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Design therapy for retailers

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Executive Education 2013
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A ranking of the leading custom and open executive education programmes, plus features and analysis
The trickle-down effect
How do you ensure that managers implement their business school lessons when they return to work?
– Della Bradshaw
Online MBA 2013
An online listing of MBA programmes, plus features and analysis
©Alamy FT & Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award May 16, 2013

Publishing industry plots a survival story

As the digital revolution takes shape, it need not be a threat

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Gadgets not required at Google jamboree

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How to bridge a cultural ocean

The UK and US share the same language but companies need to be mindful of differences

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A moderate pedant’s grammar manifesto

Children need to learn grammar to teach them the language for work

BUSINESS BOOKS May 15, 2013

Management lessons from the frontline

‘The Leader’s Code’ by Donovan Campbell

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The entrepreneur: Luke Johnson

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How India’s buses got connected

When Phanindra Sama couldn’t buy a bus ticket he started a company to make it easier

Luke Johnson May 14, 2013

Walking away is often the best option

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Judgment Call May 14, 2013

Can a brand be built on a news story?

McDonald’s tweeted in support of a customer who helped free three women in Cleveland, Ohio

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Auctions to upgrade economy seats

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