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Transforming Rural India Through Agricultural Innovation

Harvard Business Review

On my last trip to India, I witnessed an innovation experiment, National Agro Foundation (NAF) , that addresses this wicked problem. Addressing the agriculture value chain—soil testing, facilitation of inputs and credit, market linkage, and field advisory services—is part and parcel of agriculture development initiatives.

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6 Ways to Keep Good Ideas from Dying at Your Company

Harvard Business Review

And yet when companies suddenly decide to “get more innovative,” starting hackathons, idea competitions, and accelerator programs, they typically forget to address all those things that kill perfectly good ideas after they hatch. Here are six ways to change that. Start with a survey.

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Is It Time to Be Skeptical on China?

Harvard Business Review

The question that Chinese and outside economists now are debating is whether China’s leadership has the guts to allow the kinds of reforms that are needed to sustain growth and foster innovation. Innovation surely depends on such change. Economic growth was 7.7%