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Peacocks display the weaknesses of capitalism

Have you heard the peacock's tail theory of capitalism? According to Christopher Meyer and Julia Kirby (A19, HBR) the peacock's tail grew ever larger and more flamboyant across the years in response to...

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Retailers pay a price for cutting their workforce

The words 'flexicurity' and 'simplexity' don't exactly trip off the tongue but it seems that we are going to have to get more accustomed to pronouncing them as the economic crisis deepens.

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The pre-death selling of post-life products

'I'm not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens' is a great one-liner from US cinema director, actor and comedian Woody Allen precisely because it sums up the attitude many of...

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From the internet of ideas to the internet of things

Imagine Googling your home to find out if you have left your passport on the kitchen table. Or receiving a text from your freezer to tell you which items you need to restock. Or being tweeted by your...

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Passengers fly through Incheon airport

One passenger who recently arrived at London's Stansted airport complained in a letter to The Times that he had queued longer to pass through immigration control than he had spent in the air on his...

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Microsoft and Sony were wrong-footed by the internet

List 10 world-beating products of recent times, and they are likely to include Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, the Sony Walkman and the Sony PlayStation. All four had the 'wow' factor that...

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How to give new managers the best possible chance of success

Surveys have revealed that around 60% of front-line managers fail within their first two years in the job. More than a quarter feel that they were not adequately prepared for their new role and over...

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What price now for monetary union?

Half of young people in Spain and Greece are out of work. Many of those in employment have taken jobs well below the level and pay grade they could normally expect to achieve with the qualifications...

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Armed robbery 'just another day at the office' for liquor-store employees

A Pennsylvania court has decided that armed robberies are such a normal part of working in a liquor store that shopkeepers cannot claim for the mental harm of being involved in a hold-up.

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A deep-fried Mars a day may help you work, rest and play

Guess what; the deep-fried Mars bar is no urban myth. It is available over the counter at more than a fifth of chip shops in Scotland.

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Telephone tapping can be as easy as 1234

Television presenter Jeremy Paxman got more than he bargained for when he went to lunch with the then-editor of the Daily Mirror, Piers Morgan, and some of the newspaper's executives.

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Stay hungry, stay foolish; the secrets of successful leadership

Good leadership may be hard to define, but it is easy to recognize. Think no further than the late Steve Jobs, chief executive at Apple, or Sir Terry Leahy, former Tesco chief executive.

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Success goes to firms that dare to be different

Ask 20 business people to list a dozen companies that stand out from the crowd, and it is likely that they would broadly agree on around half of them.

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Businesses can learn from the military about training success

When a company needs to teach the principles of lean manufacturing fast, what better way can there be than through agile learning design?

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Why politicians are sometimes economical with the truth

When a politician tells you something in confidence, always ask yourself: 'Why is this lying bastard lying to me?'

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Now the top-paid jobs are in developing nations

Fifty years ago it was common to label manufactured products from matches to magnifying glasses and from fountain pens to frying pans with their country of origin. Those were the days before...

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Taking the guesswork out of celebrity product endorsement

Jimmy Savile came close to corrupting the BBC's Children in Need brand. The TV presenter, who since his death in 2011 has been accused of sexually abusing hundreds of young girls over a 40-year period,...

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Chief executive's pruning aims to keep Apple fresh

What is the future for computer hardware and software giant Apple, the world's most valuable company?

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How to get the best from the people you employ

We can all recognize them; companies where employees lack the enthusiasm, drive and, sometimes, even the competence to carry out their jobs properly. After all, as consumers we are often in the front...

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Toyota and Hyundai steer different paths to success

When it comes to effective management, there is no such thing as one size fits all. Take the examples of Toyota and Hyundai. Both are successful vehicle manufacturers. Both specialize in mass-market...

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