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February 17, 2017 Being Engaged at Work Is Not the Same as Being Productive By Ryan Fuller, Nina Shikaloff Evidence from two Fortune 100 companies.

Professional transitions Why You Should Buy a Business (and How to Do It) Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff, professors at Harvard Business School, spell out an overlooked career path: buying a business and running it as CEO. Purchasing a small company lets you become your own boss and reap financial rewards without the risks of founding a start-up. Still, there are things you need to know. Ruback and Yudkoff are the authors of the "HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business." Strategy Is Corporate Short-Termism Really a Problem? The Jury's Still Out by Lawrence H. Summers A response to new data from McKinsey. Analytics How Chief Data Officers Can Get Their Companies to Collect Clean Data by Gahl Berkooz It's in everybody's interest. Non-profit Even Life-Saving Innovations Don't Sell Themselves by Taz Hussein, Matt Plummer A lesson nonprofits need to remember. Regulation Requiring Companies to Disclose Climate Risks Helps Everyone by Matthew E. Kahn Pay attention to what happens with this SEC rule.

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