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The G-20 is 2011's Biggest Political Risk

Harvard Business Review

The G-8 was superseded by the G-20 during the financial crisis, and at first the members cooperated well to prevent a global economic collapse. Before the global downturn, the G-7 , and then the G-8 (including Russia), coordinated governance on key economic issues.

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A Better Approach to Infrastructure Planning

Harvard Business Review

The product of an MIT CTL research initiative called Future Freight Flows, it is a method of convening conversations and achieving alignment, based on the practice of scenario planning. This makes scenario planning an effective approach for long-range freight transportation planning.