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Businesses Can No Longer Avoid Becoming Political

Harvard Business Review

The successful ones have, at least. Rather than being undercut by new, lower-cost competitors in rapidly developing economies, such as China and India, companies have globalized their supply chains or offshored their production. Donald Trump won the U.S. Economic nationalism is resurgent in Europe as well.

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Priorities for Jumpstarting the U.S. Industrial Economy

Harvard Business Review

Aquion is a modern success story for American industry. Average compensation in 2013 across the advanced industries sector was $90,000—nearly double that of workers in other industries. This is the kind of technology—and the type of firm—that will make renewable energy more efficient and more cost-effective.