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Competitive Labor Markets Help Extract Community Benefits From Multinationals

The Horizons Tracker

The researchers measured the economic wellbeing of people in the communities where the company operated between 1973 and 2011. What’s more, by 2011, this poverty gap had only shrunk by around 63%. This gave them access to three decades worth of data after the company closed down.

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When Are You Too Innovative?

CO2

Too Much Innovation? I have the privilege recently to work with a technology company that has one of their three core values as innovative. Are we too innovative? Sometimes, because it is a true operating value. An operating value is something we do without thinking about it. Technology and its role in travel 2.0

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The Rise In Portfolio Careers

The Horizons Tracker

A recent paper shows that there are over 10 million such people operating in the European Union, but whereas many such people are highly educated, the paper argues that they often suffer from poor working conditions and institutional support that is simply not geared for this modern form of work.

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It’s Time To Stop VCs Driving Entrepreneurship

The Horizons Tracker

Famous research from Stanford’s Nicholas Bloom illustrates the difficulties we face in keeping the wheels of innovation turning. Bloom illustrates that while we’re spending more on research and innovation than ever before, we’re getting diminishing returns for that investment. Engines of creation. in 1985 to 5.3%

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‘Managers as Mentors’ Celebrates Publication Anniversary

Marshall Goldsmith

” As Odysseus departs for the Trojan War, he leaves his trusted friend Mentor in charge of both the palace and the care and education of Odysseus’ teenage son– a role that combined sensitivity and the sharing of wisdom. The Marshall Goldsmith Thinkers50 Video Blog is now operational. Life is good. Marshall. .

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When Are You Too Innovative?

CO2

Too Much Innovation? I have the privilege recently to work with a technology company that has one of their three core values as innovative. Are we too innovative? Sometimes, because it is a true operating value. An operating value is something we do without thinking about it. Technology and its role in travel 2.0

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Bringing Science To Summer

The Horizons Tracker

The program operates from 27 locations across the United States, including New Mexico, Maine, Montana and Louisiana. Alternatively, kids at the Native American Indian Reservation in Maine were provided free STEM tuition from educators from the Maine Discovery Museum, who aimed to deliver top quality learning to the remotest of areas.