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Why Mass Migration Is Good for Long-Term Economic Growth

Harvard Business Review

By one estimate , the number of international migrants worldwide reached 244 million in 2015, up from 222 million in 2010, and 173 million in 2000. For, example, from 1960 to 2010, when the growth rate of fractionalization increased by 10 percentage points, the growth rate of per capita GDP increased by about 2.1

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Companies Fare Worse When the Press Exposes Their Problems Before They Do

Harvard Business Review

Ethically, the choice is simple. Take 2010, when BP was confronted with one of the biggest oil spills in history. Take 2010, when BP was confronted with one of the biggest oil spills in history. Or 2015, when the U.S. Or should they let sleeping dogs lie?

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Like It or Not, “Smart Drugs” Are Coming to the Office

Harvard Business Review

billion in 2015. According to an experiment published in 2010 , it is difficult for medical practitioners to separate those who feign the symptoms from those who actually have them.) The issue of smart drugs is rife with ethical and business dilemmas. ADHD medication sales are growing rapidly, with annual revenues of $12.9

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Offices Can Be Bastions of Civility in an Uncivil Time

Harvard Business Review

Since 2010 Weber Shandwick and Powell Tate, in partnership with KRC Research, have tracked Americans’ perceptions of civility in various aspects of life, including work. ” Prompted in 2015 by fatal police shootings in Ferguson, Missouri, and other cities, the company now holds “ Can We Talk ?”

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Uber Can’t Be Fixed — It’s Time for Regulators to Shut It Down

Harvard Business Review

Kalanick and other top executives signal by example what is and is not acceptable behavior, and they are clearly responsible for the company’s ethically and legally questionable decisions and practices. But by the company’s launch, in 2010, most urban taxi fleets used modern dispatch with GPS, plus custom hardware and software.

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Is That Chart Saying What You Think It’s Saying?

Harvard Business Review

For more on data ethics, go here.). Here’s a recent chart that made news: @GlobeHorowitz : This was the most misleading chart of 2015 https://t.co/smWEwKtwNK — The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) December 29, 2015. What if the number of abortions doubled by 2010, then returned to baseline?

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