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Universities Are Missing Out on an Explosive Growth Sector: Their Own

Harvard Business Review

The National Association of College and University Business Officers Study on Endowments reveals that endowments are performing enviably — with returns of near 12% in 2013. Thus, the asset managers are more comfortable with hedge funds, real estate holdings, and trading strategies than in market opportunities in education.

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Law Firms’ Grueling Hours Are Turning Defectors into Competitors

Harvard Business Review

Counsel on Call was worth nearly $50 million as of 2013 , with over 900 lawyers; it serves one-third of the Fortune 100. Axiom is an order of magnitude larger than most new models of legal practice, but it is not the only one nipping at Big Law’s heels.

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How Singapore Became an Entrepreneurial Hub

Harvard Business Review

Today, there’s an investment seemingly every week; venture-capital investment in the tech sector increased from less than $30 million in 2011 to more than $1 billion in 2013. based WiFi service provider Ruckus Wireless snatched it up in 2013. Dave McClure’s 500 Startups recently invested in a local real estate portal.