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What Businesses Need to Know About Sustainable Development Goals

Harvard Business Review

According to estimates from McKinsey, consumers in these markets could be worth $30 trillion by 2025 — a significant step up from the 2010 value of $12 trillion. For most governments, financing the global goals campaigns will be a stretch; governments have already reneged in the past on commitments for similar targets.

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Midsized Companies Can’t Afford Operational Glitches

Harvard Business Review

In October 2010, when its founders launched their website to the world, 25,000 web viewers overwhelmed the site. As his firm grew, he undervalued and underpaid the executives who ran the supply chain and finance departments. million in financing for a new 50,000-square-foot bakery, which opened in 2008.

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Can the "College Premium" Withstand Hyperspecialization?

Harvard Business Review

In The Age of Hyperspecialization (July-August 2011, co-authored by Tom Malone of MIT and Tammy Johns of Manpower), we note that the division of labor, a development that transformed the way physical work was accomplished during the industrial revolution, may now be poised to redefine how knowledge work gets done in the 21st century.

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The Top Six Innovation Ideas of 2011

Harvard Business Review

These six ideas emerged in 2010 as powerful "innovation invitations" and seem sure to intensify in power and influence. More important, WWWabs symbolize the substantial shift in one of the dying innovation anachronisms of the post-industrial era. Think of them as part of the global supply chain. That's right.

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80% of Companies Don’t Know If Their Products Contain Conflict Minerals

Harvard Business Review

But since outsourcing has become an increasingly common approach to cutting costs, many producers now rely heavily on globally dispersed supply chains. There are similar stories in the electronics industry, pet food, pharmaceuticals, and even national security. But are businesses any better informed than their customers?