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Emergence of Formal Behavioral Insights Teams and Initiatives

Steve Shu Consulting

I recently ran into a short video by the New South Wales government which does a great job of introducing the notion of behavioral insights and application in the governmental space. For example, Opower tapped into a great market using software-as-a-service and a behavioral efficiency model for saving energy. How will the wave build?

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Building a Startup in a Tough Funding Environment

Harvard Business

But founders increase their odds of success by proving product-market fit on a budget, conservatively fundraising, and focusing on culture and governance early on. When fundraising dries up and uncontrollables become more prevalent, the challenge is even greater.

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How Companies, Governments, and Nonprofits Can Create Social Change Together

Harvard Business

A significant majority of citizens want changes to how society governs itself —and therefore how problems get solved—and also changes to the corporate status quo. Capital markets, as a whole, are also moving in this direction. In turn, this will foster better social outcomes and create new markets and consumer segments.

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China Faces "Minsky Moment" on Ponzi Financing

MishTalk

Inquiring minds are tuning into a report on the Ponzi finance setup in China. We have described in detail over the past two years how we believe China’s twin excesses (excessive investment funded by excessive debt) will inevitably unwind, causing a substantial slowdown in China’s economy, significantly below market expectations.

Finance 74
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Blockchain: New Use Cases for Governments and Business

Tom Spencer

Governments, businesses, and individuals are developing new use cases for blockchain as barriers to adoption continue to decrease. Blockchain has already had a significant impact in the finance industry with the global cryptocurrency market cap now exceeding $1 trillion.

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The Market Punished “Panama Papers” Firms to the Tune of $230 Billion

Harvard Business

In this interview with senior editor Curt Nickisch, University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business professor Stefan Zeume discusses brand-new research resulting from the unexpected opportunity, and what he and his coauthors found: billions of dollars in lost market capitalization. of market capitalization of these firms.

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France Seeks Another Tax on Facebook, Google And YouTube, to Finance "French Culture" Cinema

MishTalk

RT reports French broadcasting watchdog CSA eager to tax YouTube, Facebook, Dailymotion France''s Superior Council of Audiovisual, an independent broadcasting authority, wants to impose taxes on media giants like YouTube, Facebook and Dailymotion to force them to contribute to financing French culture. billion ($1.8

Finance 78