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Top 10 US Cities to Capture Small Business Recovery Act Dollars.

Women on Business

If your small business plan can move the nation forward, you’re a step closer to winning Uncle Sam’s financing and support. Jersey City , NJ New Jersey is putting its money on the state’s public infrastructure, leading the nation in per-capita funding for transportation. Governor’s Conference for Women.

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Is Your Company Ready for the Rise of Smart Cities?

Harvard Business Review

Companies that want to serve them directly often have to think outside the box when it comes to financing. Sensor-fed software lets the company track precisely how people use desks, conference rooms, and amenities, and then use that information to maximize utilization.

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What Should an Apple Car Be?

Harvard Business Review

One way to appeal to this demographic (and to the parents who often finance young drivers’ transportation) is to focus on safety. Think of the ultimate home office with printers, a desk, and video conference abilities so pharmaceutical reps and traveling sales people don’t have to squat at Panera or Starbucks all day.

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

Harvard Business Review

. “Technology is advancing at an unprecedented pace and this milestone allows federal regulations and the use of our national airspace to evolve to safely accommodate innovation,” Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said in a press release that accompanied the announcement. Which is pretty much all of them.

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Accountants Will Save the World

Harvard Business Review

Last June, I raised a few eyebrows when I told attendees at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio (aka Rio+20 ) that "accountants would save the world." A transport company like TNT is a typical beneficiary of globalization. But I meant it. Why accounting? During my time as CEO of TNT N.V.

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Elon Musk’s Unusual Compensation Plan Isn’t Really About Compensation at All

Harvard Business Review

If, by contrast, Tesla’s target was merely a $100 billion market capitalization — frankly, a great target for most companies, as it projects a 7% return annually for the next 10 years — then investors might quickly lose their appetite to continue financing the company. They signed up for transformation, not steady returns.

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Rescuing Capitalism from Itself

Harvard Business Review

One leg represents public sector governments and the services they provide for the common good, such as education, defense, and a transport infrastructure. In a sense, we have been seeing it as sitting on a two-legged stool. But no stool can balance itself on two legs, let alone one, whether public or private.

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