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Strategy and Innovation

Place Still Matters in a Digital World: Lessons from Boutiqaat

A deep understanding of local culture is a competitive advantage. Juan Alcácer explores the success of a leading retail platform in the Middle East.
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Data and Technology

Can AI News Summaries Help Us Read More Deeply?

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Marketing and Consumers

The Vintage Boom: Giving Consumers the Nostalgia They Crave

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Social Responsibility and Sustainability

Why Climate Goals Are Worth Setting—Even Aspirational Ones

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Social Responsibility and Sustainability

Impact Investing in Charts: Who's Hiring and Where?

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Who Pays For Wildfire and Hurricane Damage? Everyone.

Think only coastal states bear the costs related to rising seas? Research by Ishita Sen and colleagues shows how homeowners everywhere pay for climate change, regardless of location.
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