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It’s Never Been More Important for Big Companies to Listen to Local Communities

Harvard Business Review

On paper, the project seemed like it would be a hit: The investment by the mining company would bring jobs and 21st-century technology to an economically poor area and tax revenues to the government. All of these approaches must extend across the firm and be practiced by contractors down the supply chain.

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Businesses Can No Longer Avoid Becoming Political

Harvard Business Review

Over the last two decades, business leaders in the West have been responding to risks posed by profound changes in the global economy, in technology, and in demographics. They have used advances in information technology, which might have destroyed their businesses, to improve their offerings and cut their cost of production.