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What Investors Need to Know About Zimbabwe After Mugabe

Harvard Business Review

After being denounced for years for its dictatorship and destructive economic policies, Zimbabwe entered a new chapter in November 2017, following the military’s removal of president Robert Mugabe, who ruled the country for 37 years. However, in recent years many high-skilled Zimbabweans have emigrated to neighboring South Africa.

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How the Great Recession Changed Banking

Harvard Business Review

The Great Recession of 2007 to 2009 was under way. Expenditures on control functions related to implementing new regulations such as compliance, risk, finance, operations, and technology have been cut — but only by 10%. Investment bank Bear Stearns collapsed. Lehman Brothers toppled.

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How U.S. Businesses Can Succeed in India in 2015

Harvard Business Review

India Business Council found that its large company members were prepared to invest $40 billion into India by 2017. America’s largest insurer, Allstate, announced plans to invest $1 billion in its India operations. Ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Washington last September, the U.S.-India

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We're Running Out of Resources, and It's Going to Be OK

Harvard Business Review

Service and maintenance that extend the lifespan of products create local, labor-intensive, skilled jobs — jobs that can't be shipped overseas. By 2017, " industry revenue is forecast to grow to $1.5 The domestic remanufacturing industry grew by 15% between 2009 and 2011 to "at least $43.0