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The Economic Impact of the Japanese Disasters

Harvard Business Review

Transportation disruptions and the closing of many factories throughout Japan will shrink Japanese aggregate demand and disrupt supply chains worldwide. at the market's close on Monday (3/14), erasing more than $300 billion of equity value, and lost another 10.6% for the second quarter. on Tuesday.

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More and More CEOs Are Taking Their Social Responsibility Seriously

Harvard Business Review

It has such a high share of the market that when there’s a problem with fake news it becomes, in large part, Facebook’s problem. To the extent these firms have market power, they’re less subject to quarter-to-quarter competitive pressure. Big firms face different incentives, for a few reasons.

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