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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. Over the past few years, we've all become much more aware of the forces that will powerfully shape global society over the next decade. The change has not gone unremarked by management's leading thinkers.

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Can the U.S. Become a Base for Serving the Global Economy?

Harvard Business Review

private-sector research and development. shares of the global operations of U.S.-based Despite decades of globalization, these companies remain predominantly U.S. Overall, the share of domestic employment in the total global employment of U.S. Leaders of global companies are today voicing concern about a deep set of U.S.

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Three Unexpected Ways to Help with Disaster Recovery

Harvard Business Review

When the devastating earthquake struck Haiti in January 2010 , killing more than 250,000 and injuring countless more, donors and governments sent billions in aid and in-kind support. It's an approach we call creating shared value ( my coauthor Mark Kramer and FSG cofounder Michael Porter wrote about this in Harvard Business Review ).

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

Michel Porter and Mark Kramer pioneered the idea of “creating shared value,” arguing that businesses can generate economic value by identifying and addressing social problems that intersect with their business. billion in mining projects since 2010. Fostering innovation. Since its launch in 2012, Flyknit has reduced 3.5

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18 of the Top 20 Tech Companies Are in the Western U.S. and Eastern China. Can Anywhere Else Catch Up?

Harvard Business Review

From 2010 to 2017, the market cap of GAFAM companies increased by $2.6 Will Other Nations Develop Local Champions and Innovation Hubs? Many have tried but few have succeeded in developing substantial innovation hubs. Wealth also tends to stay in-region, as outside investors tend to be locally based. trillion. Now, the U.S.

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People Are Angry About Globalization. Here’s What to Do About It.

Harvard Business Review

Much of continental Europe is convulsed with similar combinations of disaffection , protectionism , and, in some cases, nationalism and even racism that have morphed into a more-or-less generalized anger against globalization. personal consumption expenditures in 2010 and that over half of that amount actually went to U.S. In the U.S.,