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What are the best cryptocurrency exchanges in the world?

Strategy Driven

Under the pressure of competition, exchanges around the world are constantly developing, improving their platforms to be faster and more user-friendly. The exchange itself was established in 2017, but its founder – Changpeng Zhao – had previously worked in teams related to finance and cryptocurrencies.

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Are SMEs The Overlooked Engines Of Innovation?

The Horizons Tracker

This is especially so as around two-thirds of the 40 million new jobs created in the US economy between 1980 and 2005 were created by new SMEs. In relative terms, this may be a small number, but when set against the 20 million or so SMEs operating across Europe, it’s a vast number of innovative firms.

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Trent Henry on Building Tomorrow’s Leaders

HR Digest

In an exclusive interview with HR Digest, Trent Henry, EY’s Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), shares key strategies driving EY’s commitment to diversity, innovation, employee well-being, and leadership development. Through Henry’s insights, HR professionals gain valuable perspectives on navigating HR leadership in a dynamic environment.

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Are CEOs Really Necessary Anymore?

Strategy Driven

As futurist Ray Kurzweil observed in 2005, in the near future, machine intelligence is going to exceed human intelligence. If we have enough past information of competitive successes and failures, BDAI is capable of helping leaders develop options. He named that moment, the Singularity. Same for Elon Musk.

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An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

In May of 2005, Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, cofounder Jerry Yang, corporate development executive Toby Coppel, and I — I was then chief financial officer of the Silicon Valley internet company — went on what would turn out to be a fateful trip to China. On the finance and deal side, we also felt a strong kinship with Tsai.

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Where There’s No Margin for Toxic Leadership

Harvard Business Review

The CEO thought he needed to step out of the chief sales role to focus on operations and finances. By 2005, the Chief Lightning Catcher found a company that wanted to acquire the firm and provide badly needed investment capital. But in December 2005, the offer fell through. It’s a different story.

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Fixing the World's Infrastructure Problems

Harvard Business Review

How well they''re built and operated is crucial to economic growth and is a key arbiter of an economy''s competitiveness — and yet, virtually every economy faces an array of infrastructure challenges. In Jakarta, from 2005-2009, the number of cars rose by 22% annually, while the distance of usable roads actually declined (PDF).