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Investing In People Builds Resilience Against The Covid Recession

The Horizons Tracker

In total, 989 workplaces were included in both the 2004 and 2011 surveys, allowing the researchers to compare employment relations in these firms alongside their ability to weather what was the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. They just need the technology and the trust from their employer to do their job from anywhere.

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An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

The idea was simple: Combine the best of both companies into the new Yahoo China, which was projected to generate more than $25 million in revenue in 2004. We were optimistic about Yahoo’s future in China as the deal closed in January 2004. In the media and internet industries, it turns out to be very important when operating in China.