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6 Smart Investment Decisions To Make As An Entrepreneur

Strategy Driven

A vast majority of entrepreneurs, 80% to be precise, fund their enterprises out of pocket, and managing cash flow is a major challenge as most have no prior business cash flow education. Investing in fixed assets. A fixed asset is an asset acquired to liquidate at a later period. Investing in yourself.

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The Three Reforms China Must Enact: Land, Social Services, and Taxes

Harvard Business Review

Failure to present a groundbreaking new vision risks leaving in place old economic drivers, especially the over-reliance on fixed-asset investment, that have created serious challenges such as China’s “ghost cities” and high levels of local government debt.

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China’s Growth: A Brief History

Harvard Business Review

Some find evidence of a clear improvement of total factor productivity since market-oriented reforms began in 1979, estimating that the increase in TFP contributed about 40% to GDP growth, roughly the same as that contributed by fixed asset investment. There was also a slowdown in TFP after the mid 1990s. by the end of that period.

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