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New Report Highlights The Growth In Emerging Market Unicorns

The Horizons Tracker

The report reveals that while the majority of unicorns remain based in the United States, the emerging market is rapidly catching up, with China alone home to around 40% of the unicorns in existence today. For instance, Sao Paulo is the only ecosystem in the region listed in the top 30 locations in the 2020 Startup Genome report.

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UNCTAD Report Argues For A New Approach To Tackling Financial Crisis

The Horizons Tracker

A paper from the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) argues that this monetary and fiscal policy could make the global recession worse and inflict damage that exceeds that seen during both the financial crisis of 2008 and the Covid pandemic. Faltering strategy. This is a matter of policy choices and political will.

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It’s Not TV: HBO

Leading Blog

M EDIA reporting veterans Felix Gillette and John Koblin trace the history of HBO’s humble launch on November 8, 1972, with “some 375 subscribers,” to the challenges it faces today in an industry they essentially created in It’s Not TV: The Spectacular Rise, Revolution, and Future of HBO. ❧ 2008: It was a very comfortable company.

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The Case for MBAs in the Nonprofit Sector RecruitmentHiring

Persuasive Powerhouse

The Aspen Institute, in its 2007 2008 publication Beyond Gray Pinstripes, reports that over 30 of the 112 schools of management surveyed offer a special concentration focused on social and environmental issues.

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A Challenge for Leaders

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Coaching Leadership Development “Despite the economic recession, more employees are looking for opportunities outside of their organization than in 2008, suggesting that 2011 will be a challenging year for retention (and a hot market for firms to attract top talent).”

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StrategyDriven Editorial Perspective – Panic of 1907 vs Great Recession of 2008

Strategy Driven

He went on to describe the similarities between the banking crisis of 1907 – the one that inspired the formation of the Federal Reserve – and the more recent 2008 financial crisis. By 2008, losses from these portfolios were causing banks to fail. Bernanke said. In 1907, the fire started when F. Augustus Heinze and C.F.

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Employee Engagement: 2010 Research Insights

Michael Lee Stallard

In January, our friends at The Conference Board published a report entitled “I Can’t Get No … Job Satisfaction, That Is.&# The report’s subtitle, “America’s Unhappy Workers,&# captured the essence of The Conference Board’s message. why is everyone smiling?