Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2017

These truck drivers, misclassified as independent owner-operators, were forced by companies whom they worked to purchase new vehicles to comply with more stringent emission restrictions. Lacking capital, truckers purchased new vehicles through financing provided by these very same trucking companies.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

It is something I call community financing. Community financing refers to a form of cash-flow that channels the financial resources of the savers of a community into the well-being of that community via economic activities, which members of the community believe should be undertaken and therefore willingly supports with their savings.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2018

But as global technology brands penetrate African economies, it is becoming evident that most local startups are experiencing new levels of competition, which could potentially disrupt their operations. Startups that operate in sectors with strong physical elements still have promising businesses despite using the internet to drive them.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Bookstores are filled with titles such as When China Rules the World and Becoming China's Bitch , and opinion polls show that most Americans believe China is already the world's dominant economic power. Simply because of its size, it commands attention in global negotiations on trade, finance, and the environment.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2011

Listen to the words of a finance manager in a large consumer products company, whose efforts to improve his business team's profit margins were repeatedly undercut by people in the sales department: "I learned that pricing for one of our key accounts has already been confirmed to the customer, without any prior approval or review. [.]

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

New research, led by a team from McKinsey Global Institute in cooperation with FCLT Global , found that companies that operate with a true long-term mindset have consistently outperformed their industry peers since 2001 across almost every financial measure that matters. It started with developing a proprietary Corporate Horizon Index.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2013

But those impressive numbers may be eclipsed by a revolution in venture financing that is only being held back by final government approval: start-ups raising actual investment funds from individuals in exchange for equity or a share of profits. How big a deal is this “democratization” of finance? Last week, the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2018

cooperation on global trade will be compromised for some time if the tariffs go into effect. SOEs receive preferential access to land, finance, telecom, hydrocarbons, and electricity. Besides whatever damage the conflict could do to U.S. Such market shares will create a platform for global juggernauts.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2018

Agricultural cooperatives Land O’Lakes and Ocean Spray have become major players in dairy production and fruit farming, earning hundreds of millions in annual revenue. That’s because a growing number of funders, both social impact funds and traditional institutions, are interested in financing workers’ takeover of a company.

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