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From Japan to Global – a wegginar® with Kaori Shimazaki (2/7/24 at 11 AM CT)

The Global Small Business Blog

CPA acquired in 2008, an MBA from the University of Chicago in 2019, and certifications as a Certified SAKE Professional and Sake Sommelier in 2019 and 2021, respectively. Additionally, she contributed to Tokyo’s NY Expansion Support Program (X Hub Tokyo) and the APTWoman program, which led her to explore Silicon Valley as a cultural envoy.

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Could Protectionism Make the World Less Resilient, More Unequal, and More Conflict-Prone?

The Global Small Business Blog

When measured in US dollars, global trade growth slowed after the global financial crisis in 2008–09 and declined sharply at the onset of the pandemic in 2020. Today, there is still no conclusive evidence that international trade is deglobalizing. But since then trade has rebounded to the highest value ever.

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US B2B E-Commerce Will Reach $3 Trillion By 2027

Forrester Digital Transformation

This report outlines the potential of the US B2B e-commerce space across 11 durable and nondurable product categories, with historical data going back to 2008.

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Bread, Milk, Eggs….Health Equity. The 5th Aim Is A Staple For All Americans

Forrester Digital Transformation

This daunting ambition was given hope with the proposal of accomplishing three goals equally in 2008, and the addition of the 4th in 2014. The Triple/Quadruple Aim has long been recognized as a framework to optimize the US healthcare system.

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Philippine IT-BPOs to Support Property Sector Recovery

SourceFit

US and European companies are projected to outsource some business functions to countries like the Philippines and India to reduce costs as they experience the 3 rd and 4 th waves of the pandemic, similar to what happened in the 2008 financial crisis. LPC recalled that flat land prices after 2008 increased in the following years.

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Will offshore wind power the energy transition in the Netherlands?

Airswift

The share of energy from renewable sources doubled between 2008 and 2019 in the region. The country installed nearly 1.5GW of new offshore wind in 2020, making it the second-largest market for new capacity after China. However, there are challenges facing the country.

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Trends in Banking and Finance | MicroSourcing

Microsourcing

Having not long recovered from the fiscal nightmare of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2008-10, executives were bracing for another economic tsunami as borders closed, communities went into lockdown and the term ‘social distancing’ was added to the dictionary. The only certainty was just how uncertain the future looked.

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