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What Companies Have Learned from Losing Billions in Emerging Markets

Harvard Business Review

In contrast, in 2010 in Borneo Churchill Mining lost the right to use land it had purchased and spent $40 million surveying when Indonesia decentralized its government and a local authority changed the rules. Vetting Managers and Sub-Contractors for a Culture of Compliance. One executive at a U.S.-based

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An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

The solution, we decided, was to acquire a local company that had already gained traction in the market and that could provide us with proven local management as well as help us with web search, which had become a priority after we bought U.S. In November 2003, after due diligence, we announced our agreement to purchase 3721 for $120 million.

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How Blockchain Is Changing Finance

Harvard Business Review

They represent content and digital rights management platforms (such as SingularDTV ), distributed venture funds (such as the the DAO , for decentralized autonomous organization), and even new platforms to make investing in ICOs and managing digital assets easy (such as ICONOMI ). ” Others are sure to follow suit.