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Sustainable Investing: Over $5 Trillion Fuels Global Economy

In their new book Sustainable Investing, Cary Krosinsky and Nick Robins highlight that Sustainable Investing funds already amount to more than US$5trillion,…

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Navigating Workplace Challenges During Economic Downturns

“We’re pretty obsessed with assigning blame in our culture. In the workplace, there usually are more challenges and failures during tough economic times, and…

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Virtual Consultancy Boosts Business Innovation Opportunities

“Innovate or die” has become the mantra of today’s fast-moving business world. However, the potential for innovation is underexploited in central and eastern…

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New Strategies for High-Tech Entrepreneurs to Scale Fast

This has little to do with ambition, according to Prof. Aard Groen. He proposes adopting a radical new approach to fresh business start-ups which will involve…

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Business Parks: Minimal Impact on Pharma Innovation

However, this certainly does not apply to the pharmaceutical industry, as Sandra Phlippen discovered. Physical proximity between organisations plays a much…

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Don’t Increase the Federal Tax on Long-Term Capital Gains

What is a capital gain? A capital gain is the profit enjoyed when assets such as real estate, stock, bonds, etc., are purchased and later sold at a profit….

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Nationalizing Banks: Misguided Solutions for Banking Crisis

Beck sees the current crisis more as the result of the failure of government rather than the market. Central bankers and bank supervisors, especially in the…

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2008 Financial Crisis: Lessons and Insights for Today

THE GREAT CRASH OF 2008AT A GLANCE . . .The UK economy•The economy will contract in the second half of 2008 and GDP will fall by 0.9 per cent in 2009, the…

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Norwegian Banks Adapt to Challenges of Globalisation Trends

There is no doubt that Norwegian banks will be affected by the increased globalisation, as the present financial turbulence amply demonstrates. There are…

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New-Generation Shopping Malls: The Future in Japan?

“Lifestyle centers” originated in United States. Will a new-generation shopping mall become established in Japan?Tomoo Noguchi,Professor, School of Social…

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Venture Capitalism: A Solution for Economic Recovery

“The financial crisis is an excellent example of how important it is to build up lasting values in the economy, because it has several cornerstones. Some…

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Experts Urge Protection of Millennium Goals at Manchester Summit

The group – who are some of the world’s leading experts in poverty research – made the declaration during a summit at The University of Manchester today (16…

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UK Exports: Can They Boost the Economy? Insights from GEP

The research from GEP — the Globalisation and Economic Policy Centre at The University of Nottingham — challenges expectations that UK firms might increase…

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Four-Day Work Week: Savings Vs. Impact on Productivity

Eric Patton, Ph.D., an assistant professor of management at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, says for the schedule to work, it needs to be…

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Pirates and the Credit Crunch: A Historical Perspective

Dr Peter Hayes is Senior Lecturer in politics at the University of Sunderland. In his latest paper ‘Pirates, Privateers and the contract theories of Hobbes and…

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Venture Capitalism: A Solution for Economic Recovery

“The financial crisis is an excellent example of how important it is to build up lasting values in the economy, because it has several cornerstones. Some…

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