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New Report: We're Not As Connected As We Think

Harvard Business Review

Based on data covering the period from 2005 to 2011, it charts how globalization has evolved since the onset of the financial crisis at the global, regional, and national levels. The world's most globally connected country (the Netherlands) is hundreds of times more connected than the least connected country (Burundi).

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London Succeeds in Its Olympic Trials

Harvard Business Review

London was announced as host city on July 6, 2005 to wild celebrations. million cost of the tower has been covered by the Mittal Family, with a small subsidy from the London Authority looking to drive tourism post-Games. The role of the Olympic Games leaders is to build, sell, and safely deliver the event.

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Which Countries Will Rise to the Top in a Leaderless World?

Harvard Business Review

jumped from 18% in 2005 to more than 25% just four years later, and Canada now draws nearly 40% of its imports from countries other than the United States. Mexico's largest sources of foreign currency are oil sales, tourism, and remittances from nationals working abroad. British Columbia exports more to Asia than to the U.S.

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Why President Kagame Runs Rwanda Like a Business

Harvard Business Review

So far, Rwanda''s three big clusters are coffee, tea, and tourism, but Porter is convinced there are more to come. People started asking in 2005, "Oh, President, are you going to leave when your term is up?" In the initial three areas of coffee, tea, and tourism, that effort has advanced quite far now. What are the bottlenecks?

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Even in a Digital World, Globalization Is Not Inevitable

Harvard Business Review

Thomas Friedman’s famous proposal that, thanks to the internet, the “world is flat” (advanced in a 2005 book bearing that title) articulates this idea in a way that is clear and simple — and wrong. My best estimate is that the international proportion of internet traffic roughly doubled since 2005.