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Transforming Rural India Through Agricultural Innovation

Harvard Business Review

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. Through successful lead farmers, technology transfer has been effected over an area of 10,000 acres with a “Lead Farmer—Lead Village” concept.

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6 Ways to Keep Good Ideas from Dying at Your Company

Harvard Business Review

Many companies have figured out how to parcel out small amounts of money to employees cultivating something new. Too often, I hear about quarterly meetings of innovation review committees. The benefits of revealing what’s in your pipeline can be greater than the risks of divulging it to competitors. Invest real money.

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Is It Time to Be Skeptical on China?

Harvard Business Review

Its rapid growth resulted in part from (1) cheap land and cheap loans that were parceled out to favored enterprises; (2) an inexpensive labor force; and (3) the low economic starting point that resulted from the Communist Party’s destruction of private enterprise during its first 40 years in power.