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Even for Companies, the U.S. Is Split Between Haves and Have-Nots

Harvard Business Review

Economywide ROIC has trended downward since the 1980s, falling from above 6% in the mid-1960s to 5% in 1980, then to 3% in 1990, and to only a bit more than 1% by 2010. The comparison is imprecise, of course, but nevertheless suggestive. But this phenomenon of rising competitive intensity does not, evidently, apply to all firms.

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The Authenticity Trap for Workers Who Are Not Straight, White Men

Harvard Business Review

As our economy grows ever more globalized and competition for market share intensifies, companies are under ever-greater pressure to innovate — both to retain market share and to capture new markets in emerging economies and underserved markets. This compared with a paltry 48% average among the ban’s other 90-plus Indian branches.)

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