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

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In 2017, strategy guru Michael Porter coauthored a Harvard Business Review article titled “ Why Every Organization Needs an Augmented Reality Strategy ,” which predicted AR spending would hit $60 billion by 2020. 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

UVA Darden

supported global network of signatory institutions, which currently represent over $120 trillion in assets under management. Securities and Exchange Commission fined firms such as BNY Mellon and Goldman Sachs Asset Management for various ESG-related misstatements. 1 These factors include a firm’s environmental impact (e.g.,

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Interest Rates and Space: How Home Size Affects Consumer Spending

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This prolonged economic slowdown followed the burst of the asset price bubble in the early 1990s. This trend toward bigger homes aligns with modest rate hikes since 2020. In the 1990s, the country saw high personal savings rates and persistently low interest rates, often referred to as the “Lost Decade”.

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