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Economic Development in America

Coaching Tip

According to Census Bureau data from 2013, about 4.8 This is not a short-term supply-and-demand issue or a side effecto of a slow-growth economy or shift in demographics. Source: INERTIA NATION, New York Times Magazine, December 15, 2013. million Americans moved across state lines in the previous year. That is down from 5.76

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How Military Veterans Can Turn Their Skills into a Corporate Career

Harvard Business Review

Since 2013, I’ve keynoted talks to groups of transitioning military veterans nearly 20 times as part of Deloitte’s CORE Leadership program, which helps vets reinvent themselves into civilian careers. He tried tech, finance, and real estate — all to no avail.

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

Harvard Business Review

I’m a partner at a venture capital firm, and venture capital has long been a key way for the top-performing endowments to deploy capital. 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. a better place to be.

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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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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. Those who fail to recognize that the economy is improving are likely to play defense for too long, leaving opportunities for top-line organic growth on the table. But here it is midyear and the signals are decidedly more positive.

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Know When to Kill Your Brand

Harvard Business Review

Others may simply see no alternative to trying to keep the brand going at any cost, even if that means aggressive discounting, cheap licensing, or other tactics that erode long-term brand value. 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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Where Are All the Self-Employed Workers?

Harvard Business Review

And as you can see in the chart below, the long-term trend in the percentage of workers who are self-employed actually appears to be downward: But isn’t this the age of Free Agent Nation , as Dan Pink declared back in 1997 ? million in 2013, up from 16 million two years before. ” That gets the total to an estimated 17.7

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