Weekly Hotlist: Be the Company Customers Can't Live Without

 

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July 29, 2013 Be the Company Customers Can't Live Without By Omar Hussain A CEO explains why it made sense to narrow his young company's focus.

Managing people How to Fix the Bad Employee Syndrome by Charalambos Vlachoutsicos It's about educating the bosses -- and about persistence. Marketing The Problem with Price Gouging Laws by Rafi Mohammed They're politically popular, but encourage hoarding and exacerbate shortages. Organizational culture Working from Home: A Work in Progress by Teresa Amabile and Steve Kramer New data on the merits and drawbacks of the upward trend in working from home. Global business Coping With Change in Emerging Markets by Anil Gupta and Haiyan Wang Your strategy doesn't have to fall out-of-sync with reality. Innovation How Criticism Creates Innovative Teams by David Burkus A little friction generates a spark. Finance SAC and the Strange Focus on Insider Trading by Justin Fox Prosecutors go after it and not other financial misdeeds because they like to win. Barack Obama Does the Fed Chair Need to Be a Great Manager, or Just a Great Economist? by Walter Frick History suggests economic beliefs matter more than anything else Small/medium business Can Crowdfunding Solve the Startup Capital Gap? by Sramana Mitra New rules may help businesses that can't attract VCs gain funding to grow.

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