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How Politics Affects Peer-To-Peer Lending

The Horizons Tracker

When seeking a loan, individuals have traditionally turned to banks and loan officers, engaging in a face-to-face interaction at a local branch. Unlike bank loans, where funds originate from the financial institution, peer-to-peer loans derive their capital from a collective of investors, many of whom may share similarities with the borrower.

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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

We find ourselves amidst the challenges of living and working in a triple-threat world of a global pandemic, economic instability, and political unrest. While Chief Digital/Technology Officers or Chief Marketing Officers are often tagged with the innovator label, it is the CHRO who is the real innovator in 2020.

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Do Privatizations Work?

The Horizons Tracker

For instance, the data suggest that when commercial enterprises, such as banks and airlines, are privatized, they are able to produce significant efficiency improvements as a result. What’s more, it’s crucial that the right things are privatized and that they do so under the right regulatory regime.

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Using AI For The Good Of Society

The Horizons Tracker

The authors believe this is a particular risk in developing nations, where regulations are not as stringent, due in part to the desire for those nations to attract the leading technology firms. The technology also holds significant promise in terms of lifting people out of poverty and providing cleaner, more affordable energy.

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Six Mindsets That Distinguish The Best Leaders

Eric Jacobson

The pressures and paradoxes involved in orienting oneself and one’s company towards environmental, social, and political issues are ever heightened by the increased transparency, speed of transmission, and accountability that social media enables. How broadly should I think about ‘purpose’?”

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No Jab, No Job: Major companies take a hard line on mandated vaccinations

HR Digest

This may be legally inconsequentially, however, the recent vaccine mandate has left many business leaders worried about its political implications. Bank of America: The bank will allow only vaccinated employees to reenter its offices. 1 or take regular Covid tests. Johnson & Johnson: The company requires all its U.S.-based

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The Optimist’s Telescope: Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age

Leading Blog

At a Stanford Director’s College in 2016, Roger Dunbar, chair of the Silicon Valley Bank, told Venkataraman that “when he hears company executives or board members responding to short-term noise with outsize reactions, he likes to pretend he is lost. He’ll ask CEOs at board meetings, ‘ What was our long-term strategy again?

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