A Physicist Solves the City by Johan Lehrer DECEMBER 17, 2010 Earlier, we wrote that 99 percent of large US firms do not survive for 40 years without having been either bankrupt or acquired as shown by business scholars Stubbart and Knight. We also pointed to the...
Goodwill, intangible assets, and the right culture When a company is acquired, most often the amount the buyer pays for it is far superior to the value of its tangible—physical and financial—assets. Goodwill is, technically, an intangible asset, one coming into play...
American poet on freedom and equality This is what Robert Frost wrote in his 1937 address “What became of New England”: In 1897 I was sitting in a class in college when I heard a man spend quite the part of an hour making fun of the expression that we were...
A book and a company who make businesses relaxed and happy This is a very short 70-page book. But it tells a journey traveled by an unbelieving businessman from an outright stress to an ultimate relaxation–and even happiness. We enjoyed the read immensely not...
How to Liberate the NHS By Isaac Getz JULY 16, 2010 Health Secretary Andrew Lansley’s NHS reform, announced this week, is the biggest decentralization of decision making ever undertaken in any organization. The idea of liberating front-line employees is a...
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