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Reimagining Capitalism

Harvard Business Review

The global economy and the Internet have heightened our sense of interconnectedness and sharpened our awareness that when a business focuses only on enriching investors, it implies that managers view the interests of customers, employees, communities and the fate of the planet as little more than cost trade-offs in a quarter-by-quarter game.

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What Africa's Entrepreneurs Can Teach the World

Harvard Business Review

Are there peculiar features of African entrepreneurship we may consider relevant to big global debates on development and sustainability? My think-tank colleagues and I were stunned to see how many concurrent businesses the typical entrepreneur owns and manages in Africa. These conclusions were hasty.