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The Globalization Backlash Is Reverberating Through Boardrooms

Harvard Business Review

Furthermore, there will be new complexities in managing the balance sheet and navigating wider financing decisions; particularly as the “carry trade” (the strategy of borrowing at low interest rates in developed countries and investing in higher yielding emerging markets), becomes less attractive.

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American Firms Dream of Growth but Invest in Efficiency

Harvard Business Review

to 3 percent in 2014 (U.S. Economic Outlook for 2014 and Beyond, January 13, 2014, About.com), and our own research , “CEO Briefing 2014 –The Global Agenda: Competing in a Digital World,” found widespread optimism in the C-Suite about companies’ growth prospects. Innovation Strategic planning Strategy'