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Net Zero Efforts Are Slowly Paying Off

The Horizons Tracker

Between 2000 and 2010, emissions went up by 2.3% per year until 2014, and then dropped even further to 0.8% These rules include things like using less energy, making clean technology cheaper, protecting forests, and using cleaner sources of energy. each year, but that slowed to 1.3%

Energy 90
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How Telemedicine Can Ease ER Overcrowding

The Horizons Tracker

The researchers used data from all emergency visits in New York state between 2010 and 2014, and found a significant reduction in the average length of stay and wait time when telemedicine was used in the ER.

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The New Economic Revolution

Strategy Driven

From internet commerce technology has sprung forth the Bottom-Up Economic Revolution. Before founding WePay, Bill worked in technology investment banking at Jefferies & Company, where he advised enterprise software, digital media and financial technology companies on M&A and capital market transactions.

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New Year Entertainment: Predictions, Forecasts, and Projections

The Practical Leader

Technology is a major driving of change and is changing very unpredictably as we see in these forecasts: Lee DeForest, the “father of radio,” said in 1926 “While theoretically and technically television may be feasible, commercially and financially it is an impossibility.”

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3 Olympic Stories That Inspire Us To Become Better Leaders

Tanveer Naseer

With the end of the 2014 Sochi Winter Games on Sunday, many of us are now returning to our regular work routines and viewing habits, having a deeper appreciation for the world of sports and the power of the human spirit.

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Research: When the Economy Is Good, Employers Demand Fewer Credentials

Harvard Business Review

Using a new database from Burning Glass Technologies containing 83 million online job postings between 2007 and 2014, across all U.S. That share jumped to 35% in 2010 has since fallen to just 12% as of 2017. industries, we indeed found strong evidence of this upskilling. project management), specialized skills (e.g.,

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What Chinese Companies Want from International Deals

Harvard Business Review

Technology. Companies in China are also on the lookout for technology that will help them expand. Lenovo bought IBM’s PC business in 2004 (and its x86 server business in 2014) for access to brands and customer relationships in mature markets in developed countries. Access to mature global markets.