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To Profit from Doing Good, Start Small

Harvard Business Review

Can you reduce business and commuter travel, or make it more efficient? Bring your team together to identify ways that you can operate with greater sustainability and then set stretch targets. Prahalad called the bottom of the pyramid. Are you recycling as much as possible? Encourage your people to get engaged with what C.K.

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Setting Strategy in Egypt's (and Other) Shifting Sands: A Four-Part Approach

Harvard Business Review

Although it is too early to tell if Tunisia and Egypt will prove the exceptions rather than the rule when it comes to dramatic political transitions in the Middle East, multinationals operating in the region have already faced significant losses. Next, firms would assess the likely impact of alternative scenarios on their operations.