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Study Suggests Global North Still Appropriates Wealth From South

The Horizons Tracker

The study uses environmental input-output data alongside footprint analysis to explore the scale and value of the resource drain from the global South between 1990 and 2015. trillion during 2015 alone, which is enough to end extreme poverty 70 times over. This was accompanied by 21 exajoules of energy and 392 billion hours of work.

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Even Life-Saving Innovations Don’t Sell Themselves

Harvard Business Review

The same is true for social innovators. However, unlike many business leaders, it is easy for social innovators to overlook making an intentional effort to drive demand because the need for their innovation is so great. But even the most needed innovation does not sell itself. Consider that 86 million U.S.

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The 30 Things Customers Really Value

Harvard Business Review

Executive teams often struggle to land innovations that will significantly grow the business. A chronic problem is their emphasis on searching for breakthrough innovation — the creation of a truly new, highly valued product or service that could redefine their industry and lead to unprecedented revenue growth.