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The Big Trends Changing Community Development

Harvard Business Review

This is what is going on now in community development. From the private sector, the trend is toward recognizing the business value of community progress. Meanwhile, a second trend is the growing eagerness of the private sector to play a genuine and substantial role in community development.

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Why We Need to Update Financial Reporting for the Digital Era

Harvard Business Review

Financial capital is assumed to be virtually unlimited, while certain types of human capital are in short supply. Business students have traditionally considered net present value, payback period, and hurdle rates as necessary tools to determine which project to select. Risk is now considered a feature, not a bug.

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