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What Role Does International Air Travel Play In Innovation?

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Research from INSEAD suggests that it might also be helping grease the wheels of innovation as it eases connectivity between international companies and their subsidiaries. The researchers explore not only whether nonstop flights support innovation within companies but also how they might do so. increase in citations and a 1.4%

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Are Jobs As “B t” As We Fear?

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The researchers used the European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) results from between 2005 and 2015 to try and understand why some respondents answered either “rarely” or “never” when asked whether they do useful work. in 2005 to a measly 4.8% Put to the test. The post Are Jobs As “B t” As We Fear?

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Research Reveals The Importance Of A Local Supply Of Managers

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Executive supply The researchers assess data from INPS, who are Italy’s social security bureau to understand the state of the Italian private sector workforce between 2005 and 2015. They then pair this with data from the balance sheets of those companies.

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How the Geography of Startups and Innovation Is Changing

Harvard Business Review

We’re used to thinking of high-tech innovation and startups as generated and clustered predominantly in fertile U.S. These 10 cities accounted for more than $100 billion in venture capital investment on average each year between 2015 and 2017, or more than 60% of the total. Jakal Pan/Getty Images.

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A Few Unicorns Are No Substitute for a Competitive, Innovative Economy

Harvard Business Review

Entrepreneurship aids economic vitality by getting rid of complacent incumbents, accelerating innovation, and creating jobs. While 38 companies joined the unicorn ranks in the second half of 2015, only 19 made it into the club in the first half of 2016. In 2015 global M&A volume surpassed $5 trillion — a record.

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How Disney Found Its Way Back to Creative Success

Harvard Business Review

Since every industry changes in time, the key to success is adapting to those changes – hence, strategy is innovation. This strategy has been, in itself, Disney’s great breakthrough innovation. WB’s revenue dropped 13% in fourth quarter 2015. In fact, WB does have a history of innovation.

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The Case for Investing More in People

Harvard Business Review

In the decade between 2005 and 2015, labor productivity in the US as measured by GDP per labor hour was less than 1% for 7 of the 10 years, according to the OECD. We know that great ideas that drive breakthroughs in productivity come from human beings with the time, talent and energy to innovate. And wages are stagnant.