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Risks and bias in researching pathways to chief financial officer

CFO? There are several risks apparent when investigating issues relating to human subjects. One risk is that the study may have a detrimental impact on the subjects. Further risks are that the study may be skewed by human subjectivity.

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Clipper WindPower strategic analysis and marketing recommendations

Growing concern about global warming is making organizations and individuals more aware of the need to find alternative sources of energy.

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Merck's Mectizan development and fiduciary duty to shareholders

Merck's decision to proceed with the development of Mectizan violated its fiduciary duty to its shareholders, but did not violate its overall corporate responsibility. Merck has stakeholders other than its shareholders who benefited from this decision.

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The case for and against legalizing prostitution

Criminal Conduct or Consensual Act? Vast resources are expended in the fight against prostitution and other "vices." Politicians and moralists rail against the pernicious effects of these transgressions. Police arrest streetwalkers and launch sting operations against those who use them.

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Strengthening moral foundations in organizational leadership

What would you do to strengthen the moral foundation of your leadership base and of the leadership base of your organization?

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Leadership theories from Kotter, Confucius, Machiavelli and Rousseau

John Kotter has written several self-help books on corporate management. The most recent, Leading Change, outlines an 8-step process to effect transformations successfully, and has become a bible for change with managers.

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How a friend's cancer diagnosis inspired entrepreneurial biotechnology career pursuit

There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something better tomorrow -- Orison Swett Marden

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Emotional intelligence and workplace performance in Goleman's theory

Working with Emotional Intelligence, author Daniel Goleman expands on his groundbreaking work on what it means to be smart published in Emotional Intelligence.

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Harley-Davidson's history, market position, and brand development strategy

Harley Davidson Inc. Harley Davidson is one of the oldest American motorcycle companies.

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Public relations strategies in K-12 school administration: a comparative critique

The pace of legislative change created by No Child Left Behind (NCLB) act "and the natural rivalry between different groups with different ideas about what works best" in schools has caused no end of confusion, tension, miscommunication and outright division among those who need to work together"…

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