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MAY - JUNE 2016
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Innovation Building the Everything Store: Amazon’s Cycles of Creativity and Circles of Destruction Sean Culey
Technology Where do you Begin with your (Big) Data Initiative? Joe Peppard
Crowdfunding The Secret Life of Crowdfunding Adam J. Bock and Denis Frydrych
Leadership Design Your Life: Leveraging Design Thinking For Better Executive Health Steven MacGregor
Why Focus Matters to Your Leadership: Understanding Huawei’s Business Strategy David De Cremer and Jess Zhang
Talent The Missing Puzzle Piece? How Action Learning Can Help Solve the Dual Challenge of Talent Development and Talent Sourcing Alex Makarevich, Christian Acosta-Flamma and Simon L. Dolan
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Marketing Managing Customer Satisfaction Better Johannes Habel
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Family Business Mastering Innovation in Family Firms: How to Resolve the Ability vs. Willingness Paradox Alfredo De Massis and Federico Frattini
M&A Managing People in Mergers and Acquisitions Part 2: Integration and Survival Guido Stein and Marta Cuadrado
Supply Chain Leveraging Collaborations to Create Shared Value Hervé Legenvre, Francois Bacalou, and Hugues Schmitz
Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurial Risks and the Joys that Come with Them Myra Strober
The Odds of Successful Entrepreneurship: How to Overcome the Holy Grail Syndrome Tijs Besieux
Transformation The Key Levers for Sales Transformation Success Warren Shiver and Michael Perla
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