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The Gig Economy Is Real If You Know Where to Look

Harvard Business Review

A number of reports in recent weeks have stressed that employment effects of the so-called gig economy—contract workers on software platforms such as Uber and AirBnB—have been overstated. To benchmark the non-employer firms, I matched Census Bureau data on employment in San Francisco for the same industries.

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25 Years Ago I Coined the Phrase ?Triple Bottom Line.? Here?s Why It?s Time to Rethink It.

Harvard Business Review

It was supposed to provoke deeper thinking about capitalism and its future, but many early adopters understood the concept as a balancing act, adopting a trade-off mentality. Worse, we have conspicuously failed to benchmark progress across these options, on the basis of their real-world impact and performance.

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