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The First Step to Fixing U.S. Manufacturing

Harvard Business Review

A few outlier industries (notably pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and computers) prop up the sector’s aggregate performance; most others have experienced flat growth or outright declines in real GDP over the past two decades. carmakers than for their Asian counterparts, and may accumulate with each tier of the supply chain.

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A CEO’s Guide to Navigating Brexit

Harvard Business Review

At home, the UK faces dissolution pressures if Scotland seeks to salvage its EU membership, while the EU has every incentive to make Brexit a painful experience to deter other defectors, making the outcome of negotiations difficult to predict. There are significant drivers of uncertainty domestically and abroad. Run scenarios.

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More and More CEOs Are Taking Their Social Responsibility Seriously

Harvard Business Review

Big firms face different incentives, for a few reasons. Externalities pose problems for markets, since neither buyer nor seller have any incentive to deal with the costs. This dynamic is increasingly giving Facebook a significant incentive to take action. The top 500 firms’ revenues equate to nearly 37% of world GDP.

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