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Promoting Entrepreneurship in Vulnerable Economies

Harvard Business Review

Foreign aid, which can account for to up to 97 percent of a nation's GDP, is neither a long-term nor a sustainable solution to help the citizens of these fragile countries. Skills training is key to fostering successful development efforts in these zones. SME owners face a slew of obstacles in conflict zones.

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The Global Rise of Female Entrepreneurs

Harvard Business Review

Consider three aspects: Reinvestment: In emerging markets, women reinvest a staggering 90 cents of every additional dollar of income in "human resources" — their families'' education, health, nutrition (compared, by the way, to 30-40% for men. found those that were successful had twice the number of women on the founding team.

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Globalization Is Becoming More About Data and Less About Stuff

Harvard Business Review

Today growth in global trade has flattened, and it looks unlikely to regain its previous peak relative to world GDP anytime soon. We find that over the last decade, global flows of goods, services, finance, people, and data have contributed at least 10% of world GDP, adding $7.8 The same is true for cross-border financial flows.

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London Succeeds in Its Olympic Trials

Harvard Business Review

No sooner had Beijing's flame died than the global financial crisis took British debt levels above 60% of GDP, excluding public intervention in failing banks. London 2012's leaders backed each of these initiatives in a visible way and celebrated their successes. Selling the Games promised to be just as difficult.

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Should a Woman Act More Like a Man to Succeed at Work?

Great Leadership By Dan

With an increase in Japan’s female employment rate, the country’s workforce would expand by more than eight million people—and its GDP would grow by as much as 13 percent.* But remember, to be successful, happy, and fulfilled at work and in life, it’s less about acting more like a man or more like a woman,” said Byham. “It

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