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Who's Really Responsible for P&G's Succession Problems?

Harvard Business Review

Where was its leadership bench? What kind of signal did this choice send to P&G''s top managers? Is the problem that P&G produces outstanding specialists in marketing but not general managers who can run the business? We now see they are also struggling to do a good job managing their own talent responsibilities.

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Calculate How Much Your Company Should Invest in Innovation

Harvard Business Review

And the more growth opportunities stretch beyond a company’s current capabilities, the more the company needs to build systems to manage the unique nature of these opportunities (the kind we describe in more depth in our recent article “ Build an Innovation Engine in 90 Days ” and our 2012 e-book Building a Growth Factory ).

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Top 10 Green Business Stories of 2011

Harvard Business Review

The best analysis of the resource scarcity mega-trend came from asset manager Jeremy Grantham. On the use side of the water issue, companies with products that depend on water in production (beverages) or in use (shampoo, apparel) are also seeing the writing on the wall and getting creative. trillion market for clothes and shoes.