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Societies Where Women Are Empowered Have Larger Entrepreneur Funding Gaps

The Horizons Tracker

The study, which analyzed data from over 1 million data points spanning three decades, confirms a persistent bias against women in accessing entrepreneurial bank finance. Firstly, in societies characterized by conservative political ideologies, women entrepreneurs tend to receive less favorable credit terms compared to men.

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Leadership & Emotional Control | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Resist the temptation to give way to emotional decisioning and you’ll see your career and company soar to new heights of success. Great CEOs lead by example…they set the tone for others in the organization by demonstrating proactive, rational, logical and balanced thinking as opposed reactionary emotional thinking. I Think Not.

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50 Ways to Leave your Lover: Keep Failing Til the Last Thing You Try Is Successful

Mills Scofield

Special guest blog post by Don Esch, President of Bettcher Industries of his story at BW-Center For Innovation & Growth 's Innovation Summit. The Change: Was It Innovation, Serendipity or Providence? Now a small team of Bettcher employees is venturing into clean rooms and observing the “work” that is performed.

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Greece’s Problem Is More Complicated than Austerity

Harvard Business Review

This has certainly been the picture painted by Syriza, the left-wing political party of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, and by many friends of Greece and progressive economists. Many in the press fingered excessive and ill-judged lending by Greek banks as a prime cause of the crisis. The reality, though, is more complicated.

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Lessons from Boston’s Experiment with The One Fund

Harvard Business Review

When it comes to innovation in cities, people often think of building clusters and innovation districts to attract new businesses and shift policies to favor entrepreneurship. Every penny that had been collected was headed for the bank accounts of those most injured by the blasts. These goals are all important to focus on.

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The Countries That Would Profit Most from a Cashless World

Harvard Business Review

Economic uncertainty around the globe has raised concerns that consumers could take cash out of banks – especially in negative interest rate envrionments — and hoard it. Denmark, Sweden, and Norway are already considering it , while the European Central Bank is considering getting rid of large-denomination bills.

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The Job the EU Should Actually Be Doing

Harvard Business Review

The good news is that it is feasible, as long as the right pockets of expertise are tapped (in the World Bank, OECD or IMF, for example) and provided a permanent infrastructure is built in the EU. We are fully aware of the difficulties of such a reform agenda, and of the resistance to change that is likely to emerge.