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Navigating the Complexities of Doing Business in Russia

Harvard Business Review

These can be laid out in scenario plans with specific mitigation actions assigned to help businesses react quickly if necessary. Since 2014, we have guided numerous consumer goods firms through this process to mitigate the effects of the extreme depreciation of the ruble on their businesses. ruble volatility) and policy (e.g.

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What a Changing NAFTA Could Mean for Doing Business in Mexico

Harvard Business Review

If he wins with only a narrow victory, as seems likely, his administration would have a limited mandate for populist reforms that would severely damage foreign investment flows and public finances. Most Mexico country managers believe one of the following scenarios is likely: A long period of populist-driven uncertainty.