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HBR's Best Videos, Infographics, Podcasts, and Slideshows of 2011

Harvard Business Review

Our most-read slideshow in 2011 was " Difficult Conversations: Nine Common Mistakes." Our most-watched video was " Rethinking Capitalism " with Harvard Business School professor Michael Porter. CEO Steve Stoute explained why marketers should worry less about traditional demographics and pay attention to hip-hop culture.

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Is Canada's Innovation Performance Really So Bad?

Harvard Business Review

My research was based on an econometric methodology (initially design by Michael Porter and Scott Stern, but refined by myself and Richard Hayes) designed to forecast a country's innovative capacity — that is, not what innovation is taking place but instead what innovation is likely to occur in the future.

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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. Embedded sustainability efforts clearly result in a positive impact on business performance. These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management. billion in mining projects since 2010.

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Can Insurance Companies Incentivize Their Customers to Be Healthier?

Harvard Business Review

Insurance is therefore a natural shared value industry — one that can employ the idea proposed by Harvard Business School professor Michael Porter and Mark Kramer of FSG in 2011. Altogether, the model is employed in 15 markets, impacting over 5.5 This new research report highlights how insurers are applying the model.