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Globalization Is Becoming More About Data and Less About Stuff

Harvard Business Review

Today growth in global trade has flattened, and it looks unlikely to regain its previous peak relative to world GDP anytime soon. Cross-border data flows have grown by a factor of 45 over the past decade, and they’re projected to post another ninefold increase by 2020. The same is true for cross-border financial flows.

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London Succeeds in Its Olympic Trials

Harvard Business Review

Look below the surface, and the scale of this achievement so far becomes clearer — not only because of the world-class execution of this $15 billion project, but also the context in which it is being delivered. The unscheduled project was pulled together in months. Even the notoriously cynical British media remain supportive.

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Small and Young Businesses Are Especially Vulnerable to Extreme Weather

Harvard Business Review

they account for 50% of employment and 45% of GDP. Young firms face many existential threats related to managing internal financial and human resources and external relationships with customers, suppliers, investors and competitors. In the U.S.,