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Morning Advantage: A Serious Attempt at "Pay What You Want"

Harvard Business Review

But, that didn’t stop two successful Division I women’s basketball coaches from venturing into the bedsheet business, hoping to disrupt the industry with their innovative idea for “high performance” sheets. BONUS BITS: Telecommunications Takedowns. Basketball and bedsheets would seem to make for strange bedfellows.

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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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Skills Shortages Worsening

Chart Your Course

September 11, 2013. The most active hiring will be in the materials and IT & telecommunications sectors. © Copyright 1998-2013 by The Herman Group of Companies, Inc., Herman Trend Alert: Skills Shortages Worsening. In these industries, more companies plan to employ workers and to add a higher percentage to their workforces.

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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. According to Barron's and others, China has already begun implementing its ambitious plan to increase installations.

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What Investors Need to Know About Zimbabwe After Mugabe

Harvard Business Review

After Mugabe claimed victory in a disputed election in 2013, however, corruption increased , while the strengthening U.S. Zimbabwe’s largest telecommunication company Econet Wireless has found success with its online payment platform that helps Zimbabweans manage the challenges of its multi-currency system.

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The Factors Behind China’s Growing Strength in Innovation

Harvard Business Review

But DJI is testament to China’s transformation from copycat to high tech innovation. billion, with the company growing at a compounded annual rate of over 100% between 2013 and 2017. DJI’s first hit product was the Phantom in 2013, and ever since, DJI has introduced new products at a rapid-fire pace.

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

Harvard Business Review

I’ve seen this mistake numerous times in other industries — from a customer service fiasco by a major telecommunications company that launched DSL at too large a scale to NASA’s failure to recognize the implications of a foam strike in the Columbia shuttle tragedy. Celebrate intelligent failures as a source of innovation.