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The First Step to Fixing U.S. Manufacturing

Harvard Business Review

In fact, MGI analysis of financial data shows that large publicly traded US manufacturing firms, most of them multinationals with revenues greater than $500 million, averaged returns on invested capital of 22% from 1997 to 2013. manufacturers do source from domestic suppliers, they tend to regard them purely as a cost center.

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Top 10 Sustainable Business Stories of 2012

Harvard Business Review

This isn't just a wonky exercise: As PepsiCo exec Al Halvorsen told me, "the real reason you do an LCA is improve the business, to put more efficient processes in place, and innovate in the supply chain.". Sustainability innovation opens up: Unilever, Heineken, and EMC ask the world for help. Five Questions For 2013. on to 2013.