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Behind China's Roaring Solar Industry

Harvard Business Review

Earlier this week, China's National Energy Administration announced its intention to add 10 gigawatts of solar power capacity in 2013 , more than twice its current level. China has also begun offering subsidies for rooftop solar projects. China is projected to spend $113 billion per year on trains and railway infrastructure.

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Priorities for Jumpstarting the U.S. Industrial Economy

Harvard Business Review

Steel did in an earlier era of manufacturing, Aquion and innovative firms like it are spearheading economic and employment growth across the country. Indeed, in a world where globalization and rapid technological changes are the norm, manufacturing, high-tech development, and innovation clearly require a different level of support.

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The Mistakes Behind Healthcare.gov Are Probably Lurking in Your Company, Too

Harvard Business Review

To expect anything as complex as this particular project to emerge fully functional on day one was the first (and perhaps most important) failure. The CMS monthly status reports leading up to October 1 (especially the report for August, 2013 ) reveal increasingly desperate language and blame shifting. Playing the blame game.

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Why Social Ventures Need Systems Thinking

Harvard Business Review

Thanks to the pace of change in information technology over the last quarter century, we have been conditioned to believe that a single innovative company driven by a visionary entrepreneur can change the world. And since 2013, the share of U.S. They helped drive reforms in the FCC’s “E-Rate” policy.

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