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How Many Jobs Are Devoid Of Meaning?

The Horizons Tracker

The findings, derived from the American Working Conditions Survey conducted in 2015, reveal that 19% of respondents expressed feelings of negligible impact and utility in their work, irrespective of their profession.

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Institutions Are Key To Successful Entrepreneurship

The Horizons Tracker

The index ranks nations according to things such as political stability, government effectiveness, regulatory quality, the rule of law, and the ease of starting a business. Similarly, there are evident challenges in terms of market sophistication, with the country ranking 123rd in terms of ease of getting credit and general access to finance.

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Are Jobs As “B t” As We Fear?

The Horizons Tracker

The researchers used the European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) results from between 2005 and 2015 to try and understand why some respondents answered either “rarely” or “never” when asked whether they do useful work. Put to the test. Indeed, the number of unfulfilled workers actually fell from 7.8%

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The Importance Of Trademarks To Startups

The Horizons Tracker

. “We hypothesized that trademarks play two important roles: a protective role, leading to better product market performance; and an informational role, signaling higher firm quality to investors,” the researchers say.

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How Love Turned This Veteran’s Life Around and Led to Her Life’s Work

Steve Farber

Navy, founded HWHN in 2015. You can learn more about HWHN at its website , but the short version is that it helps women in need with reintegration, housing, behavioral health, employment, education, finances, legal assistance, and volunteerism. Michelle, a veteran of the U.S. When we do that … we heal a nation … one woman at a time.

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Business Risks and How to Prepare for Them

Strategy Driven

Risk management plays a big role in the finance department who are constantly assessing for risks that could impact the company’s cash flow or investments. This originally began in 2015 when the EPA found that Volkswagen had been deliberately tampering with their emissions outputs.

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The Idea Is Not Enough

Strategy Driven

Maple arose from an idea from restaurateur and entrepreneur David Chang and debuted in Manhattan in the summer of 2015, offering a high level of service with gourmet lunches cooked in a dedicated restaurant and delivered to the customer in a quarter of an hour.