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How Does Public Transport Affect Greenhouse Gases?

The Horizons Tracker

“We accounted for all of the 2016 passenger miles by scaling the farecard data, and we know which trips farecard holders make on buses, light rail and commuter rail.” “Now we can truly quantify trips in both time and space,” they explain. “This is how much less we can pollute.'” ”

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Just How Bad Is Business Travel for Your Health? Here’s the Data.

Harvard Business Review

According to the Global Business Travel Association and American Express , Americans took more than 500 million domestic business trips in 2016. It will continue to be an avenue of professional advancement, and the opportunity to travel is often touted by companies as a benefit in their recruitment of talent.

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An Entrepreneurial Society Needs an Entrepreneurial State

Harvard Business Review

Drucker Forum 2016: The Entrepreneurial Society. Static cost-benefit analysis cannot capture the transformative impact of strategic, market-creating public investments. Entrepreneurs then see growth opportunities, and business investment follows. Third, assessment.