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Denmark's environmental leadership and cleantech industry development

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe, the southernmost of the Nordic countries and lies just south of Norway and southwest of Sweden. It is essentially a large peninsula, and borders both the Baltic and North Seas.

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The role of higher education leadership in inspiring shared vision

What value is there to be gained by studying higher education leadership? What difference can it make?

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Building value through business leadership and community contribution

"Try not to become a man of success but a man of value." The MBA program is part of a strategy that I have to become a man of value. That value, for me, derives as much from the ways in which I achieve success as from the success itself.

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Women in leadership positions and the glass ceiling effect

The struggle for women's rights have come a long way from gaining the right to suffrage to having more women participate in the labor market, which is viewed as directly contributing to nation building.

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Transactional, transformational, charismatic, and servant leadership styles

In modern business management, leadership generally consists of one of several main philosophies. Transactional leadership is oriented toward the specific exchange or transaction of workers' services for a regular salary and other vocational benefits of working (Daft, 2005).

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Organizational structure and leadership at Embassy Suites Asheville

The corporate structure at an organization like Embassy Suites tends to be somewhat formalized and dense.

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Hispanic underrepresentation in corporate leadership positions

As a melting pot of various cultures, the U.S. demographics continues to change at a remarkable rate. Among the minority communities, the Hispanics continue to be a dominant group making up for more than 15% of the national population.

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Goal conflicts in higher education leadership and institutions

Why is leadership within academic organizations so often perceived as having a high level of ambiguity?

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Thirteen Days: leadership and decision-making during the Cuban Missile Crisis

The film Thirteen Days illustrates this general principle very clearly with the specific example of the Cuban Missile Crisis that occurred in 1962.

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Warren Buffett's authentic leadership and investment philosophy

One of the most influential business leaders in the world today is Warren Buffett. His holding company, Berkshire Hathaway, is one of the wealthiest such entities in the world. Buffett has become famous for building his wealth organically, through shrewd investments and timely divestitures.

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