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50 Laboratories of Opportunity

Harvard Business Review

could learn from — is to test policy proposals before rolling them out nationally. When problems surface, the policy can be fine-tuned, modified, and re-tested before it is tried out on a wider scale. policy making. The bank has never received a taxpayer bailout. But not in U.S. Its officers never receive bonuses.

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The Political Issues Board Directors Care Most About

Harvard Business Review

Education and immigration policy are also notably absent from directors’ main concerns. With such widespread pessimism, we hope that central banks will be ready to coordinate their policies to stabilize and support the world economy. Foreign policy and immigration policy are rarely cited as top worries.

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Information Technology's Dangerous Trend in Africa

Harvard Business Review

For the past few decades, emerging technologies such as biotechnology, microelectronics, information technology and communications technologies have become central to the socioeconomic development of nations. From The World Bank to The African Union, everyone is talking about IT. Tech journalism is now IT journalism.

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It's Manufacturing's Turn for Special Treatment

Harvard Business Review

A number of economists howled against this so-called "industrial policy" and criticized the president's singling out manufacturing for "special treatment" — something they say no industry should get. The Right Policies. Private equity , which enjoys a15% tax rate on carried interest. (If

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7 Charts Show How Political Affiliation Shapes U.S. Boards

Harvard Business Review

Our limited sample suggests that both groups agree that board leadership should serve as champions of board diversity, but they differ on the policies they advocate to increase board diversity. banking & financial services, insurance, real estate); Healthcare (e.g., chemicals, metals & mining, paper & forest products).