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Heating Up: Tensions in US-India Strategic Defense Partnership

A political dilemma for the United States: embrace hypocrisy for the hand of much needed partnership in the region, or slap harsh economic sanctions and potentially lose a powerful ally.

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What’s the point of corporate activism today under Trump?

This week, we’ll look at how present-day corporate activism, especially in response to the Trump administration, is having an impact on larger society, as well as what it means for companies’ bottom lines. Do today’s efforts at corporate activism have a tangible impact, or are they merely pretty words?

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Corporate Activism, Yesterday and Today

How has the idea and execution behind corporate activism evolved over time?

This article is the second in a series of articles on corporate social responsibility in the Trump era.

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What Even is Corporate Social Responsibility?

What sort of actions have traditionally comprised corporate social responsibility?

This article is the first in a series of articles on corporate social responsibility in the Trump era.

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A Conversation with Rita Gurevich, founder of SPHERE Technology Solutions

Rita Gurevich started SPHERE, a cybersecurity company, when she was twenty-five, an age not that far away from most of the participants in this year’s International Conference. When I asked what she wished she would have known when she was just starting out, her answer surprised me with its simplicity and subtlety.

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Rebecca Taylor, Janice Sullivan, and Bruce Migliaccio: Innovation in Fashion

In the hour long seminar, they stressed creative vision as essential to steering the success and growth of a high quality brand like Rebecca Taylor. According to Janice Sullivan, the fashion industry is currently “undergoing a change of seismic proportions,” fueled by consumers spending less on clothes and more on experiences like vacations, destination weddings, spa treatments, and travel.

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