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Where your company is headquartered makes a big difference to your bottom line

Strategy Driven

Real estate is unaffordable for many, competition for talent and investment is fierce, and high state and local taxes and labor costs quickly consume whatever capital startups have secured. Nevertheless, the downside to locating in traditional startup hubs is becoming more apparent in recent years.

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StrategyDriven Editorial Perspective – The Government has Created a Monster

Strategy Driven

Nonetheless, the failure and resolution of Texas-based First RepublicBank, reminds us that the hand of government can harm as well as help when it wrestles the invisible hand of the market. With both banks highly concentrated in the weak Texas real estate market, the deal ended up helping neither bank.

Banking 50
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The “Four P’s” of Marketing a Law Firm Online

Strategy Driven

In the course of my years partnering with web developer and SEO specialist Sagapixel, I’ve learned a lot about how to market my firm. I am a busy Philadelphia appeals attorney and had to learn the hard way that running and marketing a law practice has nothing to do with the practice of law. What Are the “Four P’s” of Marketing?

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Rising Sea Levels Won’t Doom U.S. Coastal Cities

Harvard Business Review

In the summer of 2013, Rolling Stone published a long article titled “Goodbye, Miami,” which claimed that climate change will submerge much of the titular city. Real estate investors will have strong incentives to respond to these forecasts. Pessimists about the costs of climate change ignore such latter effects.

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Get Your Budget Ready for the Upturn

Harvard Business Review

Most budgets for 2013 were made in 2012, when the prevailing economic outlook was grim. Shale gas will allow the US to be energy independent, create an export industry, and reduce energy costs. Lower costs are already making some industrial sectors more competitive. Position yourself in market segments that will grow.

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India’s Botched War on Cash

Harvard Business Review

In the meantime, retail and wholesale markets have stalled around the country. Supply chain transactions, real estate deals, and even weddings and funerals have been frozen. According to our study, the Cost of Cash in India , these institutions spend $3.5 billion annually in currency operations costs.

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Behind China's Roaring Solar Industry

Harvard Business Review

Wednesday, Bloomberg reported that Chinese solar stocks had soared based on market expectations that demand in China for alternative energy will increase given the Chinese government's increasing solar capacity targets. According to Barron's and others, China has already begun implementing its ambitious plan to increase installations.