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How to Make Sustainability Every Employee’s Responsibility

Harvard Business Review

For example, at financial services company ING, an issue deemed “material” to their view of sustainability related to financing a variety of “sustainable transitions” in industries such clean technology, real estate and others. billion, prompting them to revisit the goal.

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Are Uber and Facebook Turning Users into Lobbyists?

Harvard Business Review

Facebook’s News Feed stream is an incredibly valuable piece of digital real estate, without historical precedent. Still, we’re entering a brave new world where the creators of technology platforms can activate billions of users to specific political action of their choosing. Over 968 million people access it daily.

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How to Give Your Business Model a One-Two Punch

Harvard Business Review

Technology companies have done this particularly well. Without the MBM strategy, Google would have been at the mercy of Apple, Microsoft, Verizon and others in negotiating for the limited screen real estate on smart devices. The media industry has always been a fertile ground for mixed business models.