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How to do business with doughnuts

A Tim Hortons employee grabs a doughnut for a customer at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary March 24, 2006. Shares of Canadian coffee and doughnut chain Tim Hortons Inc. rose about a third in their market debut on Friday, the day after the company sold $671.7 million worth of shares in its initial public offering. REUTERS/J.P. Moczulski - GM1DSFSYWAAA

'Doughnut' economics can help businesses move into the 21st Century. Image: REUTERS/J.P. Moczulski

Kate Raworth
Senior Visiting Research Associate, Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University
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