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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business

Managing risks therefore requires making investment decisions today for longer-term capacity building and developing adaptive strategies. Coca-Cola, for example, faced a water shortage in India that forced it to shut down one of its plants in 2004. Since its launch in 2012, Flyknit has reduced 3.5 In 2005, they launched a U.S.

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How One Medical Group Is Decreasing Physician Burnout

Harvard Business

As part of our work researching high-performing primary care systems , we discovered a system-wide approach launched by Southern California Permanente Medical Group (SCPMG) in 2004 that unburdens primary care physicians. This enables them to review the work quickly and efficiently and follow up on any flagged issues.

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The U.S. Media’s Problems Are Much Bigger than Fake News and Filter Bubbles

Harvard Business

Like marketers, politicians obsess over messaging (what journalists would call “content”) and a few key metrics that historically have determined success: amount of television advertising, number of “foot soldiers,” intensity of get-out-the-vote operations, and voter demographics. Two developments bear noting.

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