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How Temporary Work Visas Influence Illegal Immigration

The Horizons Tracker

labor market while still amplifying the deterrent effects of immigration enforcement policies.” The paper highlights that, since 2005, some 8 million people have been working in the United States without the proper authorization. ” Workforce management. The model produced three different outcomes.

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10 Companies Offering Work from Home

HR Digest

The number of people who work from home has increased by 140 per cent since 2005. They offer hosting and management services, along with marketing and customer service management. BCD Travels. The statistics prove that work from home is a popular option with working people. Recent research shows that 4.3

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How High-Speed Trains Affect The Mobility Of Talent

The Horizons Tracker

The paper highlights the growing number of routes across Europe that are faster to travel by train than by plane, both do to the journey time itself, but more specifically by the reduced security checks and the fact that you typically disembark in the city center itself rather than its outskirts. Mobile talent. The fast track.

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Walking Away from the Big Bucks in the Pursuit of True Balance.

Women on Business

For most of my prior career, I was a woman who: was happily married, may never have children, would earn a six figure income, was a loyal employee, was an over achiever, traveled to exotic places, would live in my dream home, and wanted to be involved in the highly charged corporate world forever! Don’t get me wrong, big bucks rock!

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Some Thoughts on Investing from My Recent Interview

Curious Cat

Some excerpts from the interview: I have maintained a portfolio that I call the sleep well portfolio for 10 years (started April 2005). First, the aging population should provide a booming market. Second, the huge increase in rich people globally that can afford very expensive medicine again provides an ever-growing market.

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Embrace Your Constraints to Create New Markets

Harvard Business Review

Add work time lost due to travel; cultural norms requiring that people travel together; the expense of transportation; and a general lack of awareness about the value of correcting eyesight problems, and the French eyeglass company Essilor was faced with a perfect storm of what we call external constraints.

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Don't Underestimate China's Luxury Market

Harvard Business Review

China's luxury market — and the global phenomenon of " trading up " — are well known. Yet when China's consumer markets recently experienced short terms blips, several doubters promptly questioned the pace of their long term growth. In 2005, fewer than 50 million credit cards were issued. But times are changing.