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Creating A Purpose-Driven Corporation

The Horizons Tracker

Corporate financing should be of a form and duration that allows companies to fund more engaged and long-term investment in their purposes. Despite this, there is a growing desire for corporations to be better stakeholders, with Wharton’s Sarah Kaplan outlining as much in her latest book, The 360° Corporation.

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Study: Smaller Teams Perform Better Than Bigger Teams

HR Digest

Kaplan Professionals, an HR firm that assesses, designs and implements innovative learning solutions, conducted a three-year extended Situational Judgement Assessments of 4,500 employees at global tech firms and identified five key workplace findings. “In

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Performance Measurement

Strategy Driven

Value: The Four Cornerstones of Corporate Finance by Tim Koller. While you can find numerous books focused on the topic of corporate finance, few offer the type of information managers need to help them make important decisions day in and day out. Discusses the four foundational principles of corporate finance.

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4 Breakthrough Leadership Strategies for 2013

LDRLB

It’s usually an individual endeavor focused on fitness, friendships, or finances. 2013 represents a great opportunity to leapfrog our mental models and innovate our way to breakthroughs for ourselves, our teams, our organizations and, of course, our customers. What are the breakthroughs that we want to create and lead?

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How to Use Uncertainty and Surprise for Breakthroughs

LDRLB

Could we be ignoring the most fundamental tool that anyone can use to create disruptive innovation and change? Could we be overlooking – even resisting – one of the most essential catalysts of personal and business breakthroughs? Here’s the fundamental problem.

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Intelligent Redesign of Health Care

Harvard Business Review

Kaplan and Michael E. Project team members with finance expertise contribute by supplying the cost rate for each person and equipment involved in the care processes. Follow the Leading Health Care Innovation insight center on Twitter @HBRhealth. Leading Health Care Innovation.

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Business Models Aren't Just For Business

Harvard Business Review

Non-profit corporations may not be providing a financial return to investors or owners, but they still capture value to finance activities with contributions, grants, and service revenue. Government agencies are financed by taxes, fees, and service revenue, but are still accountable to deliver citizen value at scale.