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The Ideas Industry

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The Ideas Industry  is an interesting look at how the marketplace for ideas is shifting due to the emergence of for-profit think tanks and ideas entrepreneurs. This, they hope, will lead to some combination of more business for their firms, an enhanced brand or more influence with policy makers.

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Academic Study Measures the Pandemic's Impact on Small Businesses

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The Effects of the Coronavirus on Hours of Work in Small Businesses , from Yale's Tobin Center for Economic Policy, shows the pandemic's dramatic and ongoing impact on small businesses.    Hours worked since then have recovered, but as of early June were still 35.9% below pre-pandemic levels.

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Small Businesses Worried About Corporate Concentration - and Especially Amazon

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  They also feel government policies have not helped. Key quote from their article on the study : Many public policy decisions in recent years have fueled market concentration and favored their big competitors.   So it's clear the respondents consider big firms and industry consolidation a major problem.

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Digital Nomad Numbers Skyrocket Thanks to Work From Anywhere

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The increase is driven by the unleashing of traditional employees due to the shift to work from anywhere policies caused by the pandemic.  Most (52 percent) are also reporting they plan on visiting fewer locations but spending more time at each stop, which is consistent with trends in the travel industry as a whole.

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Report: Tech in 2020: Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants

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Benedict Evans , who is a well-known VC and tech industry pundit, recently released Tech in 2020: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants.  But it's well worth looking through as it has tons of interesting data on the tech industry.     And like Meeker's report, it's long at 128 pages.

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PWC's 2040 Industry Cluster Forecast

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Defining Small Business Innovation 2010 Top 10 Small Business Trends Intuit Future of Small Business Resources The Changing Face of Entrepreneurs The Connected World of Entrepreneurs Disclosure Policy Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients. Web/Tech women work/life balance

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How Many Employees Will Small Business Layoff?

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Based on an industry by industry analysis of small business employment, our base case estimate is employer small businesses will layoff about 21 million employees through July (1).    Under the base case estimate, the overall U.S. unemployment rate would likely increase to about 22% (3).     Notes: 1. 

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