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What We Talk About When We Talk About "Social"

Harvard Business Review

The term "social media" was popularized by Chris Shipley in 2004 , as she described the impact of influencers and bloggers in shaping product adoption, more so than traditional media outlets. Because it includes the word media , and the genesis is marketing, most people think of this as the stuff the CMO and their team worry about.

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How Blockchain Will Accelerate Business Performance and Power the Smart Economy - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM MICROSOFT

Harvard Business Review

Political economist Francis Fukuyama predicted a future when social capital would be as important as physical capital, and that only those societies with a high degree of social trust would be able to create large-scale organizations capable of competing in the new economy.

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What Africa's Entrepreneurs Can Teach the World

Harvard Business Review

I am now convinced, though, that the entrepreneurial driver behind talent churn in African labor markets actually yields significant net benefits for African economies. This is to say, while many workers may not save enough in cash, they build confidence and contacts that in the generally informal economy can be as good as cash.

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People Are Angry About Globalization. Here’s What to Do About It.

Harvard Business Review

Simply put, business is the 800-pound gorilla where this issue is concerned: 80% of global trade is orchestrated by supply chains of multinational firms. At the same time, we will localize production in big end-use markets like Saudi Arabia. The private sector has a huge role to play in alleviating anger about globalization.