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Why Business is Stuck on Income Inequality

Harvard Business Review

Time 's Michael Elliott, who was moderating the session, then cited Chrystia Freeland's Atlantic cover story on "The Rise of the New Global Elite" and Michael Porter and Mark Kramer's HBR cover story on "Creating Shared Value" as evidence of a new mood. "I But you can't say those efforts have made a noticeable dent in the inequality trend.

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

Harvard Business Review

During the 2000s, however, a worrisome trend appeared. economy, these trends are alarming. For the last 20 years, however, these companies have been expanding most of their activities more rapidly abroad than at home, and this trend accelerated in the 2000s. competitiveness, for example, and the 2010 study of U.S.

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. For example, Bunge, an agribusiness firm, reported a $56 million quarterly loss in its sugar and bioenergy segments due to drought in 2010. billion in mining projects since 2010.