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What It Is That Make Immigrants Such Good Entrepreneurs?

The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Wharton research further elaborates on this point by pointing out that immigrant founders not only create jobs but also bring considerable finance with them. has been driving foreign-born scientists from their shores, with a particular exodus occurring since the Brexit referendum in 2016. A similar picture was painted of the U.S.

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The Importance Of Immigrants For The Future Of Tech

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Wharton research further elaborates on this point by pointing out that immigrant founders not only create jobs, but also bring considerable finance with them. has been driving foreign-born scientists from their shores, with a particular exodus occurring since the Brexit referendum in 2016. A similar picture was painted of the U.S.

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Deadly Disease of Management: Emphasis on Short-term Profits

Deming Institute

JANUARY 9, 2017

In Warren Buffett’s 2010 annual letter to shareholders he mentions the advantage Berkshire Hathaway has because it doesn’t focus on short term results: At GEICO, for example, we enthusiastically spent $900 million last year on advertising to obtain policyholders who deliver us no immediate profits. In Profit Beyond Measure by H.

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What GE’s Board Could Have Done Differently

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2018

The Board Had No Finance Committee. GE’s board had another major structural defect: It lacked a finance committee. As I have explained elsewhere , a finance committee is critical for a board in complex public companies like GE, which are involved in a broad range of retirement plans, stock buybacks, and large acquisitions.

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How Large NGOs Are Using Data to Transform Themselves

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2016

and globally, and Habitat for Humanity, which works in 70-plus nations to provide home construction, rehabilitation, and increased access to shelter and financing, gathered data from their sites to make the case for profound change. In 2010, the Seilers surveyed all officers and social services staff. Frontline Data as Wake Up Call.

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How Organic Wine Finally Caught On

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2018

As organic wine pioneer Jonathan Frey remarked in an interview, “These large companies would finance scientific studies to prove that organic was a joke and didn’t have any health benefits.” While 6% of the wine sold at Systembolaget in 2011 was organic, by 2016 it was over 20%. What changed?

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This Program Uses Lean Startup Techniques to Turn Scientists into Entrepreneurs

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2017

When Subra Suresh was tapped to lead the National Science Foundation (NSF), in 2010, he saw that many of the pathbreaking discoveries developed through the agency’s grants weren’t finding their way to the marketplace, so he sought to foster better links between government and industry. Cat Yu for HBR. The Future of I-Corps.

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Entrepreneur Venture Funding Conference Course

McDonald’s Has to Do More than Manipulate Its Stock Price

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

A central plank of the plan is to “return $8 [billion] to $9 billion to shareholders in 2015 and to reach the top end of its three-year target of returning $18 billion to $20 billion to them by the end of 2016.” ” In 2014, McDonald’s expended $3.2 In 2014, when the pay of McDonald’s CEO was $6.4

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Europe’s Other Crisis: A Digital Recession

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2015

And a recently released report suggests that Europe’s digital divide problem extends way beyond the Atlantic; Europe is a distant third behind North America and Asia for $100 million plus financing for VC backed companies. How has Europe dealt with the situation? million jobs. A major reason for this deficit is insufficient investment.

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Research: CEOs with Diverse Networks Create Higher Firm Value

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2018

For example, firms with better-connected CEOs can obtain cheaper financing , and firms with well-connected board directors see better performance. Our study , published in the Journal of Corporate Finance, found that CEOs with strong connections to people of different demographic backgrounds and skill sets create higher firm value.

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How China’s Government Helps — and Hinders — Innovation

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Drucker Forum 2016: The Entrepreneurial Society. Thus, technological innovation in these sectors tends to be financed by the government and carried out within government or quasi-government laboratories. This post is one in a series of perspectives by presenters and participants in the 8th Global Drucker Forum. million by 2020.

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The H-1B Visa Debate, Explained

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

It has benefited the tech industry enormously, and other sectors, including health care, science, and finance, have also used it to fill gaps in their workforces. There were approximately 180,000 new H-1B visas issued in 2016, according to State Department data. But in April, just after U.S. Who gets H-1Bs?

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80% of Companies Don’t Know If Their Products Contain Conflict Minerals

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2017

This regulation came as a result of concerns that the exploitation and trade of conflict minerals by armed groups was helping to finance conflict in the DRC region and contributing to its emergency humanitarian crisis. It’s no wonder so many consumers have no idea where their favorite brands come from. We wanted to find out.

Supply Chain

Supply Chain Productivity Products Company

Earning Less Than Their Wives Makes U.S. Men More Partisan

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2017

While the unemployment rates for men and women normally move together fairly tightly, between December 2008 and March 2010, the unemployment rate for men aged 20 and above was, on average, more than two points higher than the unemployment rate among women. points higher than among women (10.2 percent versus 7.9 percent). Related Video.

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Europe’s Other Crisis: A Digital Recession

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How China’s Government Helps — and Hinders — Innovation

The H-1B Visa Debate, Explained

80% of Companies Don’t Know If Their Products Contain Conflict Minerals

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