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David Champion on June 20th, 2011

I can travel anywhere in the eurozone without having to pay money to change currency. I don’t have to work…

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Nicholas Bloom, Rebecca Homkes, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen on June 13th, 2011

After a decade of painstaking research, we have concluded that American firms are on average the best managed in the…

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Mike W. Peng and Zhixing Xiao on June 13th, 2011

The headlines differ from day to day, but the underlying message is always the same: China Inc. wants to take…

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Vijay Govindarajan on June 9th, 2011

Note: This blog was co-authored with Justin Chakma, an undergraduate student at the University of Toronto. One of the notable…

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Ndubuisi Ekekwe on June 9th, 2011

Early this month, Cisco announced that it was investing $10 million in Egypt. What made it different from other investments…

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Haydn Shaughnessy and Nick Vitalari on June 8th, 2011

How interested are people in innovation — and how does that change cross-culturally? What do users across the world really…

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Barbara Pachter on June 7th, 2011

I’ve coached executives around the world on the finer and grosser points of protocol — from who holds open the…

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David Champion on June 1st, 2011

Talking to an Irish friend recently, I got a splendid take on the euro-crisis. As he pointed out, there are…

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Pankaj Ghemawat on May 31st, 2011

So far, 2011 has been a remarkable year. With events like those that have changed the power dynamics throughout the…

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Stuart L. Hart on May 31st, 2011

In my 1997 HBR article, Beyond Greening: Strategies for a Sustainable World, I made the case for sustainability as a…

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Stuart L. Hart on May 31st, 2011

In my 1997 HBR article, Beyond Greening: Strategies for a Sustainable World, I made the case for sustainability as a…

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David Champion on May 24th, 2011

From France’s perspective, Christine Lagarde is an inspired nomination to succeed Dominque Strauss-Khan as Managing Director of the IMF. She…

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Vijay Govindarajan on May 24th, 2011

Editor’s Note: This blog was co-authored with Tang Wang, doctoral student at the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at University…

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Vijay Govindarajan on May 24th, 2011

Editor’s Note: This blog was co-authored with Tang Wang, doctoral student at the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at University…

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Vijay Govindarajan on May 24th, 2011

Editor’s Note: This blog was co-authored with Tang Wang, doctoral student at the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at University…

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Vijay Govindarajan on May 24th, 2011

Editor’s Note: This blog was co-authored with Tang Wang, doctoral student at the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at University…

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Vijay Govindarajan on May 24th, 2011

Editor’s Note: This blog was co-authored with Tang Wang, doctoral student at the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at University…

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