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A relatively small cohort of companies generates more than half the annual revenues in the ocean economy, according to new data.
Dubbed the “Ocean 100,” these transnational companies collectively earned $1.1 trillion in revenues in 2018, according to the report in
That sum represents about 60% of total revenues from ocean-based economic activity in 2018, the most recent data available. If the group were a country, its gross domestic product would roughly equal that of Mexico, the researchers note.
The report offers new implications for the sustainability of the world’s oceans and the industries that depend on them.
“Oceans will be increasingly central to the global economy in the 21st century,” says coauthor Dan Vermeer, executive director of the Center for Energy, Development and the Global Environment (EDGE) at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.
Being a Go-Getter Is No Fun
New research suggests that competent employees are assigned more work but they don t always like it.
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The Yale Book of Quotations doesn’t have a say on the phrase at all (though “shit happens” is attributed to Connie Eble of Chapel Hill).
In any case, people have probably heard the phrase in reference to something gone awry at work or in life. In either setting, when the shit does hit the fan, people will tend to look to the most competent person in the room to take over.
And too bad for that person. A new paper by a team of researchers from Duke University, University of Georgia, and University of Colorado looks at not only how extremely competent people are treated by their co-workers and peers, but how those people feel when, at crucial moments, everyone turns to them. They find that responsible employees are not terribly pleased about this dynamic either.
On Inauguration Day, Social Entrepreneur/Professor Highlights Army of Better Angels in Social Sector
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Serial social entrepreneur, Suzanne Smith, who has worked for decades on social change gives us a glimpse into how newly-minted President Joe Biden can super-charge his efforts and harness the social sector to tackle the challenges ahead. She shares her perspective on the top issues facing the country and identifies “bright spots” that are being driven by an army of better angels.
Suzanne Smith, MBA
Serial Social Entrepreneur - CEO, Social Impact Architects
Professor - Pepperdine / University of Texas at Arlington
As you take office, I hope you will become the nonprofit sector’s “champion-in-chief.”