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What Peter Drucker Knew About 2020

Harvard Business Review

In a matter of decades, society altogether rearranges itself – its worldview, its basic values, its social and political structures, its arts, its key institutions. In his HBR piece, Drucker suggested that our great transformation would be completed by 2010 or 2020. Fifty years later a new world exists.

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The Changing Role of Global Leaders

Harvard Business Review

In November 2010, to big fanfare at Unilever's London headquarters, chief executive Paul Polman boldly articulated a new strategy. Unilever's strategy for 2020 is formulated in direct response to that quest for improved quality of life in a much more resource-constrained context. And of course, more pressure on climate.

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4 Things Successful Change Leaders Do Well

Harvard Business Review

As such we struggle with the tension between the desire to boost innovation and the need to operate under increasing regulation. For example, for three decades leading up to 2010, HSBC had successfully pursued a growth strategy and organizational capability that was founded upon acquisitions. Optimization vs. Rationalization.

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The Top 10 Green Business Stories of 2010

Harvard Business Review

Here's my attempt to capture what I see as the most important stories affecting the greening of business in 2010. Germany, not really the sunniest country in the world, added 1% of its electric needs in solar in 2010 alone (it took 10 years to get the first 1% online, and just 8 months for the second 1%). trillion by 2020.

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Why Google Fiber Is High-Speed Internet’s Most Successful Failure

Harvard Business Review

In 2010, Google rocked the $60 billion broadband industry by announcing plans to deploy fiber-based home internet service, offering connections up to a gigabit per second — 100 times faster than average speeds at the time. The overall goal: to ensure at least 100,000,000 Americans had access to broadband speeds of 100 Mbps by 2020.

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What China’s 13th Five-Year Plan Means for Business

Harvard Business Review

China’s Communist Party recently approved the 13th Five-Year Plan , designed to guide the country’s social, political, and economic development through the second half of this decade. What is the significance of the plan? What are the main characteristics of the latest plan?

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Brexit Could Deepen Europe’s Digital Recession

Harvard Business Review

Brexit, as the British referendum to exit the EU is widely called, has caused turmoil in politics and stocks and head-shaking among the UK’s partners. billion in the rest of Europe over the period 2010-2015. All of this, of course, comes on the heels of many overlapping crises afflicting Europe. billion as compared to $4.4