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How Developing Countries Can Benefit From Green Technologies

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The production of goods and services with smaller carbon footprints, also known as green technologies, is on the rise and presents numerous economic opportunities. “We are at the beginning of a technological revolution based on green technologies,” the authors explain.

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How Innovative Projects Get Funded

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Financial markets tend to fund the implementation of existing ideas or investment-intensive projects but often fail to adequately fund the discovery of new ideas,” the researchers explain. The need for fresh ideas The paper highlighted that economic growth relies on new ideas driving technological progress in the long term.

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The Global Nature Of Corporate Venturing

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This notion that corporate venturing allows firms to glimpse the future probably doesn’t apply to activity in, for instance, China, where startups are seldom a source of novel technology but can nonetheless achieve dramatic demand growth. This analysis reveals that most activity is driven by the demand for growth via market expansion.

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Tech Transfer Needed If Climate Targets Are To Be Met

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A recent paper from Tsinghua University highlights this divide and argues that there needs to be significant movement in terms of technology transfer between rich and poor countries if global climate targets are to be met. of national GDP. The costs involved in this effort are also significant, and amount to up to 4.1%

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The Factors That Influence Acceptance Of AI In Hospitality

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However, the extent to which hotel guests embrace AI technology has remained an elusive query, until now. A recent study conducted by the University of Houston sheds light on the degree of acceptance among hotel guests regarding AI technology. “And the most important factors were perceived ethics, followed by benefits.

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Why Are Workers Are Getting A Smaller Piece Of The Economic Pie?

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New research from MIT sets out to understand precisely why the labor share of GDP has fallen from 67% in 1980 to just 59% today. The discontent from economists has mainly arisen due to the remarkable stability of labor’s share of GDP throughout the 20th century. “That’s our key point.” ” Superstar firms.

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How Skills Will Be Crucial As We Adapt To The Post-Covid World

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“We’re likely to see a huge amount of disruption in the labor market in the coming years, with existing jobs lost to economic and technological factors, and new jobs created that will require new skills,” Jeff Maggioncalda, CEO of Coursera told me recently. ” Skills for the post-Covid world. Uneven spread.

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