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Growing Entrepreneurs And Entrepreneurship: Lessons From Estonia

The Horizons Tracker

The Global Innovation Index illustrates this, as they cite the inhibiting impact a shortage of human capital is having on the innovation potential of the nation. The country has attempted to engage with this significant, often highly educated, and well-connected population through its Compatriots Program, which was launched in 2004.

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New Ways to Collaborate for Process Improvement

Harvard Business Review

Emerging social networking technologies offer new ways to overcome these boundaries. IBM has accelerated collaboration with " innovation jams " that engage everyone in identifying opportunities. It was far easier to create the technology than to get the management agreement to use it across functions and country units.

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. For example, Bunge, an agribusiness firm, reported a $56 million quarterly loss in its sugar and bioenergy segments due to drought in 2010. billion in mining projects since 2010.

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Three Cases of Better Corporate Philanthropy

Harvard Business Review

The Nike Foundation also leans on its expertise in innovation and scale to find solutions to poverty, while keeping its operations separate from the business. It measures and holds itself accountable for changes in the way that teachers use information and communications technology in the classroom. Early results are encouraging.

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Category Creation Is the Ultimate Growth Strategy

Harvard Business Review

The innovation came about because Laird aspired to surf a deepwater reef break on the north shore of Maui called Peahi, or Jaws, where waves can reach 120 feet high. Our analysis showed the top 20 firms in Fortune 's 2010 list of fastest-growing companies received $3.40 But coffee has seen other innovations, too. Yet total U.S.

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