The Best of the December Issue

 

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November 18, 2016 The Best of December 2016 Idea Watch The Scary Truth About Corporate Survival by Vijay Govindarajan and Anup Srivastava Companies that listed on U.S. stock markets from 2000 to 2009 had only a 63% chance of making it. Feature Mapping Frontier Economies by Aldo Musacchio and Eric Werker Multinationals in search of double-digit growth are finding it in these 19 places. Feature The Secrets of Great CEO Selection by Ram Charan Board members who are adept at picking CEOs do four things that others don’t. Feature Health Care Needs Real Competition by Leemore S. Dafny and Thomas H. Lee, MD “Health care organizations that try to deflect competition are on the wrong side of history and the wrong side of strategy.” Feature Fixing Discrimination in Online Marketplaces by Ray Fisman and Michael Luca Airbnb, Uber, and others are facing the unintended consequences of their platforms’ design choices. Managing Yourself Do You Hate Your Boss? by Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries Concrete ways to improve a dysfunctional relationship.

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