On September 20, 2011

HBR Economic Survey: Little Hiring Growth Planned for 2012

The global economy is in a pretty tight spot. The dismal and uncertain news out of Europe continues and the U.S. still struggles to drive meaningful growth against a persistent and pervasive joblessness. At the heart of these…

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On September 20, 2011

How New Payment Options Can Drive Revenue

This post is part of the HBR Insight Center Growing the Top Line.

Wal-Mart recently made business news headlines by unveiling a layaway purchase option for customers. This once-common practice involves retailers placing merchandise aside after…

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On September 20, 2011

Which Cities Are Bouncing Back the Best?

A new analysis of how cities are faring economically shows some metro areas are bouncing back far quicker than others.

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On September 20, 2011

Improve Your Brain!

Recently, I was delighted to get Dr Helena Popovic back into the video studio to further explore the topic of the brain and how we can improve it's performance.Helena is an expert on brain...

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On September 19, 2011

Feeding the Banking Beast

If a company trebled sales and doubled profits in a decade, you'd have to wonder how long the winning streak would continue. What if it was an entire sector was performing that way?

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On September 19, 2011

AT&T Is Desperate to Save Its T-Mobile Deal — and Here’s Why

AT&T has to get T-Mobile. Why? Because Verizon has pulled far ahead in rolling out 4G technology and AT&T is worried that it could lose a lot of customers as wireless data access gains importance.

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On September 19, 2011

RIP, Erin Esurance: $100M Account Move Puts Final Nail in Her Coffin

Erin lost her job as the star of the Esurance campaign because of her unpopularity and her unofficial sex life, but her ghost continued to appear in the background of the current ads.

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On September 19, 2011

Netflix CEO Apologizes to Customers, Then Drops Another Bomb

"I messed up. I owe everyone an explanation." Thus begins a blog post by Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix, announcing a new change to the company -- a change that is almost guaranteed to further irritate an

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On September 19, 2011

Qantas and the Airline Quality Gap

During the summer I transitioned from Boston to Toronto, a move that forced me to take an extended side trip to my home country of Australia. And with lots of flying time under my belt, I couldn't help but think…

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On September 19, 2011

Google Wallet Finally Launches

Back in May Google announced Google Wallet, the company's efforts to try and change the payments industry.

While Google is certainly not alone in its endeavors to revolutionize mobile payments (PayPal's even suing them), they do have a…

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