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Reskilling the Future of Work

HR Digest

In a recent McKinsey Global Survey on the future of workforce needs, nearly nine in ten executives and managers say their organizations either face skills gap already or expect gaps to develop within the next five years. That’s one-fifth of the global workforce. The world of work faces a paradigmatic transition.

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The More Climate Skeptics There Are, the Fewer Climate Entrepreneurs

Harvard Business Review

In the absence of such carbon taxes, global carbon dioxide concentration levels are likely to continue to rise. But how does the presence of climate skeptics affect the market for climate-related innovation? The small market size would lead the company to not invest in baldness medication.

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The Economic Impact of the Japanese Disasters

Harvard Business Review

Transportation disruptions and the closing of many factories throughout Japan will shrink Japanese aggregate demand and disrupt supply chains worldwide. at the market's close on Monday (3/14), erasing more than $300 billion of equity value, and lost another 10.6% for the first quarter of this year, and by more than 1.5%

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The Question with AI Isn’t Whether We’ll Lose Our Jobs — It’s How Much We’ll Get Paid

Harvard Business Review

Automation anxiety is made more acute by a labor market that has tilted against workers over the last 30 years, with increasing income inequality and stagnant real wages. While technology and globalization have spurred competition, efficiency, and dynamism, the gains have not been shared by all. Insight Center. Sponsored by SAS.

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What the U.S. Economy Needs More Than Manufacturing

Harvard Business Review

But when it comes to achieving the goal of doubling exports in five years [a goal Obama outlined in his 2010 State of the Union speech ], we already did the easy part: because our exports were so depressed due to the global financial crisis, we saw growth in the first couple of years. He's not going to achieve his goal.

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More and More CEOs Are Taking Their Social Responsibility Seriously

Harvard Business Review

We are witnessing a big, transitional moment – akin to the transition from analog to digital, or the realization that globalization is a really big deal. It has such a high share of the market that when there’s a problem with fake news it becomes, in large part, Facebook’s problem.

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