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TEDxHultAshridge: How your business can fight modern slavery
There are 21 million people in slavery around the world today—and they’re likely a lot closer to you than you think. Hult Professor Matt Gitsham discusses the truths regarding modern slavery, and the responsibilities businesses have to ensure that no part of their supply chain is involved.
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From Uber to Facebook to Google: Bad behavior is inevitable in the platform economy
In today's "platform economy," examples of corporate bad behavior are disappointing but unsurprising. Principles of economics dictate that companies with business models like Uber and Google are likely to quickly gain—and potentially abuse—monopoly power, as Hult Professor Ted Ladd explains.
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TEDxHultLondon: A paradigm shift from centralized to decentralized systems
Blockchain is the technology trend that everyone is talking about. But most people automatically associate it with cryptocurrency. In this illuminating TEDx Talk, Mariana Bontempo explains what blockchain is and illustrates its far-reaching application beyond Bitcoin.
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Disruption, innovation, and endurance: A brief history of PowerPoint
PowerPoint sought to disrupt an established business model with a superior tool. Discover how a great idea born in the 1980s developed into a program that's now been installed on more than a billion computers worldwide.
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Closing the great family business succession gap
Some 50% of small to mid-sized business owners report having no plan for succession. Since family businesses have been responsible for 85% of all U.S. jobs created from 2000, this could be devastating for the economy. Hult faculty member Bill Carroll shares 3 tips to close the family business succession gap.
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The circular economy: A sustainable revolution for global business
To combat today's "throwaway" culture, forward-thinking organizations are finding ways of moving away from the linear model of “take, make, and dispose” to embrace the concept of the circular economy. Find out more about the benefits and application of the circular economy from Hult Professor Dr. Mark Esposito.