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Lenovo CEO rewards employees out of his own pocket
“At the end of last month, I was informed by an email that I got a ‘Yuanqing special reward’ of nearly 2,000 yuan (US$317),” Zhang Jing, an operator of Lenovo’s calling center, recalled and told journalist that she felt both surprised and happy when reading the email. Almost 800 colleagues…
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Mr Linux gives a rare interview to the BBC
The success of Linux is in large part due to its open source nature. Why do you think people have been willing to give up so much time without financial reward? In many ways, I actually think the real idea of open source is for it to allow everybody to…
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The power of asymmetric connections
Is your business working in an asymmetric environment? Here’s a guest blog on why making asymmetric connections can prove invaluable to entrepreneurs… We’re programmed to like, trust, admire, date and – yes – do business with those like ourselves. A combination of geography, profession-identification, culture and social groups contrive to…
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James Mwangi from Kenya named Entrepreneur of the Year 2012
Dr. James Mwangi, CEO and Managing Director of Kenya’s Equity Bank Limited was tonight named the Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur Of The Year 2012 at an awards ceremony held in Monte Carlo’s Salle des Etoiles. James was picked from among the 59 country finalists vying for the title across…
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IBM Study: If You Don’t Have a Social CEO, You’re Going to be Less Competitive
The list of the world’s CEOs regularly includes celebrities, billionaires, big egos, risk takers, and failures. What it does not include are social media experts; but that’s about to change. When IBM (NYSE: IBM) conducted its study of 1709 CEOs around the world, they found only 16% of them participating…
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In defence of capitalism and entrepreneurs
There are many drawbacks to capitalism. But capitalism and entrepreneurship are proven to still be the best way people around the world can progress forwards. A handful of greedy people (mainly within banks) have fundamentally created the financial mess that we are in. But what people have got to be…
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