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Should Companies Retain "Strategic" Cash?

Harvard Business Review

high technology or pharmaceutical) that are investing in projects with uncertain long-range payoffs. Strategic cash provides protection against downsides (such as disruptive technologies, economic recessions, and market turmoil) and also offers the opportunity to capture upsides. Allow for Greater Responsiveness to Future Events.

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Two Forces Moving Business Closer to Climate Action

Harvard Business Review

This week, the World Bank, representing a group of 73 countries and 1,000 businesses — including many of the world’s largest — issued their own commitment to pricing carbon. The We Mean Business report cites an internal rate of return of 81% (that’s a ridiculous payback) on energy efficiency in the U.S.,

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