Weekly Hotlist: The Best (and Worst) Countries to Be a Woman

 

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October 28, 2013 The Best (and Worst) Countries to Be a Woman By Sarah Green The World Economic Forum's latest data on gender equality.

Operations Megastores Want to Be Like Mom-and-Pop Shops… Sort Of by Denise Lee Yohn Customers want local, so national chains are trying to adapt. Marketing Research: The Emotions that Make Marketing Campaigns Go Viral by Kelsey Libert Heat maps of viral content show what compels us to share. Entrepreneurship Don't Build Your Startup Outside of Silicon Valley by Maxwell Wessel The deck is stacked against entrepreneurs who aren't in San Francisco Bay, New York, or Boston. Managing people Three Things that Actually Motivate Employees by Rosabeth Moss Kanter Mastery, membership, and meaning are all more important than money. Productivity The More Time We Spend Online, the Less Time We Spend Working by Walter Frick What time spent on social media does (and doesn't) crowd out. Corporate social responsibility Timberland's CEO on Deciding to Engage with Angry Activists by Jeff Swartz When Greenpeace threatened to boycott Timberland, its CEO saw an opportunity to improve. Risk management The Hidden Dangers of Playing It Safe by Doug Sundheim The best leaders make it feel uncomfortable to not take risks. Entrepreneurship 11 Ways Big Companies Undermine Innovation by Scott Kirsner Why big companies struggle to keep up with start-ups. Decision making Does Bigger Data Lead to Better Decisions? by Theos Evgeniou Diverse, it turns out, matters more than big.

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