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The Environmental And Economic Costs Of Curbside Recycling

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. “Eliminating recycling squanders one of the easiest opportunities for communities and citizens to help lessen the impact of climate change and reduce our demands on natural resources,” the researchers explain. “Recycling won’t solve the problem alone, but it is part of the puzzle.”

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Oil’s Boom-and-Bust Cycle May Be Over. Here’s Why

Harvard Business Review

could become the world’s largest oil producer in 2018, surpassing Saudi Arabia and Russia. oil production, up from a mere 10% just seven years ago in 2011. In fact, 2018 may mark the first year shale producers will be able to fund future expansions of drilling programs through their own cash flow. The soaring U.S.

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Is the LinkedIn Acquisition Microsoft’s Attempt to Build Its Own Alphabet?

Harvard Business Review

The only numbers we have so far is that the companies expect $150 million in annual savings by 2018. The model here is to buy low and hope to sell high after injecting the business with resources. Beyond that, there are vague tech-speak promises of how LinkedIn’s social network might help Microsoft’s enterprise businesses.

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Strategies for Succeeding in Today’s Brazil

Harvard Business Review

It boasted rapid economic growth, abundant natural resources, and a large (and increasingly wealthy) market of 200 million consumers. In 2011, when the number of M&A deals reached its peak in Brazil, the average price of publicly traded companies was 9.7 In the early 2000s, Brazil became the darling of corporate investment.

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The Growing Business of Marijuana

Harvard Business Review

I should know: Many of my former colleagues, friends, and family members mentioned these stereotypes in 2011 when I accepted a job helping launch a new publication covering the business aspects of this emerging sector. Earlier this year, we projected that sales will hit $6 billion by 2018.

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Why We Need To Disseminate Innovation To Overcome The Productivity Paradox

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A 2018 report from the King’s Fund explored the diffusion of innovation throughout the NHS, and found that there was ample entrepreneurship on an individual level, but scaling those innovations across the entire service was very difficult. Suffice to say, the resourcing for such teams is not present in the NHS today, with just 0.1%

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What’s Wrong with the FAA’s New Drone Rules

Harvard Business Review

In fact, the FAA had originally promised the rules by 2011, but it proceeded to miss every deadline it set for itself , as well as those established by Congress. Drones could revolutionize everything from natural resource protection, agriculture, emergency services, aerial photography, filmmaking, and delivery.