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Green Police

Chris Brady

For those of us who truly enjoy nature and care about passing a clean, well-cared-for planet on to our grandchildren, and who also realize that the private sector is more effective at administering nearly anything when compared to pervasive governments, the issue is a hot one (no pun intended). Of course we should.

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Laissez-Faire, Picking Winners, and Other Myths of National Competitiveness

Harvard Business Review

We find ourselves falling behind in several industries of the future, including solar energy and other areas of green tech. At one extreme, we have heavy-handed "industrial policy" types who think that salvation lies in directed "strategic" investment by government in "industries of the future." agricultural productivity.

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Aspen and the Future of Manufacturing

Harvard Business Review

The sector appeared to be in crisis then, and a lot of very smart people were wondering what, if anything, could be done to arrest its apparent decline. The sector employed 21.6 The sector has grown strongly over the past 20+ years, but not strongly enough to grow employment, or even keep it steady. Yes, and yes. manufacturing.

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Data Monopolists Like Google Are Threatening the Economy

Harvard Business Review

Its main focus was the same old topic of how it can hurt customer privacy. As a result of the established player’s access to vast amounts of proprietary data, overall industry competitiveness suffers. McKinsey calculates that in 15 out of 17 sectors in the U.S. However, big data holds many other risks.

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In a Big Data World, Don't Forget Experimentation

Harvard Business Review

It has contributed to hundreds of thousands of improved products in nearly all sectors, from agriculture, to electronics, to medicine, and so on. And not just design — industrial experimentation has contributed to improvements in the technologies and processes needed to grow corn, assemble cars, find oil, and so forth.

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What Businesses Need to Know About Sustainable Development Goals

Harvard Business Review

billion impressions on Twitter and Instagram and was the top trending topic in the U.S. Some companies could get a jumpstart in their industry in organizing partnerships and even positioning themselves as leaders in sustainable development using the goals as a branding anchor. during the assembly. The case is clear. of the time.

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The 10 Most Important Sustainable Business Stories from 2014

Harvard Business Review

Two impressive pieces of analysis made the case that moving to a clean economy is profitable – both for society and for the private sector. utility sector. org, has been the campaign to divest university and institutional funds from the fossil fuel industry. Seeing the writing on the wall, German utility E.On In the U.S.,