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The $300 House: A Hands-On Approach to a Wicked Problem

Harvard Business Review

Bhalla used the case study of the chulha stove, co-created by businesses, NGOs, and slum dwellers, to make his point. "It will be unfortunate if the house were to be designed by those who will never live in it," wrote Bhalla. The $300 House project is a housing ecosystem project. The authors have an implicit negative view on business.

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Case Study: Is a Promotion Worth Hiding Who You Are?

Harvard Business Review

division of the Korean conglomerate Hanguk Industries, where Mark, a vice president of technology, reported to him. Of course it was natural for a boss to have mixed feelings about seeing a valued employee move on, but David was more than Mark’s manager: He was his mentor. David was the president of the U.S. “Good news?”

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18 of the Top 20 Tech Companies Are in the Western U.S. and Eastern China. Can Anywhere Else Catch Up?

Harvard Business Review

Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce leader, manages the world’s largest money market fund, and now plays an important role in financial and payment services. Most of the digital giants in both countries are investing in artificial intelligence and other technologies that will facilitate their entry into yet other industries.

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Why President Kagame Runs Rwanda Like a Business

Harvard Business Review

So when Harvard Business School Professor Michael Porter invited HBR last month to attend a class where Kagame was the guest speaker, and talk to him and Kagame afterwards, I was curious but also a little worried about being enlisted as a Kagame salesman. To Porter] How did you hook up with this guy? How did this partnership evolve?

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