Be a better leader, have a richer life

Work fills most executives' lives to the brim, leaving insufficient time for their families, their communities, and themselves. But Wharton professor Friedman suggests that, rather than view the problem as a set of trade-offs, executives use their leadership talents to benefit all four domains at once. The idea is to design experiments--small, short-term adjustments to their daily routines--that incorporate and mutually benefit the various aspects of their lives. If an experiment works out, everyone wins--employer, employee, family, and community; if it doesn't, it simply becomes a low-cost learning opportunity. Over time, the combination of small gains and lessons learned can lead to larger-scale transformation. The "Total Leadership" process involves identifying what's important to you, identifying what's important to everyone in your life, using those insights to creatively explore possibilities for experiments, and then selecting and implementing a few at a time. Drawing on decades of experience, Friedman has distilled nine categories of experiments that offer a manageable, systematic approach to the daunting task of conceiving projects with four-way benefits. In one such experiment, an executive might raise money for a charity her company sponsors by running a marathon with her son, thus simultaneously gaining greater visibility at work, spending more time with her family, giving back to the community, and improving her health. To move toward the goal of becoming a CEO, another executive might join the board of a nonprofit agency in his neighborhood together with his wife. Friedman suspects that there are far more opportunities for simultaneous benefits than people realize. They are there for the taking. You just have to know how to look for them and then find the support and courage to pursue them.     

Be a better boss. Employee treatment,trust level and family business innovation: Evidence from China

This study examines the impact of employee treatment on family business innovation. Our empirical research shows that beneficial employee treatment can increase family business innovation input and output. Moreover, the empirical conclusions pass the robustness and endogeneity tests. An additional analysis shows that non-salary aspects of employee treatment can significantly increase the quantity and quality of innovation output; however, they have little to no impact on innovation input. Further, we find that the higher the levels of trust in society, trust in organizational decisions, and trust in co-workers are, the stronger is the role of employee treatment in family business innovation.     

给自己一个更好的职业路径

在IMA（美国管理会计师协会）与中国国家外国专家局（简称外专局）2009年签订战略合作协议后，经过双方共同努力，CMA（美国注册管理会计师认证）资格认证得以在国企和央企迅速铺开，并获得高度认可。2010年10月11日，国资委系统下的200名财务高管，其中许多人都是大型央企的总会计师，将集中参加一个为期一个月的CMA培训班，     

Cultural theory and risk perception: a proposal for a better measurement

Why do members of the public disagree – sharply and persistently – about facts on which expert scientists largely agree? We designed a study to test a distinctive explanation: the cultural cognition of scientific consensus. The ‘cultural cognition of risk’ refers to the tendency of individuals to form risk perceptions that are congenial to their values. The study presents both correlational and experimental evidence confirming that cultural cognition shapes individuals’ beliefs about the existence of scientific consensus, and the process by which they form such beliefs, relating to climate change, the disposal of nuclear wastes, and the effect of permitting concealed possession of handguns. The implications of this dynamic for science communication and public policy‐making are discussed.     

Energy pricing: 8 Proposals for a better fuel market

If energy policy is to get the mix of fuels right, it must ensure that consumers are faced with their true relative costs. That requires radical changes in the way prices are set as between nationalised industries as well as for commercial and domestic users.     

My vision of a better India

India is a rich country in which poor people live, a big country which does not realise its own potential. India must build on its strengths and achieve its potential to become an economic superpower with a good and just society. A number of attitudinal and structural factors, such as lack of national pride, politics based on caste and other identities, a hierarchic and corruption-ridden feudal society and the tendency to reward failure and weakness rather than success and achievement are the major hurdles that are stopping us from achieving our true potential. On the other hand, our strengths in democratically managing a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural country and our capacity to master technology are also notable. Steps and hopeful developments that show the way forward to solve our national problems and realise the vision of a better India are suggested.     

规范是为了更好的发展

2009年4月27日,中国人民银行、中国银监会、公安部、国家工商总局等部门联合下发了<关于加强银行卡安全管理预防和打击银行卡犯罪的通知>(以下简称<通知>),旨在规范银行卡市场秩序,维护持卡人权益,增强社会公众对银行卡支付的信心,加大预防和打击银行卡犯罪的力度,更好地发挥银行卡促进经济增长的作用.