wall street moves to real world cons and schemes pulled in movies like Goodfellas and The Sting. Some of the connections are a stretch, but most range between clear cut copies and eerily similar set-ups. I definitely agree that Flash Trading is inherently [...] |
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