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Tackling Big Global Challenges with Low-Cost Innovation

Harvard Business Review

Digital platforms like Uber and Airbnb harness the power of the internet to offer a frictionless marketplace that powerfully matches supply and demand so as to make whole new sets of assets available to customers. This kind of innovation is almost a textbook example of frugal innovation. GDP by 2020. dave wheeler FOR HBR.

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A Plan to Revitalize Greece

Harvard Business Review

However, as much as macroeconomic reforms are needed, the future of the Greek economy will be determined by its competitiveness, which concerns costs, but is also measured by innovation. It can improve its competitiveness by reducing costs in its traditional sectors, such as tourism, agriculture, and trade. to 3% of their GDP.