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Startup Ideas: 5 Sectors Unaffected By COVID-19

Strategy Driven

Billions of people globally have had their lives turned upside-down, with COVID-19 failing to spare individuals from any background, location, or class in society. But, some firms have escaped relatively unscathed from the devastation brought by this global pandemic.

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Unique Ways to Convert Shipping Containers for Businesses

Strategy Driven

Shipping containers are not only useful for transporting goods. As we are globally looking for solutions for sustainable construction, shipping containers are the best option. Companies can look for containers and convert them into transportable rest houses. Did you know? They can’t look at motels or small inns for months.

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Post-Covid Work Trends and the Future of Work

HR Digest

The crisis has disrupted the earlier efficiency models. A recent Gartner survey says that global M&A activity increased after the financial crisis, and many companies were nationalized to avoid failure. Without government support, the present crisis would have driven many economies to the ground. M&A Activity .

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Employees Demand Employers Become More Sustainable

The Horizons Tracker

Transport is currently responsible for around 27% of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions, and the healthcare workers are hoping to encourage their employer to adopt more cycling-friendly policies among various other sustainability initiatives. The benefits of going green. Making the change.

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Post-Covid Cities Need To Be Smart Cities

The Horizons Tracker

“The stakeholders promoting smart-city development will benefit from the crisis and use their experience from the temporary shutdown to accelerate digital transformation in their cities,” he writes. “The coronavirus pandemic will not stop the smart transformation of cities. Intelligent cities.

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How Society Benefits If We Make It Easier For Refugees To Enter The Workforce

The Horizons Tracker

The researchers developed an algorithm that was able to assign placements for refugees based upon this data, with the assignments giving them the best chance of integrating. This translated into some refugees having much higher chances of settling than others.

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UPS on Moving the U.S. at the Speed of Business

Harvard Business Review

First, develop a strategy for energy security — then stick to it. We need a plan that will lead to energy independence so that we can stop moving from one energy crisis to another. Second, fix the transportation infrastructure. Today, we address critical transportation needs in isolation.