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Funding The Next Generation Of Startups

The Horizons Tracker

One of their proposals would be the development of a Sovereign EU Tech Fund to address the shortfall in funding that undermines the growth of startups across Europe. Some of the most successful startups to have emerged from the region put their heads together recently to outline a number of ways future unicorns could be better supported.

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Overpaid CEOs a Huge Red Flag for Company Stability, Shareholder Advocacy Group Says

HR Digest

For each of As You Sow’s yearly reports dating back to 2015, the shareholder advocacy nonprofit discovered that CEO remuneration does not often connect with prior stock return success, and that instead, companies with the 100 most overpaid CEOs underperformed the equal-weighted average S&P 500 company.

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How Many Jobs Are Devoid Of Meaning?

The Horizons Tracker

The study, conducted by Zurich University, marks the first attempt to quantify and substantiate a theory previously proposed by American anthropologist David Graeber in 2018. Specifically, those in business and finance, sales, and managerial positions were more than twice as likely to consider their jobs socially insignificant.

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What’s Wrong with the FAA’s New Drone Rules

Harvard Business Review

In 2012, Congress gave the FAA until 2015 to develop rules for military, commercial, and privately-owned drones to operate in U.S. Well, 2015 has now arrived, and earlier this month, investors, entrepreneurs, and other drone supporters gave two cheers when the agency at last released a draft of its proposed regulations.

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Zero-Based Budgeting Is Not a Wonder Diet for Companies

Harvard Business Review

ZBB has been around for decades, but is currently enjoying a revival driven by powerful investors like 3G Capital Partners, the force behind the 2015 merger of Kraft Foods and H.J. In another company, commercial discounts was essentially a black box for the finance chief and CEO.

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What Investors Need to Know About Zimbabwe After Mugabe

Harvard Business Review

Even before announcing his new cabinet, Mnangagwa installed a key reformist, Patrick Chinamasa, as acting finance minister, tasked with tackling corruption and re-engaging with international institutions to unlock funds to ease liquidity shortages. Lower-income consumers also present a lucrative opportunity.

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Joint Ventures Reduce the Risk of Major Capital Investments

Harvard Business Review

For example, in 2015, Maersk and MSC, the world’s two largest liner shipping companies, established 2M, a 10-year vessel sharing agreement covering 193 vessels. Model 2: Asset capacity pooling. Two companies that own and operate similar assets pool the capacity of their respective assets in order to increase utilization.