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The Changing Role of Global Leaders

Harvard Business Review

At the same time, as material consumption in emerging economies rises, we also face the fact that, as of the end of 2011, the Earth now contains seven billion people ; by 2050, that global population is projected to reach nine billion. So in one sense, Polman is only being a good businessman. engage in effective dialogue (75%).

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Ending the Shareholder Lawsuit Gravy Train

Harvard Business Review

billion, or 17% of settlements, in 2012. Wachter wrote in 2011 , a consensus has developed among academics that fraud on the market is “not just flawed, second-best, misdirected, or in need of improvement, but flat-out senseless, mindless, and reasonless.”. As a result, University of Pennsylvania law professors William W.