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Behind China's Roaring Solar Industry

Harvard Business Review

Earlier this week, China's National Energy Administration announced its intention to add 10 gigawatts of solar power capacity in 2013 , more than twice its current level. We calculate that between 2010 and 2020, the people of China and India will have consumed goods and services worth a total of $64 trillion. trillion to $6.2

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Think Global, Not Emerging Markets, Century

Harvard Business Review

However, Nokia ran into trouble by underestimating the speed at which technological developments in the United States, pioneered by rivals such as Apple, are transforming the mobile telecommunications business. In 2010, China overtook Japan to become the world's second largest R&D spender (in purchasing power parity terms) after the U.S.

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Is HR Too Important to Be Left to HR?

Harvard Business Review

8:07 AM Tuesday November 23, 2010 by Armin Trost | Comments () Email Tweet This Post to Facebook Share on LinkedIn Print Too often I hear even HR people saying, "HR is too important to be left to HR." The Conversation Blogs The Conversation Is HR Too Important to Be Left to HR? I doubt it. First, HR is not in the job of leading people.

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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. All rights reserved.

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Leadership in Liminal Times

Harvard Business Review

By 2010, P&G exceeded $80 billion in revenue, its market value had increased by over $100 billion dollars and the number of billion-dollar brands – such as Gillette, Pampers, and Tide – increased from 10 to 24, suggesting that Lafley’s leadership through P&G’s liminality was a success. billion, and its revenues increased from $6.4

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In FCC's Report on Wireless Competition, an Agenda?

Harvard Business Review

All economists recognize that competitive analysis is all about customers; if firms exercise market power, customers suffer through higher prices and foreclosed entry of new competitors. If firms are not exercising market power, competition reigns. The report instead elevates inferences of monopoly power based on market shares.

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Joint Ventures Reduce the Risk of Major Capital Investments

Harvard Business Review

This is the virtual network operator (VNO) model used by the telecommunications sector. For example, in 2010, Corelio and Concentra, two European media companies, established Coldset Printing Partners, a joint venture (JV) for their newspaper printing assets. Distributed power generation is a well-known example.