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How to Quantify Sustainability’s Impact on Your Bottom Line

Harvard Business Review

These ranges were wide due to the relative size of the different players in the supply chain (for example, a company that has higher revenues will realize greater benefits than a smaller firm). of the world market, and the second-largest beef producer and consumer. of revenues) and $13 million to $62 million (0.01% to 0.7%

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What Companies Have Learned from Losing Billions in Emerging Markets

Harvard Business Review

Multinational corporations long have looked for growth opportunities in emerging markets. In 2014, according to the latest United Nations estimate, direct foreign investment (FDI) in emerging markets reached more than $700 billion — accounting for over half (56%) of all global FDI flows for the first time. Crime exacts a toll.

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Open India: Considerations for Retailers

Harvard Business Review

Here are some considerations for businesses contemplating a Go-to-India strategy: Market Selection. How do you build trust and verify the integrity of the market participants? How do you build trust and verify the integrity of the market participants? Is your business committed to inclusivity ? trillion market.

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Why CSR's Future Matters to Your Company

Harvard Business Review

More and more, companies are building long-term commitments to corporate social responsibility. Cause-Marketing: Cause-marketing programs will multiply. Cause-marketing provides businesses with legitimacy, along with a partner that has issue expertise. Marketing experts agree.

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What Businesses Need to Know About Sustainable Development Goals

Harvard Business Review

More than 190 member countries committed to “eliminate poverty in all its forms everywhere” by 2030, together with 16 other “big, hairy, audacious goals” — to use Jim Collins’ memorable phrase. Realizing the Sustainable Development Goals will improve the environment for doing business and building markets.

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. Sustainable businesses are redefining the corporate ecosystem by designing models that create value for all stakeholders, including employees, shareholders, supply chains, civil society, and the planet.

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One Cost of Increased Globalization: More Industrial Accidents

Harvard Business Review

Scientists are still trying to determine the long-term effects of the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. In terms of implications, our study reveals a major conflict between worker safety and globalization, as a policy commitment to economic openness may come at the cost of more industrial accidents.