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What Africa’s Leaders Have Learned About Facing Huge Challenges

Harvard Business Review

There is a sea change going on in African leadership. Since 2000, for example, Rwanda has racked up average annual GDP growth in excess of 8%—exceeding 12% during some quarters of the Great Recession. Great leadership rarely is. ” Leadership usually is. The first job of leadership is to focus attention.

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Does Your Company Have What It Takes to Go Global?

Harvard Business Review

” Despite positive market indicators and careful planning, international-entry initiatives often fall short. ” Despite positive market indicators and careful planning, international-entry initiatives often fall short. Cross-pollinating HQ and international leadership. Publicly reinforcing stated goals.

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The Case for Innovation in Health Care

Harvard Business Review

Editor's note: This post is part of a three-week series examining innovation in health care, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. In the US, we achieve some of these goals for some of the people, but none of these goals for all of the people.

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Why Multinationals Are Doubling Down on Russia

Harvard Business Review

And while two years of shrinking GDP growth , sanctions , and a volatile ruble have led some companies like GM to leave the market, there has not been a large-scale exodus of MNCs from Russia. This worked, because both crises were short-lived (lasting approximately 1-1.5 Why Russia is still attractive. Demand quickly bounced back.

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Name the Trade Rep, Mr. President

Harvard Business Review

In President Obama''s second term, the United States has an ambitious and challenging Atlantic and Pacific trade agenda which could significantly alter the architecture of the global economy. But the President has yet to designate someone to fill the crucial Cabinet level position of U.S. Trade Representative (USTR).

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9 Sustainable Business Stories That Shaped 2016

Harvard Business Review

Then China’s President Xi said he’ll be attending the annual bigwig gathering in Davos for the first time, with reports of China’s interest in filling trade gaps left by Brexit and possible leadership gaps on climate left by Trump. Investors Focused on Climate, Sustainability, and Short-Termism.

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