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Corporate Donations to Tsunami Relief

By Daniel Cahir, Associate Consultant, Bain & Company

The private sector's philanthropic response to the December, 2004, Asian tsunami was swift and sizable. U.S. companies donated more than $452 million in cash and goods within months of the disaster. Is this impulse purely "good citizenship" or are other motivations involved?

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An Interview with Plew Trivisvavet

By LR Staff

Developing countries need infrastructure: roads, subways, water projects built with first-class engineering fundamentals. Mr. Plew Trivisvavet, of CH. Karnchang Public Company Ltd. in Thailand, shares his insights.

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Transformational and Transactional Leadership: A Meta-analytic Test of Their Relative Validity

Original publication by Timothy A. Judge and Ronald F. Piccolo
In Journal of Applied Psychology

Synopsis by Maggie Fromm, Claremont McKenna College, '06

Judge and Piccolo mine the literature, using a meta-analytic approach to test the validity of transformational, contingent reward, and laissez-faire leadership.

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Crisis (Hostage) Negotiation: Current Strategies and Issues in High-Risk Conflict Resolution

Original publication by Gregory M. Vecchi, Vincent B. Van Hasselt, Stephen J. Romano
In Aggression and Violent Behavior

Synopsis by Ross Boomer, Claremont McKenna College, '09

How would you react in a hostage negotiation? Learn the steps to take the lead in bringing the crisis to resolution.

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