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The Impact of Carbon Taxation on Supply Chains in China

Comatch

The European Union will start to demand carbon footprint data from 2023 and introduce a carbon border tax from January 2026. The most significant impact of introducing a carbon border tax will be on the cost of products with high-carbon inputs, such as steel, aluminum, cement, chemicals, and electricity-intensive processes.

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Competition in Tickets Will Lead to Innovation!

Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

He used the term “crux” and that has been a word that has come up much more regularly in my strategy work. Also, with the World Cup coming to North America in 2026, it would have seemed to reach all of the host city markets with messages around soccer and the World Cup would have made a premium more likely as well. This law is stupid.

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Ecommerce vs. brick-and-mortar: Unlocking retail success in 2022

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Customers feel the product and build relationships with the brand. In the wake of several factors not limited to COVID-19, including the rise of ecommerce, research from UBS predicts that around 80,000 retail stores may shut down permanently by 2026. Brick-and-mortar, physical retail locations, rely on being interactive spaces.

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The Question with AI Isn’t Whether We’ll Lose Our Jobs — It’s How Much We’ll Get Paid

Harvard Business

It is the continuous obligation of economic policy to match increases in productive potential with increases in purchasing power and demand. Wage growth has not kept up with productivity growth; labor’s share of GDP has fallen and capital’s share has risen. anucha sirivisansuwan/Getty Images.

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Clean Energy Transition: Business Risks and Opportunities

Tom Spencer

While there are many risks and obstacles involved in being an innovation leader – producing products not supported by the current infrastructure, creating more waste than recycling, and the high cost and limited capacity of existing energy storage methods – these problems also represent opportunities for innovation and growth.

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You Don’t Have to Be a Data Scientist to Fill This Must-Have Analytics Role

Harvard Business

By 2026, the McKinsey Global Institute estimates that demand for translators in the United States alone may reach two to four million. improving product quality in manufacturing) or cross-organizational initiatives (e.g., reducing product delivery time). What does a translator do? What skills do translators need?

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10 Promising AI Applications in Health Care

Harvard Business

health care by 2026. We found AI currently creates the most value in helping frontline clinicians be more productive and in making back-end processes more efficient—but not yet in making clinical decisions or improving clinical outcomes.