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The Importance Of Place For Entrepreneurship

The Horizons Tracker

At each of these stages, entrepreneurs can have different needs, goals, and constraints, and the researchers believe that by viewing entrepreneurship as such a multi-staged process it better exposes when potential bottlenecks might arise. Location plays such a fundamental role because so much of our social capital is location specific.

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How to Compete Like the World’s Most Innovative Leaders

Skip Prichard

1] He also worked hard to build his social capital with other talented inventors, but also with wealthy families and financiers like J. Human capital: who you are as a leader of innovation . Social capital: who you know with key expertise and resources. Morgan, the Vanderbilts, and the Rockefellers.

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When Selling Digital Content, Let the Customer Set the Price

Harvard Business Review

Integrate the idea of social capital in the monetization approach. The timing matters because (a) customers should know the product they are asked to sacrifice money for, and (b) it fosters reciprocity, a strong social norm. And, even if there is discussion, how often is it tied directly to the pricing process? Reputation.

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Beyond GDP, How the World's Economies Stack Up

Harvard Business Review

The Index finds that African citizens are the most optimistic in the world about entrepreneurship, but this resource remains underused because of various constraints—most notably poor infrastructure. One of the key determinants of citizen wellbeing is the degree to which he/she is involved in a social/community group.

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What Younger Workers Can Learn from Older Workers, and Vice Versa

Harvard Business Review

They have learned that some of the constraints they thought were immovable could be reframed by thinking more creatively about how they perform their tasks and what they consider the boundaries of these tasks. Some older workers have learned how to exercise control over their work. How to build diverse networks.

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What It Takes to Become a Great Product Manager

Harvard Business Review

Managing tight deadlines, revenue targets, market demands, prioritization conflicts, and resource constraints all at once is not for the faint of heart. Finally, social awareness ensures the best PMs service their customers with a product that addresses their jobs to be done which is ultimately what drives product market fit.

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People Are Angry About Globalization. Here’s What to Do About It.

Harvard Business Review

executives feel that they do not generally seem to have the kind of social capital that would cushion against a big sociopolitical backlash. A 2013 Pew Research survey found that business executives ranked ninth out of 10 professions in terms of social contribution, only placing ahead of lawyers. Perhaps U.S.