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The Next Big Thing in Managing Innovation

Harvard Business Review

So with a decade just ended, it is a good time to take stock of recent developments, and then look ahead to likely future management innovations. To gain perspective, it's often helpful to take a look back at the management processes developed in earlier eras. government, particularly in the defense sector.

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China Wants the U.S. to Avoid the Fiscal Cliff, Too

Harvard Business Review

China is intent on maximizing access to and control over the world's natural resources and it will turn to developing nations to secure them. They know how to contemplate 10-year, 20-year, and 30-year programs and achieve year-on-year GDP growth that averages no less than 8 percent. China thinks in long-term timeframes.

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How One CEO Grows Her Business with Feeling

Harvard Business Review

What do you think causes millions of people to miss work and school in developing economies? In South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, another long-term study found that "more equal education between men and women could have led to nearly 1 percent higher annual per capita GDP growth" in each country. Lack of childcare?

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Adopt an Immigrant Mindset to Advance Your Career

Harvard Business Review

trillion — more than the GDP of most countries. All managers need to develop this ability to see around the corners up ahead. Once unleashed, this passionate sense of purpose — as long as it remains consistent and authentic — opens new doors. The companies noted in this study had combined revenues of $4.2

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Stop Focusing on Profitability and Go for Growth

Harvard Business Review

times global GDP) to more than $600 trillion (9.5 times global GDP). Our models suggest that by 2025 global financial capital could easily surpass a quadrillion dollars, more than 10 times global GDP. In our experience, companies still focus more on cutting costs than on developing and executing new growth strategies.

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Creating a Culture of Unconditional Love

Harvard Business Review

It was the largest sovereign debt default in world history, and GDP fell by some 30% coupled with a 300% currency devaluation. It also creates the conditions for neurogenesis, allowing people to learn and develop new healthy habits and competencies. But we all know what happened in 2001. Culture That Drives Performance.

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10 Sustainable Business Stories Too Important to Miss

Harvard Business Review

PwC’s annual Low Carbon Economy Index report concluded that we must lower global carbon intensity (the amount of carbon produced for every dollar of GDP) by 6% per year until 2100, a percentage point lower than last year’s report recommended. The short story is that we have less room than before.