Tuesday, July 5, 2016

How Facebook Tries to Prevent Office Politics

 


THE WEEKLY HOTLIST: Harvard Business Review

July 04, 2016

How Facebook Tries to Prevent Office Politics

By Jay Parikh


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Business Leaders Have Abandoned the Middle Class by Umair Haque

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The Best Companies Invest Aggressively in These 3 Areas by Chris Zook

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The U.S.'s "Special Relationship" Is with Germany, Not Britain by Volker R. Berghahn

A brief review of the economic history.


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