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Back to the Future: Sputnik to Today

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The Russians are in the process of nearly tripling the cost of using their Soyuz crew capsules for transport to the orbiting base, and other countries have little choice but to pay up. Today, the entire Russian space program currently costs just $2 billion a year that equals what the U.S. But today, the U.S. Why aren't U.S.

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The Hidden Costs of Cash

Harvard Business Review

And yet cash does carry costs. My colleague Benjamin Mazzotta and I have been studying the costs of cash across a wide range of countries: U.S., The use of cash involves several social costs to individuals — especially the poor — as well as business and the government. Mexico, Egypt and India. How can this be?

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Oil’s Boom-and-Bust Cycle May Be Over. Here’s Why

Harvard Business Review

The constantly fluctuating number of barrels of crude available from nimble shale operations is a primary driver, but so are the long-term impact of increased fuel efficiency and the fits and starts of the global transition away from fossil fuels on world demand. .—while oil production, up from a mere 10% just seven years ago in 2011.

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Fixing the World's Infrastructure Problems

Harvard Business Review

How well they''re built and operated is crucial to economic growth and is a key arbiter of an economy''s competitiveness — and yet, virtually every economy faces an array of infrastructure challenges. Governments need to evaluate costs and benefits rigorously and prioritize accordingly. an estimated $100 billion per year.

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The Core Tenets of the Social Web, 25 Years in the Making

Harvard Business Review

Community and social media managers of 2011, please try to contain your amusement at the idea that 1000 posts per day represented an unmanageable volume.) The controversy centered on three questions: Was cost the primary driver? The European networks wouldn't pay the data costs so they were borne by the one US-European hub.

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9 Out of 10 People Are Willing to Earn Less Money to Do More-Meaningful Work

Harvard Business Review

“Meaning is the new money, an HBR article argued in 2011. million in annual turnover-related costs for every 10,000 workers, when all employees feel their work is highly meaningful. increase in annual operating profits. increase in annual operating profits. A Challenge and an Opportunity.

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Preparing for the Cyberattack That Will Knock Out U.S. Power Grids

Harvard Business Review

The average breach costs around $4 million. For an example of the kind of disruption such an attack could cause, consider the 2011 Japanese tsunami. ” The tools to accomplish attacks are increasingly available on the dark web at decreasing costs, including troves of cyber tools stolen from the NSA and CIA. Related Video.

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