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How Big Business Created the Politics of Anger

Harvard Business Review

The $520 billion that companies spent on 2015 stock repurchases alone is enough to pay the average U.S. More recently, the 100,000 Opportunities Initiative , led by Starbucks, the Aspen Institute, and FSG, a nonprofit strategy consulting firm that Professor Porter and I founded, has brought together three dozen leading U.S.

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

Michel Porter and Mark Kramer pioneered the idea of “creating shared value,” arguing that businesses can generate economic value by identifying and addressing social problems that intersect with their business. This can disrupt a firm’s ability to operate on schedule and budget. ” Improving risk management.