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Applying Deming Principles at Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

Deming Institute

In 2014, I applied for and received a grant from The W. In 2014, as in previous years, the dominant reason for discontinuation of a venture in Latin America, Africa, Europe, Asia and Oceania was that the business was not profitable, as per the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2014 Global report. Stephen Gordon CEO Opus Bank.

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The H-1B Visa Debate, Explained

Harvard Business Review

According to an analysis by Ronil Hira, a professor of public policy at Howard University, in 2014 nearly one-third of new H-1B visas went to 13 of these so-called “outsourcers.” ” (Tata received the most visas, with 5,650, while Amazon, the tech company with the highest number, got 877.).