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Bologna Shows How a Business Cluster Can Stay Vibrant for Centuries

Harvard Business Review

Today when we talk about business “ clusters ,” we’re usually talking about the technology industry in Silicon Valley, the financial sector in London or New York, or automakers in southern Germany. The fruit of their travel was first the gestation and then, around 1844, the foundation of a technical school named after them.

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When Ingenuity Saves Lives

Harvard Business Review

The incubators sold in Western countries cost up to $20,000 and require electricity — which is unreliable in developing nations. After producing an initial prototype — a stripped-down version of traditional incubators powered by electricity — they traveled to Nepal to test it in an urban hospital.