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Plastic with Purpose: Transforming Vietnam's Waste Management

UVA Darden

Without meaningful action, plastic waste flows into aquatic ecosystems are expected to nearly triple from around 11 million tonnes in 2016 to around 29 million tonnes in 2040. The underlying cost dynamics dictate that a recycling process is only viable when large economies of scale exist.

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The Best Cybersecurity Investment You Can Make Is Better Training

Harvard Business Review

As the scale and complexity of the cyber threat landscape is revealed, so too is the general lack of cybersecurity readiness in organizations, even those that spend hundreds of millions of dollars on state-of-the-art technology. As cyber threats grow exponentially, comprehensive risk management is now a board-level priority.

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How a Cyber Attack Could Cause the Next Financial Crisis

Harvard Business Review

Ever since the forced bankruptcy of the investment bank Lehman Brothers triggered the financial crisis 10 years ago, regulators, risk managers, and central bankers around the globe have focused on shoring up banks’ ability to withstand financial shocks. Peter Dazeley/Getty Images.

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Research: A Strong Privacy Policy Can Save Your Company Millions

Harvard Business Review

organizations in 2016 alone, most often through hacking or external theft. In this situation, a data breach of this scale makes investors worry about customers mass defecting to competitors, thus providing a positive boost to a close competitor’s stock price. Osman Rana/Hayon Thapaliya/Unsplash.

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Finance Can Be a Noble Profession (Yes, Really)

Harvard Business Review

To give one example of this, in 2016 18% of Harvard undergraduates and 28% of Harvard MBAs went directly into finance, while 29% of the undergraduates of Ohio State’s Fisher College of Business did. Financial services is one of the most robust sources of employment in the U.S.,

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15 Best HCM Software in 2024 (Based on Four Research Parameters)

Vantage Circle

Platform Accessibility: Self-Service Portals : This enables employees to access and update their personal information, view pay stubs, and manage benefits. Mobile Accessibility : Provides mobile access to essential HR functions, allowing employees and managers to perform tasks on the go.

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How Our Company Learned to Make Better Predictions About Everything

Harvard Business Review

Today, the training we’ve developed is allowing us to surpass that limitation and scale up forecasting throughout the company. We extend the training to product managers, engineers, executives, researchers, designers, business development — basically anyone who wants to influence the Twitch product.