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How Developing Countries Can Benefit From Green Technologies

The Horizons Tracker

The production of goods and services with smaller carbon footprints, also known as green technologies, is on the rise and presents numerous economic opportunities. “We are at the beginning of a technological revolution based on green technologies,” the authors explain.

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Minority Entrepreneurs Still Face Discrimination When Seeking Finance

The Horizons Tracker

What’s more, minority business owners with a high FICO score should also ensure that this is made clear when they look for finance. To this end, the study’s authors propose the implementation of robust policies aimed at ensuring the equitable provision of loan product options to all customers.

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Business Model Innovation Will Be Key To Emerge From Covid Well

The Horizons Tracker

The authors argue that when combined with the adoption of new digital technologies, economies can achieve productivity growth of around 3.5%, versus the 1% that is predicted currently. “We propose that recent developments in digital technology offers the opportunity to accelerate productivity growth through business model innovation.

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How To Get Funding Through Horizon Europe?

Strategy Driven

In the event, there was a policy-related discussion that hints at an upcoming opportunity to learn about the Horizon Europe program for entrepreneurs; the opportunity is slated for info days 2021, which is between June 28 and July 9. The funding and tenders portal allows access to the calls for proposals.

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Why Are Workers Are Getting A Smaller Piece Of The Economic Pie?

The Horizons Tracker

Central to their theory is the outsized success of so called “superstar firms”, whose progress has played a bigger role in the shift than factors such as automation, the growth in international trade, the decline of union power, or outsourcing, as proposed by other economists. Uneven spread. Digital leaders.

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Apprenticeship Levy flexibility and productivity

Chartered Management Institute

Structural challenges Proposed Improvements Read the full report We have an opportunity to improve the apprenticeship levy system for its second decade, and focus on what really matters: not only up front costs and qualifications, but outputs and impacts. So, it gives me a lot more opportunity in the projects I can get involved in.

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Apprenticeship Levy flexibility and productivity

Chartered Management Institute

Structural challenges Proposed Improvements Read the full report We have an opportunity to improve the apprenticeship levy system for its second decade, and focus on what really matters: not only up front costs and qualifications, but outputs and impacts. So, it gives me a lot more opportunity in the projects I can get involved in.