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The Environmental And Economic Costs Of Curbside Recycling

The Horizons Tracker

The study reveals that recent restrictions on recyclable materials imposed by major international markets have significantly contributed to the cost increase. In 2011, during the most lucrative period for recycling markets, the annual cost per household in the United States was as low as $3.

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Predicting Changes In The Price Of Bitcoin

The Horizons Tracker

Predicting movement The researchers used predictive analytics alongside dimension-reduction models on Bitcoin data from Jan 2011 to Jan 2020. This finding highlights the significance of market perception and investor behavior in driving Bitcoin’s performance.

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It’s Time To Stop VCs Driving Entrepreneurship

The Horizons Tracker

Famous research from Stanford’s Nicholas Bloom illustrates the difficulties we face in keeping the wheels of innovation turning. Bloom illustrates that while we’re spending more on research and innovation than ever before, we’re getting diminishing returns for that investment. Engines of creation.

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Changes In Job-Related Training Since Covid-19

The Horizons Tracker

The pandemic has obviously wrought huge disruption to the labor market, both in terms of the jobs that are available and the skills required to fulfil them. The report, which focused on the UK market, reveals that not only has the frequency of training declined, but so too has the duration and quality of training. in 2011 to 6.4

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A Futurist Looks at the Future of Marketing

Harvard Business Review

Digital marketing is evolving as fast as any other medium on our tablets, smartphones, Google Glass and beyond. By 2020, most interruptive marketing will be gone. By 2020, unauthorized targeting of consumers will essentially be useless. The idea of having a separate marketing department is going to vanish.

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Africa's Growth Opportunity

Harvard Business Review

A decade on, in January 2011, The Economist has revised its dark vision, calling Africa's countries " The Lion Kings.". And this is the interesting opportunity that is emerging: By 2020, 128 million households (600 million people) will have reached the consumer class, according to McKinsey's estimates. One such is General Electric.

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What the EPA’s Clean Power Plan Looks Like in Practice

Harvard Business Review

” Policies such as the new EPA proposal, which would establish firm limits on carbon pollution from power plants, will only help accelerate these much-needed market innovations. All told, they slashed carbon pollution from electricity by 20% from 2005-2011, led by Washington, which saw a 46% reduction during that period.

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