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Sustaining a Healthy World Through Growing Crop Health

Business and Tech

Extreme weather events, climate change, economic shifts, and some government policies have impacted crop health and yields across the globe, and with it, some of the tools that deliver that production most efficiently. ­­. According to the Global Agricultural Productivity Report, the world is facing setbacks in agricultural production.

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Optimistic CEO, Pessimistic CFO: Optimal Pairing?

Michael Roberto

They studied 2,356 companies between 2002 and 2013. Here's their description of the research : We culled transcripts of conference calls between 2002 and 2013 involving both the CEOs and CFOs, and measured the executives’ optimism and pessimism by analysing their use of positive and negative words.

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COVID-19: Business R&D Spending Will Fall by at Least 5-6%

Commodore Innovation

And it might be larger ways such as helping to drive or facilitate innovation processes that identify ways your organization can help our communities and our governments (e.g. That might be in relatively small ways like sharing and disseminating knowledge about tools and behaviors that enhance virtual / remote collaboration.

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Regulations Work – Applaud SOX and Dodd- Frank

Adam Hartung

Last week the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) pre-released some results of its 2015–2016 Public Company Governance Survey. Board members, and especially committee chairs, are spending a lot more time governing corporations. Boards once had members that almost never changed. That is up from 64% in the previous year.

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Innovation Networks – Needed Now More Than Ever

The Inovo Group

“This new mode of organization—a ‘network of teams’ with a high degree of empowerment, strong communication, and rapid information flow—is now sweeping businesses and governments around the world.” – Gen. Cultivating Communities of Practice ; Harvard Business Review Press; January 8, 2002. Norton & Company; May 2002.

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Become proactive instead of reactive with Future Designs

mjvinnovation

He revisited this model in Advancing Futures (2002). Moreover, just the other morning, I read an article stating that the Maldive Islands have quarantined two islands, with tourists not allowed to leave their resorts, and with all expenses being paid by the government during their quarantine period. Hawaii foresight Ph.D.

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How China Creates the Strongest Innovation System

The BMI Lab Blog

Three actors have been leading the Chinese innovation ecosystem for the last decades: government, the so-called frugal innovators and the last wave of innovators comprised of serial entrepreneurs, business angels, venture capitalists and big internet companies. BYD became the second largest battery company in 2002.

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