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What Inclusive Urban Development Can Look Like

Harvard Business Review

metros that increased their productivity, average wages, and standard of living from 2010 to 2015, only 11 metros achieved inclusive economic outcomes. This type of approach has allowed the market to attract a diverse community that continues to inspire creativity and innovation. This needs to change.

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India's Exploding Digital Economy

Harvard Business Review

An Indian investment bank, Avendus, projects 376 million Indian Net users by 2015. Morgan Stanley projects that 3G penetration will reach 22 percent by 2015. A leapfrog effect will mean that three of every four Net users will do so by 2015. It's a reflection of what's happening in the domestic retail space more broadly.

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Finding the Sweet Spot Between Mass Market and Premium

Harvard Business Review

A decade ago, the Mach 3 razor was Gillette’s premium offering for men, until the Fusion line was launched in 2006 at a 40% price increase, followed by the Fusion ProGlide in 2010 and the Fusion Proshield Flexball in 2016—to name a few of the brand’s major releases. Smaller brands have been picking up the slack.

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China’s Economy, in Six Charts

Harvard Business Review

This is the overarching goal of China’s 2010-2015 plan. As the impact of the labor bonanza and capital-led phases begins to fade, productivity growth in China must increasingly come from the quality of innovation and management expertise at the organizational level. China, too, needs more technological innovation.

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What to Do When Your Future Strategy Clashes with Your Present

Harvard Business Review

The innovation portfolio. The innovation portfolio also contained a new business unit called MedStar Ambulatory Services, a network of small, storefront clinics, diagnostic labs, and primary care offices located in dozens of neighborhoods. and Maryland to launch a more general health insurance plan. The investment portfolio.

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Making Hospital Partnerships Work

Harvard Business Review

After much deliberation, we partnered with University of Chicago Medicine (UCM) in 2010. Participating retailers are promoted on the Silver Cross website, at health fairs, and on all marketing collateral. For more about innovation in health care delivery, see NEJM Catalyst , a new resource from NEJM Group. Only time will tell.

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The Benefits of Hiring Your Best Customers

Harvard Business Review

” Not only has this purpose served Nordstrom well for decades, but it has helped the company overcome the multichannel challenges most retailers struggle with. One of the biggest obstacles for brick-and-mortar retailers that are trying to win online as well is internal organizational conflict.