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As companies mature, their growth tends to slow. Research has shown that stagnation is a normal part of the corporate life cycle—but it is not destiny. Some firms defy the trend, achieving and sustaining what we call breakout growth: they increase their sales at least twice as fast as their peers for five years, and then sustain above-industry growth for…

new video loaded: The N.B.A. Returns to China After Six Years transcript Back transcript The N.B.A. Returns to China After Six Years The N.B.A, returns to China this week, after a hiatus sparked by a controversial 2019 tweet. In Macau, New York Times business reporter Tania Ganguli reveals the behind-the-scenes stakeholders who orchestrated the league’s…

In the current climate, generic and expensive programs to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion—for example, trainings—are increasingly falling out of favor. In fact, most of the existing research suggests that trainings have not been effective at changing people’s behaviors or measurable organizational outcomes, such as who gets hired. Yet, what hasn’t changed is companies’ need…