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VCs See Gold Rush in the HR Tech Scene

HR Digest

But recent years have seen an explosion of interest in the global human resource (HR) technology market, particularly in North America. HR tech firms are flourishing as venture capitalists’ love affair with standard-setters in HR SaaS offering continue to grow. Core HR software is projected to peak at a CAGR of 9.4%

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Three Year-End Innovation Takeaways from Asia

Harvard Business Review

Silicon Valley remains the global hot spot of innovation, and America continues to churn out innovative companies like Groupon and Bloom Energy. Singapore is positioning itself as the global exchange, where West meets East and where India and China are both reachable via relatively short direct flights.

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Why Are Immigrants More Entrepreneurial?

Harvard Business Review

— data from the 2012 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor showed that the vast majority of the 69 countries surveyed reported higher entrepreneurial activity among immigrants than among natives, especially in growth-oriented ventures. Similarly, about one-fourth of all technology and engineering companies started in the U.S.

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An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

The company was owned by management, venture capitalists, and SoftBank. Only legal, finance, and human resources still reported back to headquarters. Most of the companies we met with were publicly held, but Alibaba was still private. Alibaba was based in the south, in Hangzhou, and had about 2,400 employees.

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How to Revive a Tired Network

Harvard Business Review

For example, recently we were in a meeting discussing the results of a global people survey. Joel Podolny, former head of Apple’s human resources, calls this tendency of our networks to evolve more slowly than our jobs “ network lag.” Get in touch with a venture capitalist.

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