Serena Williams berates a line judge for a questionable call; Kanye West hijacks Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech; Joe Wilson accuses President Obama of lying to a joint session of Congress. The worlds of sports, entertainment, and politics seem to be long on self-promotion and especially short on trust and respect....
One of the supposed strategic advantages of online retailers like Amazon and iTunes is their much larger stock of products. As Chris Anderson has described, if we look at the distribution of popularity of many products (such as books, movies, songs, search phrases) there is a very lengthy tail of titles and choices...
The collapse of Lehman Brothers one year ago this week has us asking ourselves what principles of financial intelligence we can learn from Lehman’s failure. The financial crisis that engulfed Wall Street and the economy in general, after all, provides a good backdrop for some important lessons. 1. Too much leverage The...
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