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Does The Age Of A Board Affect Company Innovation?

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Innovation involves trying out new things, making improvements, and seeing what works in the market. Many CEOs, the top leaders of companies, often focus on short-term goals because that’s how they’re rewarded in their jobs. This can make it tough for company leaders to push for innovation.

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The Supply Of Houses And Integration Of Refugees In Sweden

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The study focuses on the Settlement Act, which was introduced in 2016 and ensures that municipalities receive refugees according to certain quotas. They explain that municipalities impose a range of housing policies, which enable them to maintain, adapt, or even deny long-term settlement of refugees.

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Three Key Strategies Any Business Can Adopt in 2016 to Boost Profitability

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It is a competitive market in today’s economy. After 26 years since the creation of the businesses now have a number of methods and channels to distribute marketing and information about their products and services and are able to reach a varied and broad audience. Drive Innovation. Engage Customers. About the Author.

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Feedback To Female Entrepreneurs Often Has Gender Bias Baked In

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As a result, they and their ideas may be discounted by the platform because they’re not the intended target market. The researchers tested the impact of this sampling bias on around 6,000 products that had been released on Product Hunt between 2016 and 2018. Gender gap.

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The Rise In Precarious Employment During Covid-19

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As with so much, however, a new study from the University of Illinois Chicago highlights that the precarious nature of the labor market is largely a continuation of a pre-existing trend rather than something brought about specifically by the pandemic.

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Robots Can Improve Gender Equality

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The introduction of robots into the workforce has been well documented in terms of their impact on jobs and employability. One aspect that seldom gets discussed, however, is the role robots might play in terms of workplace inequality. Male income fell at a substantially higher rate than female income, decreasing the gender income gap.

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The Data That’s Driving China’s Hidden Champions

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The firms have traditionally operated in decidedly unglamorous fields, whose markets have seemed unduly narrow, but by ascending to global dominance of those fields, the companies have been tremendously successful. Data economy. This gap is even more pronounced when assessing people with over ten years experience in industry.