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Academic Studies Show Gig Economy Larger Than Government Data Suggests

Small Business Labs

.  But despite a preponderance of studies showing that the gig economy is large and growing, this has not been accepted as true by many in the academic and policy making communities. workforce had declined since 2005.  A key reason for this is data from the U.S. gig/contract workers in the U.S.  

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How to Create Strategic Partnerships

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Create policy for the event that a new innovation stems from the partnership. When I started as a government contract consultant in 2005, I would accept all kinds of consulting: sales and marketing, certification, business development and contracts. Who will be the client point-of-contact? Who will own this intellectual property ?

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Presidential Environmental Track Record and Positions 2012

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Obama also formed the Partnership for Sustainable Communities to bring together federal agencies to help communities nationwide improve access to affordable housing and increase low cost transportation options while protecting the environment. If re-elected, Obama would no doubt work to expand U.S.

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Linking Coworking and Innovation

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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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More on the Growth of Small Farms and Local Food

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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.   There are only 1051 licensed slaughterhouses in the U.S. 

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The Structural Shift to a Contingent Workforce

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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. instead of hiring full-time, permanent employees.

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Discover the Formula for Happy Employees

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Months before his death in 2005, he told me that happiness was too big of a word, but that people who were satisfied and contented tended to, as he put it, ‘live in more than one world,’” says Bruce Rosenstein, who published his second Drucker-inspired book, Create Your Future the Peter Drucker Way , in 2013.