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Are Jobs As “B t” As We Fear?

The Horizons Tracker

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. of European workers reporting that their work was not useful. in 2005 to a measly 4.8%

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An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

In May of 2005, Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, cofounder Jerry Yang, corporate development executive Toby Coppel, and I — I was then chief financial officer of the Silicon Valley internet company — went on what would turn out to be a fateful trip to China. We insisted that the local team follow Yahoo reporting, systems, and governance requirements.

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China's Impending Slowdown Just Means It's Joining the Big Leagues

Harvard Business Review

That''s been the finding of economists Barry Eichengreen of UC Berkeley, Donghyun Park of the Asian Development Bank in Manila, and Kwanjo Shin of Korea University in Seoul in two recent studies of growth slowdowns in emerging markets around the world. China Economy Finance' to 8% growth rate.".

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Use Data to Fix the Small Business Lending Gap

Harvard Business Review

These innovative players, such as OnDeck, Funding Circle, and Fundera are disrupting the market by using technology to solve problems that have made small business lending costly for traditional banks. After all, isn’t the customer’s voice relevant if you are going to finance a plumber or restaurant?

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Private Equity Can Make Firms More Innovative

Harvard Business Review

If you ask someone who works in finance (as I had to) about PE and innovation, he or she will likely tell you that PE sponsors aren’t looking for the next big thing—they’re looking for companies that are dominant in a market, aren’t risky, and have a predictable and steady stream of cash to pay back debt.

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How Could I Miss That? Jamie Dimon on the Hot Seat

Harvard Business Review

In 2005, Dimon hired Ina Drew to head the company's Chief Investment Office, the unit responsible for the bank's risk exposure. As the second week of May began, Dimon realized, "The last thing I told the market — that it was a tempest in a teapot — was dead wrong," the Journal reports.

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CEOs Who Began Their Careers During Booms Tend to Be Less Ethical

Harvard Business Review

The stock market had more than doubled in the previous five years , and the unemployment rate was at a 30-year low. For instance, people who entered adulthood during economic depressions tend to be attuned to economic and national security throughout their adult lives , and particularly cautious with their personal and professional finances.

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