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What Europe Can Teach the US About Gender in the Boardroom

Harvard Business Review

France introduced quotas in January 2011, and in one year, the number of women on boards took a grand jeté of 10 percentage points to 22%. as a land of opportunity and innovation. Norway has had a quota since 2002, and women now make up more than 40% of board members. since 2010. Both presidential candidates portray the U.S.

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Why Does Teach for America Spawn So Many Entrepreneurs?

Harvard Business Review

Editor's note: This post is part of a three-week series examining educational innovation and technology, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. TFA's success is not due simply to size. Indeed, the TFA application process is highly selective and consists of multiple steps.

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Why Not Take a Year Off to Work in Government?

Harvard Business Review

Rahul and Noelle both made the transition into public service through Fuse Corps—a social sector start-up launched in 2011 with the support of companies like McKinsey, GE, and Starbucks to provide a pathway for talented professionals who wish to contribute to the public sector but don’t know where to begin. Just think about the U.S.

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Local R&D Won’t Help You Go Global

Harvard Business Review

The development of new technologies is complex and challenging, and to come up with the next big innovation, businesses must think — and operate — in new ways. Given these challenges, it’s surprising to see younger firms trying to grow by tapping the same R&D resources that fueled their initial successes.

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Do We Need A Recruitment Agency For Robots?

The Horizons Tracker

They explored data across 28 different industries in 17 countries over a period spanning 1970 to 2011, during which 71 economic recoveries occurred. Most of those with successful deployments revealed that their leaders understood the TCO for automation projects very well.

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