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Joining Boards: It's Not Just Who You Know That Matters

Harvard Business Review

For many, a corporate directorship is a career capstone. And 43% cited technology expertise, HR-talent management, international-global expertise, and succession planning as the skills missing most on their boards. banking & financial services, insurance, real estate); Health Care (e.g.,

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How Singapore Became an Entrepreneurial Hub

Harvard Business Review

Ultimately dubbed the Technology Incubation Scheme (in Singapore, a scheme is a good thing), the program helped bring a flood of diverse investors into the country by offering to put up 85% of the capital in a start-up when investors put in 15%. based WiFi service provider Ruckus Wireless snatched it up in 2013.