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Property Rights Have A Big Impact On Microentrepreneurs

The Horizons Tracker

These businesses operate informally and are unstable, which has significant political implications. In 2010, the Arab world experienced upheaval after a poor Tunisian fruit and vegetable seller set himself on fire to protest against the country’s then-government.

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How Dumb Is Your Business?

N2Growth Blog

Posted on October 13th, 2010 by admin in Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth How dumb is your business? The dumb factor not only applies to talent, capital, and technology, but it also extends throughout the entire value chain. Our Freedom. mikemyatt: A leaders Intellect should not be a depreci.

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The Downside of Best Practices | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Does the company purchase an off-the-shelf solution, utilize an ASP (Application Service Provider) solution or embark upon developing a custom application? Oh, and what about development methodology? I could go on ad-nauseum with this line of thinking, but I’m sure you get the point by now.

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Preventing Another Bangladesh Tragedy: Three Ways to Transform Supply Chain Ethics

Harvard Business Review

We know that we are somehow complicit in the moral chain that links our cheap clothes with collapsing factories, but we feel powerless to respond. So here are three radical suggestions for transforming the field of supply chain ethics. They aren''t going to be adopted anytime soon. Was your shirt? Was your shirt?

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Open India: Considerations for Retailers

Harvard Business Review

Now, led by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's insistence that " good economics is good politics ," India has announced a new wave of reforms, seen by many as the most significant step since the ground-breaking " opening of India " in July 1991. Already there is political backlash to Prime Minister's proposed reforms. Cautiously.

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The Scale of the Climate Catastrophe Will Depend on What Businesses Do Over the Next Decade

Harvard Business Review

°F) — a level that seemed politically feasible, but still leads to vast damage, including the death of all coral; even more deadly storms and heat; and rising oceans covering low-lying island nations and major coastal areas. So, to go even further, companies need to also consider who they support for political office.

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What Companies Have Learned from Losing Billions in Emerging Markets

Harvard Business Review

But after the Great Recession of 2007-2009, when developed economies effectively froze in place, their appetites only sharpened. Those losses stemmed not from poor product, marketing, or supply chain decisions but from regulatory violations, loss of business and fines resulting from bribery and fraud, and concomitant reputational damage.