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101 Things I Learned in Business School

Leading Blog

Moral hazards can result from a positive feedback loop: for example, a lender insured by the government against loan default may make very risky, high-interest loans to uncreditworthy customers because it will do no worse than break even, and may realize a very high rate of return.

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Are College Degree Still Valuable?

The Horizons Tracker

Furthermore, college graduates from racial minority groups tended to enjoy slightly higher returns compared to their white counterparts, though the disparities weren’t as significant as those seen between genders.

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Unlocking the Potential of Less Than Truckload (LTL) Freight Shipping: Strategies for Efficiency and Cost Management

Strategy Driven

One effective strategy is to combine smaller shipments destined for similar locations into one LTL shipment, which leads to better freight rates due to economies of scale. Incorporating Technology and Automation in LTL Shipping The intersection of technology and transportation has yielded transformative tools for those utilizing LTL shipping.

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Venture Capitalists Get Paid Well to Lose Money

Harvard Business Review

There are, of course, individual firms that succeed in generating venture rates of return. But they are too small in size and too few in number to make up for the vast majority of funds that fail to generate attractive returns (or any returns) for investors. The future has really never looked better!

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Should Companies Retain "Strategic" Cash?

Harvard Business Review

high technology or pharmaceutical) that are investing in projects with uncertain long-range payoffs. Strategic cash provides protection against downsides (such as disruptive technologies, economic recessions, and market turmoil) and also offers the opportunity to capture upsides. Allow for Greater Responsiveness to Future Events.

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The Disruption of Venture Capital

Harvard Business Review

There are parallels with the music, publishing, and movie industries where returns are still largely driven by blockbusters rather than the long tail. To disrupt the larger ecosystem, accelerators will need to evolve their models to push companies through later stages of the business lifecycle.

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How the Next Generation Is Approaching Society’s Biggest Problems

Harvard Business Review

Second, changes in technology have dramatically lowered the cost of experimentation and create unprecedented transparency into problems, solutions, and results. Second, technology made Khan Academy possible. If not, the investors receive a lower return and risk losing their capital. The same is true of everyone on his team.

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