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Small Businesses Worried About Corporate Concentration - and Especially Amazon

Small Business Labs

The Institute for Local Self-Reliance recently released its 2019 Independent Business Survey.   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.  

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How Women Are Rising in Business

Success

of employer businesses in 2019—a growth of 16.7% million workers in 2019 and grew their workforce by 28%… between 2012 and 2019.” The 2019 “ State of Women-Owned Businesses Report ” from American Express finds women-owned businesses “now represent 42% of all businesses—nearly 13 million—employing 9.4 trillion.”

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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

Allwork

In 2020, more than a third of Americans freelanced — up 22% from 2019, CNBC reports. In 2020, more than a third of Americans freelanced — up 22% from 2019, CNBC reports. Ask for referrals (and work samples). But ultimately, every company will hire freelancers or lose their edge, predicts interim Cameo CMO Greg Caplan.

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A look back at The Stoddart Review: the once and future guide to workplace productivity?

Workplace Insight

A Nicholas Bloom study from 2015 , before the Stoddart Review, also found that employees who opted into work-from-home policies saw a 13 percent lift in their productivity. percent above its level in the last quarter of 2019 before the pandemic. How do we use the office, and does it distract us?

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