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Will You Shape (or Be Shaped By) the Future of AI, Blockchain and the Metaverse?

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In January 2022, Paris Hilton hawks her non-fungible token (NFT) on The Tonight Show. The market did grow from $5 billion in 2016 to over $40 billion in 2020, but only a few companies have found it central to their business strategies. Ultimately, it is up to business leaders to decide if they want their stance to be active or passive.

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Investing Responsibly: ESG and the Well-Intentioned Investor

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supported global network of signatory institutions, which currently represent over $120 trillion in assets under management. This issue came to the fore in 2022 when the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission fined firms such as BNY Mellon and Goldman Sachs Asset Management for various ESG-related misstatements.

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Future-Proof Your Strategy: Capabilities Analysis

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Thu, 09/01/2022 - 20:56. 31 August 2022. Robust strategic analysis is just the first step toward executing an effective and sustainable business strategy. Your capabilities as a business organization are the tangible and intangible assets or resources that you tap to create value. Leadership & Management.

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A Web3 Primer: 7 Concepts You Need to Know

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Thu, 10/27/2022 - 12:58. 26 October 2022. Like earlier iterations of the internet, the arrival of Web3 has the potential to change business and society in any number of ways, from the rise of cryptocurrency to the proliferation of truly user-owned content. A Web3 Primer: 7 Concepts You Need to Know. Operations & Technology.

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Pop Culture and Corporate Culture: Netflix and the Dave Chappelle Controversy

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Netflix has continued to release the comedian’s work: What’s in a Name (2022) and The Dreamer (2023), the latter including rhetoric similar to that in The Closer that had sparked the controversy. After Dave Chappelle, the lines of communication that had been open for years were gone,” one former employee told Forbes.

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Q&A: Recent Bank Failures Do Not Mean It’s 2008 All Over Again

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Smith: The Silicon Valley Bank, or SVB, invested heavily in relatively “safe” assets, in that the investments had little or no likelihood of default. But the assets wouldn’t pay back for a long time, mostly 10 years or more. The bank also had long-dated assets. Once the run started, the FDIC had to step in and close the bank.

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EMPROPAZ: Financial Inclusion in a Refugee Crisis

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Their productive units show year-on-year growth in sales (25 percent), profits (31 percent) and productive assets (31 percent). The Faculty Insight The year 2022 will be remembered for many things. Perhaps most notably: For the first time in recent history, over 100 million people worldwide — a staggering 1.2

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