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How Developing Countries Can Benefit From Green Technologies

The Horizons Tracker

The production of goods and services with smaller carbon footprints, also known as green technologies, is on the rise and presents numerous economic opportunities. “We are at the beginning of a technological revolution based on green technologies,” the authors explain.

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Leading Those Who Don't Want To Follow | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

If opposing views are worth the time and energy to debate, then they are worth a legitimate effort to gain alignment on perspective and resolution on position. I believe leaders need to recognize this point to avoid allowing one individual to take away too much energy from the broader team. Thank you for sharing Mike!

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Is Your Company Ready for the Rise of Smart Cities?

Harvard Business Review

Technology is reconfiguring traditional roles and divisions of labor. Now some are deepening their existing relationships with local governments and branching out into other types of smart technology implementation. Companies that want to serve them directly often have to think outside the box when it comes to financing.

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Accountants Will Save the World

Harvard Business Review

Similarly, you don't have to be an energy company or pulp and paper producer to focus on those resources; all companies use water, energy, and paper. Using Technology and Data for Social Impact. We were building social capital, but we didn't have a way to tell our shareholders — or be held accountable to keep doing it.

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Joint Ventures Reduce the Risk of Major Capital Investments

Harvard Business Review

For instance, the cost of building and equipping a leading-edge semiconductor fab has climbed to $7 billion, as the technology required to make more advanced chips is getting more complex. For example, the global energy player ENGIE and its local partners apply it in the independent power production business in the Middle East.

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Peak Globalization

Harvard Business Review

Looking forward toward the next decade and beyond, we are seeing countries increasingly prize sovereignty over multilateralism, national interests over international cooperation, and local constituencies over global populations. In short, the tide of globalization washing across boundaries for so long has reached a peak and is receding.