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Acquiring the Entrepreneurial Skills You Need

Great Leadership By Dan

Sam Walton learned his retail operational skills from Ben Franklin. This teaches us about accountability and performance. School can teach us how to channel stress and define how we behave under pressure. School can also teach you industry-specific skills. Culinary schools prepare chefs with the specific skills required to run restaurants.

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The Top 10 Green Business Stories of 2010

Harvard Business Review

Here's my attempt to capture what I see as the most important stories affecting the greening of business in 2010. Germany, not really the sunniest country in the world, added 1% of its electric needs in solar in 2010 alone (it took 10 years to get the first 1% online, and just 8 months for the second 1%). trillion by 2020.

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The U.S. Economy Is Suffering from Low Demand. Higher Wages Would Help

Harvard Business Review

Economic growth has been stuck in low gear for almost a decade now, averaging around 2% a year since 2010 while productivity growth, the key to increasing living standards, has been languishing near historic lows since the financial crisis. The Economy in 2018. percentage points to productivity growth in the period 2010 to 2014.

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Brexit Could Deepen Europe’s Digital Recession

Harvard Business Review

billion in the rest of Europe over the period 2010-2015. The uncertainty could have an impact on a wider ecosystem that affects the attractiveness of the UK as a tech hub: retail, hospitality, healthcare, and financial services. billion as compared to $4.4 Decision-Making Will Be Held Hostage to Uncertainty.