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Top 10 Green Business Stories of 2011

Harvard Business Review

From relentless demand for resources to bamboo-like 9% growth to vicious competition for the technologies and industries of the future, China will be the big story for a long time. The best analysis of the resource scarcity mega-trend came from asset manager Jeremy Grantham. China, China, and China. Right now, the U.S.

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Innovation Is as Much About Finding Partners as Building Products

Harvard Business Review

The innovation alone is a herculean task, but imagine being that upstart pioneer trying to develop the technology, while at the same time going up against entrenched, powerful competitors with deep industry knowledge, assets, and channels who’ve been around for a hundred years or more. Sponsored by DXC Technology.

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Top 10 Sustainable Business Stories of 2012

Harvard Business Review

After Sandy raged across the eastern coast, Businessweek blared on its cover " It's Global Warming, Stupid." Individual companies are feeling the bite: analysts at Morningstar estimate that input costs at Tyson Foods will rise by $700 million — more than its 2012 net income. It wasn't just energy. and plug-in sales up 228%.