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Growing Entrepreneurs And Entrepreneurship: Lessons From Estonia

The Horizons Tracker

These efforts hope to succeed where Bringing Talent Home, which was an initiative run between 2010 and 2012, failed. The startup visa program has been somewhat more successful, with 226 startups registered from the 697 founders approved by the scheme since it was launched in 2017.

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What GE’s Board Could Have Done Differently

Harvard Business Review

During Jeff Immelt’s tenure as CEO of General Electric, from 2001 until 2017, the company’s stock price fell by over 30%, a decline of roughly $150 billion in shareholder value. Fortunately, in December of 2017 GE’s board downsized from 18 members to 12. The Board Had No Finance Committee.

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Why Labor Protests in France Won’t Stop Macron’s Reforms

Harvard Business Review

last year, unemployment is slowly decreasing , and public finances are improving faster than anticipated. In 2017, just before Macron’s election, the left-leaning CGT lost its historical dominance and was bypassed in workers’ representatives elections by the CFDT, a more moderate and centrist labor union. GDP grew by 1.9%

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How One Nonprofit Is Expanding Health Care for the Uninsured

Harvard Business Review

In a 2010 review of its purchasing strategy, Ascension concluded that it didn’t really have an effective purchasing strategy at all. Ascension centralized functions such as human resources, payroll, travel services, and finance, thereby streamlining operations and saving costs.