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“In Search of Excellence” Revisited

Leading Blog

Interest rates on real estate loans had climbed to 20 percent and higher. The country was suffering an existential crisis, as well, amidst an OPEC oil embargo coinciding with Vietnam War and Watergate fatigue. Capitalism is under scrutiny today as to whether it’s the right system for the country to operate under.

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Business Publications Small Business Review | Newsletter for Small Business Owners Small Business Review’s e-letter is published bi-weekly and provides small businesses with information on the necessary evils of running their businesses. ** N2′s Top Pick for being of real value to small businesses.

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“We Had Gone Back 20 Years.” The Heads of Puerto Rico’s Largest Media Company on Life After Hurricane Maria

Harvard Business Review

The family-owned business runs Puerto Rico’s largest media company&#8212 (GFR Media) as well as other companies focused on customer engagement (LinkActive) and real estate (Kingbird). Crisis brings opportunities to explore uncharted territories. These opportunities sprouted from the crisis. and Caribbean.

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Beijing’s Rules for State Capitalism Are Changing

Harvard Business Review

In the aftermath of the Shanghai Chaori debacle, experts feared, more defaults would occur and China’s financial markets and stock markets would crash, triggering off an economic crisis — as happened in the U.S. Housing prices fell by around 60% over the next two years, and many developers went broke.

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Social Media Influence | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Remember that connections are not the same thing as relationships, but that connections can develop into relationships with the proper effort on your part. Jerry Anderson, CCIM We are closing a $4million office building next week as a direct contact from my Twitter tweets about distressed real estate situations and the FDIC taking over banks.

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The Risks and Benefits of Using AI to Detect Crime

Harvard Business Review

How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations. Using this approach enables companies to design more transparent machine learning models, even if that means they operate within more explicit bounds. Insight Center. Adopting AI. Sponsored by SAS.

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Can Lending Technology Revive America???s Small Businesses?

Harvard Business Review

Small business sales were hit hard during the crisis and may still be soft, undermining firms demand for loan capital. Financial crises hit sources of collateral like real estate particularly hard, and this has negatively impacted smaller firms credit scores. These developments, while promising, are not without risks.