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Economic Development in America

Coaching Tip

According to Census Bureau data from 2013, about 4.8 By information more accessible, the Internet has improved the quality of any given move. Source: INERTIA NATION, New York Times Magazine, December 15, 2013. Cyrus Durey: Frontiersmen of the Adirondacks: Economic Development in Early North America. . million in 1999.

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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. Companies such as Coastal Risk Consulting are developing flood risk statistical models at the parcel level. What will this adaptation look like?

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Africa’s Companies Need to Become More Like Training Schools

Harvard Business Review

In June 2013, some Harvard Business School classmates and I launched a social enterprise ( WAVE: West Africa Vocational Education ) targeted at the youth unemployment issue. In the hospitality sector, for example, they invest upfront into luxury real estate and equipment, but rarely into training programs.

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Behind China's Roaring Solar Industry

Harvard Business Review

Earlier this week, China's National Energy Administration announced its intention to add 10 gigawatts of solar power capacity in 2013 , more than twice its current level. More than 15 percent of the country's investment goes into real estate, and around 12 percent of GDP comes from property-related industries.

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Keeping It Professional When You Work in a Family Business

Harvard Business Review

And what about getting candid feedback for your own growth and development? That might mean dedicating time to professional networking and enrichment groups so that you keep up with business contacts and develop new skills. “I had to get a master’s degree in real estate development.

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Know When to Kill Your Brand

Harvard Business Review

But as Netflix and online media channels developed, Blockbuster was no longer unique in fulfilling that purpose, and the way it fulfilled it became anachronistic. There may have been another business that they could have started, utilizing the company’s assets (real estate, technology, staff, etc.)

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The Big Picture of Business – Achieving the Best by Preparing for the Worst: Lessons Learned from High-Profile Crises, part 2 of 4

Strategy Driven

Business development. Each blamed the other for losses in quality control. Real estate consultants are not business strategists, but the retail system gives them the say-so in establishing community presence. Going through the planning and implementation is a quality assurance process that strengthens any company.

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