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

Harvard Business Review

We recently released the DHL Global Connectedness Index 2012 , which tracks the depth and breadth of trade, capital, information, and people flows across 140 countries that account for 99% of the world's GDP and 95% of its population. We cannot simply take for granted that future generations will enjoy the benefits of a more connected planet.

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London Succeeds in Its Olympic Trials

Harvard Business Review

For the 2008 Games, China built a spectacle of unmatchable scale , with a budget of some $80 billion. No sooner had Beijing's flame died than the global financial crisis took British debt levels above 60% of GDP, excluding public intervention in failing banks. This is not even a marketing partnership.