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Developing Global Leaders Is America's Competitive Advantage

Harvard Business Review

As global companies focus their strategies on developed and emerging markets, they require substantial cadres of leaders capable of operating effectively anywhere in the world. American companies and academic institutions possess unique competitive advantages in developing these global leaders.

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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. IT is good for developing countries — it empowers people and improves their lives.

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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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The Reason Silicon Valley Beat Out Boston for VC Dominance

Harvard Business Review

In her pioneering research on Silicon Valley’s advantage over Route 128 circa 1990, AnnaLee Saxenian identified some of the major differentiators, from cultural factors to state-level policies. These policy differences fostered the emergence of a less loyal, more footloose talent pool in Silicon Valley.

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Companies Can Address Talent Shortages by Partnering with Educators

Harvard Business Review

” “Our goal,” it stated, “must be to develop the talents of all to their fullest.” The talents of all are not being developed to their fullest, and many U.S. ” Unfortunately, this goal hasn’t been met. industries face acute skills shortages.

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Searching for Health Care's Entrepreneurial Spirit

Harvard Business Review

And that's true in many areas: New devices, pharmaceuticals, and surgical techniques regularly get developed and incorporated into practice. And biotechnology and medical devices are among the leading areas for venture capital funding. Medicare payment policy favors doing more, not doing better.

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Unglamorous Freelance Manufacturers Could Boost U.S. Competitiveness

Harvard Business Review

For example, in biotechnology, a field in which the U.S. So what's needed is a policy approach to encouraging the growth of CMOs. A policy focus on CMOs would require a new American mind-set, however. start-ups from developing and using production innovations such as integrated design that could have cemented a U.S.