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What Impact Do Immigrant-Founded Startups Have On The Labor Market?

The Horizons Tracker

Indeed, analyses suggest that between 2008 and 2012, immigrants accounted for 25% of new employer businesses. “The pattern of results is most consistent with a blend of co-ethnic hiring due to informational advantages within ethnic groups alongside taste-based hiring,” the researchers explain.

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Three Ways Leaders Can Improve Decision Making

Lead Change Blog

Deluged by data, leaders should have more information than ever to enable better decision making. Today, the New York Weekly Times edition contains more information than the average person in the seventeenth century came across in their entire lifetime. Give Authority To Those Closest To The Information. How wrong they were.

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What Jeff Bezos’ Sell-Off Indicates About the US Stock Market

Strategy Driven

The global financial crisis of 2008 may appear to be a century-old event for many millennials, even though it’s hardly been a decade since the US economy started getting back on track. But just like every market cycle, the economy recovered and so did the stock market.

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StrategyDriven Editorial Perspective – Panic of 1907 vs Great Recession of 2008

Strategy Driven

He went on to describe the similarities between the banking crisis of 1907 – the one that inspired the formation of the Federal Reserve – and the more recent 2008 financial crisis. As the underwriting weaknesses of subprime portfolios became known, banks stopped lending to each other, paralyzing credit markets.

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Best Leadership Blogs 2010 | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I know all but one of the other nominees and would highly recommend any of them as a high quality source of leadership information. If there is a blog you feel should have been nominated but wasn’t, please share that information in the comments below and I’ll pass it along to Kevin.

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Shut-up & Listen | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

If you follow this advice not only will you become better informed, but you’ll also become more popular with those whom you interact with. You’ll also notice that when intelligent people do speak-up it’s not to ramble-on incoherently or incessantly, but usually to ask a question so that they can elicit even more information.

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13 Things that Make Organizations Extraordinary

Mark Sanborn

Adaptability and Agility The 2008 financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic have tested organizations’ resilience. Financial Health and Sustainability Sound financial management, diversification of revenue streams, and long-term financial planning are vital in weathering financial crises and market fluctuations.