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The Global Rise of Female Entrepreneurs

Harvard Business Review

If women''s labor participation were closer to male participation, it would contribute $1T to GDP in emerging economies — women led businesses are key to this opportunity. Programs like the Center for Women''s Entrepreneurial Leadership are innovating in the academic space.

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Hiring Former Offenders

ExactHire - Leadership

A study released by the Center of Economic and Policy Research in 2016 found that the economy loses out on roughly 2 million workers and approximately $80 million in gross domestic product (GDP) by not hiring justice involved job seekers. Financial benefits might exist for organizations which hire former offenders as well.

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What British, European, and American Policymakers Need to Do Now

Harvard Business Review

It may come that markets will limit any further fiscal stimulus from the UK, but at the moment interest rates on British government bonds remain very low and it would be foolish not to take advantage of that. So there are things Europe can do, but they are going to require both political judgement and leadership. What about Europe?

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What If Investors Who Held Their Shares Longer Got More Voting Power?

Harvard Business Review

Joe Bower and Lynn Paine “had me at hello” (to quote Jerry Maguire ) with their new HBR article, “ The Error at the Heart of Corporate Leadership.” One capital form is debt: a bond. However, unlike a bond, common equity is not long-term/forever on predetermined, immutable terms.

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