Get Started for FREE
Sign up with Facebook Sign up with X
I don't have a Facebook or a X account
 Your new post is loading...
Your new post is loading...
Scoop.it!
Should the responsibilities of “sharing economy” giants like Uber and Airbnb differ from those of traditional companies? Source: Who’s Responsible? The Ethics of the Sharing Economy | INSEAD Knowledge 
No comment yet.
Sign up to comment
Scoop.it!
While globalisation has benefited humanity in many ways, its continued progress is in serious doubt. As I wrote previously, the two leading political science theories, liberalism and realism, both predict that globalisation as we have known it over the past two decades may well recede or disappear. What does this mean for your business? First, to the extent liberalism as a theory is correct and globalisation is under threat because of its adverse impact on parts of the population, re-embedding economic freedom would be a wise choice if globalisation were seen as worth preserving.
Scoop.it!
As 2016 winds to a close I took some time to scroll through my Twitter feed to pick out 16 of the best economics articles of the year. Over the course of 2016 I saw a number of fantastic articles that went beyond superficial short-term analysis to focus on the underlying and longstanding trends affecting the U.S. economy. Many of these articles address the rise of a new form of deep-seated inequality that may be the defining characteristic of the modern U.S. economy. The year 2016 was marked by the election of Donald Trump, an opportunist political neophyte whom most political analysts deemed unfit for office and unlikely to win. These articles shine light on some of the economic trends that contributed to Donald’s unlikely rise to the White House. Via David Hain
|
Scoop.it!
Should the responsibilities of “sharing economy” giants like Uber and Airbnb differ from those of traditional companies?
Scoop.it!
In the face of political transitions and concerns over trade, executives expect improvements at home and a stable global economy--with some regional divergences.
Scoop.it!
At few moments since the end of World War II has downward pressure on prices been so great. Some of it stems from cyclical factors—such as sluggish economic growth in the Western economies and Japan—that have reined in consumer spending. There are newer sources as well: the vastly increased purchasing power of retailers, such as Wal-Mart, which can therefore pressure suppliers; the Internet, which adds to the transparency of markets by making it easier to compare prices; and the role of China and other burgeoning industrial powers whose low labor costs have driven down prices for manufactured goods. The one-two punch of cyclical and newer factors has eroded corporate pricing power and forced frustrated managers to look in every direction for ways to hold the line.
In such an environment, managers might think it mad to talk about raising prices. Yet nothing could be further from the truth. Via The Learning Factor
The Learning Factor's curator insight,
November 17, 2015 4:05 PM
Transaction pricing is the key to surviving the current downturn—and to flourishing when conditions improve. |
