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Why Germany Dominates the U.S. in Innovation

Harvard Business Review

Reading the headlines, you might think that the most urgent question about national success in innovation and growth is whether the U.S. Germany does a better job on innovation in areas as diverse as sustainable energy systems, molecular biotech, lasers, and experimental software engineering. or China should get the gold medal.

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Think Global, Not Emerging Markets, Century

Harvard Business Review

As multinational corporations pursue opportunities in emerging markets, they're bound to stumble if they overlook the developed economies, and vice versa. Nokia, for example, commanded market shares of 40% in China and 56% in India by 2008. Nokia, for example, commanded market shares of 40% in China and 56% in India by 2008.

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Behind China's Roaring Solar Industry

Harvard Business Review

Wednesday, Bloomberg reported that Chinese solar stocks had soared based on market expectations that demand in China for alternative energy will increase given the Chinese government's increasing solar capacity targets. In 1990, there were 227 million houses in China — by 2010, there were 371 million. trillion to $6.2

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Cisco's Flip Flop and (Mis)Managing the Obvious

Harvard Business Review

Cisco's clever little camcorder collapse provides picture-perfect insight into a pervasive innovation pathology: Ignoring — or disrespecting — the obvious. The company promised back in 2009 to bring out a Wi-Fi Flip in early 2010. The company knew digital devices were all becoming telecommunications tools.

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Artisans Must Balance the Books

Harvard Business Review

The Conversation Blogs The Conversation Artisans Must Balance the Books 8:12 AM Tuesday November 23, 2010 by Ndubuisi Ekekwe | Comments () Email Tweet This Post to Facebook Share on LinkedIn Print The boy was 11 years old when his father took him to live with a kinsman, a businessman with many shops in Lagos, Nigeria.

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Leveraging Silicon Valley — From Wherever You Are

Harvard Business Review

Innovations like Amazon price checks, or changes to healthcare or shipping enabled by mobile phones, are becoming commonplace. Organizations need to enhance their design and capabilities to survive and stay competitive in a world where innovation matters more. Swisscom AG is the major telecommunications provider in Switzerland.

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Leadership in Liminal Times

Harvard Business Review

It was the summer of 2000 and the company had quickly lost $85 billion in market capitalization. Fourteen years ago, Darren Entwistle arrived as a young CEO (he is now Executive Chair) and immediately began transforming the regional telecommunications player into a global entity. Procter & Gamble provides another example.