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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

This can disrupt a firm’s ability to operate on schedule and budget. McKinsey reports that the value at stake from sustainability concerns can be as a high as 70% of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization. ” Improving risk management. In 2005, they launched a U.S.

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How Multinationals Can Grow in the Middle East and Africa

Harvard Business Review

In doing research on multinational operations in the Middle East and Africa, we’ve learned that companies are well aware of how President Trump’s foreign and trade policies could affect their businesses there. more competitive prices, more localized products) and improve their risk management and operational efficiency.