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The Growing Power of Women in Business

Women on Business

It’s clear that in many cases, women are not just influencing the market; they are the market. In other words, women have been the market for some time now yet many executives have not taken action on this huge opportunity. In 2012, 18 of the Fortune 500 companies will have women CEOs at the helm.

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For Entrepreneurs, Three Ways to Control Your Destiny and Rekindle Joy

Harvard Business Review

Speaking out primes the market, builds anticipation, helps a radical idea sound familiar, and for those whose name becomes associated with the idea, thought leadership offers entree to circles of potential future backers and supporters. Artisans' cooperatives help market products from diverse artists.

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Rethinking Security for the Internet of Things

Harvard Business Review

stock market to decline almost 1% before the news was revealed as a hoax. In 2012 a hacker built and revealed a simple device that can open Onity-brand electronic locks (which secure over 4 million hotel room doors ) without a key. The Public/Private Cooperation We Need on Cyber Security. Encourage a skeptical culture.

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Four Innovation Trends to Watch in 2013

Harvard Business Review

So here are four innovation ideas — themes, really — sure to gain significantly greater mind- and market-share over the coming year. Multitasking has evolved from a distraction and diversion to a financial focus wherever digital content lives. Half the stocks in the market are now yielding more than fixed income.

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What Boards Can Do About Brain Drain

Harvard Business Review

In fact, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) estimates that almost a quarter (24.2%) of all New Zealanders with university-level educations have emigrated. leveraging diversity in company’s workforce. Among OECD nations, only Ireland has suffered as much brain drain. Global Disconnect. hiring top talent.

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Innovating Your Way Out Of The Resource Curse

The Horizons Tracker

Nugent, and Hoda Selim, explores the topic through the particular lens of the six Arab nations that make up the Gulf Cooperation Council. This is an area that Norway has an obvious advantage in, as a member of the European Economic Area provides access to the European Single Market, whereas Qatar is blocked off from neighboring economies.