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Even Life-Saving Innovations Don’t Sell Themselves

Harvard Business Review

adults were at risk of developing type 2 diabetes in 2015. It served close to 4,000 people in 2014, its first full year in the market, and expected enrollment to top 100,000 in 2016, five times the number enrolled by all other diabetes prevention program (DPP) providers combined in 2015. Consider that 86 million U.S. A team of U.S.

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What the Nonprofit Sector Needs to Reach Its Full Potential

Harvard Business Review

It has InsideNGO, which works to improve the operational and management capacity of organizations in the global NGO community. The Kansas City Royals’ 2015 team payroll was over $110 million. It has the evaluating agencies that do their best to give the public information on various charities.

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Fighting Diabetes in the 21st Century

Harvard Business Review

Today, the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) estimates that 415 million people, or about one in every 11, are living with the condition; in 2015, 28 million more adults have it than in 2014. Organizations such as Peers for Progress will have an important role to play in the future of diabetes care and prevention.

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The 10 Most Important Sustainable Business Stories from 2014

Harvard Business Review

The NGO Ceres has gotten an impressive array of companies to sign onto the Climate Declaration , which states that climate change is both a threat and a major economic opportunity. raised wages to $9 an hour (and they’ll be $10 in 2015), and in June IKEA lifted its minimum wage by 17%. — is seeming possible again.