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Expedia Layoffs To Affect 9% Of Workforce In a Bid To Refocus Resources

HR Digest

With a goal to drive efficiency forward this year, Expedia layoffs are moving ahead with a target of 9 percent job cuts in the upcoming weeks. Their full-year GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) saw a 127 percent growth compared to 2022, one of their highest growth numbers to date.

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On Creative Accounting: Two Creativity Myths

Harvard Business Review

An idea, behavior, or product is creative if it is both novel and appropriate to some goal. They were appropriate to the artist's goal of creating "a contemplative space that encourages participants to linger and experience an all-encompassing art environment.". And it quite effectively served its murderous goal.

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The Dangers of Digital Protectionism

Harvard Business Review

At the other extreme, cross-border flows of certain types of private or public data, such as well production for a global oil producer or anonymous aggregated statistics, may be better left unfettered. follows Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), developed through a rules-based approach. In contrast, the U.S.