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Yet since the law was implemented, Airbnb growth has exploded. According to the website Inside Airbnb, the number of listings in Berlin has increased by 54%, with over 7,200 new listings for a total of 20,576 — the most ever in Berlin. But even more ominous, the number of whole homes/apartments listed – which the law was specifically designed to curtail – has increased by 45% to 10,289 listings. So 50% of Airbnb listings are still for entire homes and apartments.

How the Berlin government could rein in Airbnb and protect local housing

By: EBR | Friday, June 30, 2017

If Airbnb knowingly facilitates criminal activity, it should itself be treated as a criminal enterprise

Agencies are crucial partners in driving growth and navigating a complex and still-expanding array of technologies, channels, and platforms

How to get the most from your agency relationships in 2017

By: EBR | Monday, June 26, 2017

Executives who know how to set up and manage agency relationships are best positioned to improve their marketing ROI. As January draws to a close, many of our New Year's resolutions have already faded.

As government regulation catches up and technology improves, recycling and conservation will become more profitable and reverse supply chains can proliferate. When the ownership of collected data is finally clearly defined by laws, then the interoperability of IoT data can take hold to increase its efficiency. As the CE expands into different sectors of the economy: farmers may remotely monitor their crops and use GPS guided tractors to perfectly plow and harvest, Governments can prevent depleting fish stocks by tracking fishing boats with IoT, energy companies can share their energy production responsibilities by attaching a connectivity-enabled solar panels on city roofs, in the infrastructure sector GPS guided driver-free smart cars can reduce congestion by taking optimal routes, in health care $1.1 trillion a year of value can be created with remote health care in monitoring chronic-disease patients, etc.

Turning the linear circular: the future of the global economy

By: EBR | Friday, June 2, 2017

Institutions, both in the private and public sector, can always reap the public relations benefits of doing good, even while still accomplishing their goals. As resources become scarcer, a major way to enhance social performance is through resource conservation, which is being underutilized

The current administration is also considering withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement which makes the likelihood of future international commitments to energy innovation less likely. And it has proposed steep cuts to the federal government’s energy innovation programs. Ernst & Young cites Trump’s executive order rolling back Obama’s climate regulations as one of the major developments behind the U.S.’s drop in its rankings.

Does Silicon Valley still care about climate change?

By: EBR | Thursday, June 1, 2017

Earlier this month, venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins began the process of separating its cleantech investing from the rest of its fund

Even well-financed entrepreneurs still face other obstacles, some of them due to their own lack of experience. There is little formal education for entrepreneurs and only a handful of networks that support start-ups. Gender bias, too, plays a restricting factor. Nearly every economy in the Middle East and North Africa has at least one restriction that hinders women’s ability to get work.

Why it’s time for the Arab world to unshackle its start-ups

By: EBR | Monday, May 29, 2017

In a start-up hub in the heart of Cairo, some of the Middle East’s brightest minds are turning innovative technologies into exciting business models

Germany, Spain, the UK, France and Italy “lead the field in installed wind capacity across Europe” – the report says – and the European solar market has increased by 15 per cent of installed capacity in 2015.

Over 9.4 million people employed in the renewable energy sector

By: EBR | Friday, May 5, 2017

More than 9.4 million people across the world are now employed in the renewable energy sector, according to a recent whitepaper published by Allen & York, a leading technical recruitment consultancy.

”We don’t need a physical TV. We can buy a $1 app ’TV’ and put it on the wall and watch it,” Zuckerberg told USA Today ahead of his keynote. ”It’s actually pretty amazing when you think about how much of the physical stuff we have doesn’t need to be physical.”

Mark Zuckerberg: The end of smartphones and TVs is coming

By: EBR | Friday, April 21, 2017

It's no secret Mark Zuckerberg is pinning Facebook's prospects on augmented reality — technology that overlays digital imagery onto the real world, like Snapchat's signature camera filters

Once you have an idea, talk to your close friend and family about it. Then bring it outside your comfort zone and present it to people who might have experience in a similar field. Don’t be discouraged by the criticism. At the end it’s your idea, you believe in it and you go for it. It’s much easier to convince investors or donors once you are convinced yourself.

Q&A with Vietnam’s inspiring Social Entrepreneur of the year

By: EBR | Friday, March 31, 2017

Newborn babies shouldn’t die of cold or jaundice or breathing problems. But the technology that is readily available in the West - such as baby-warmers for premature or sick newborns - is inaccessible to millions of people in poorer parts of the world

For entrepreneurial activity to translate into economic growth, we need to focus less on the “start” and “small” side of things and more on how those companies of all ages, sizes and sectors scale. Why? Because research (see here, here and here) clearly shows that it is relatively high-growth firms – what we call “scale ups” – that are the real generators of jobs, taxes and wealth. Contrary to the myth, small businesses and start-ups only generate these benefits if they then go on to grow. And historical perspectives on the growth of entrepreneurship from Israel to Bangalore to Silicon Valley shows that the critical path to prosperity paradoxically goes from scale up to start-up, not the other way around.

Start-ups won’t save the economy. But ‘scale ups’ could

By: EBR | Friday, March 31, 2017

Although the notion that entrepreneurship benefits society has attained broad currency in Latin America and elsewhere, confusion reigns

If the feeling of two ethical standards — one for the general public and another, much laxer one for top executives — persists, that sentiment may even be a real and present danger to the foundations of democracy.

The black box of executive compensation

By: EBR | Thursday, March 23, 2017

German companies need to do much more to live up to the transparency standards required by democracy in the age of globalization

Forget all the fluffy stuff about the planet, equality or your grandchildren and consider this: the bottom line depends on sustainability. Understand that and you guarantee your own future.

The finance world’s short-termism will destroy our communities, economies and the planet

By: EBR | Friday, March 17, 2017

Banks and financial institutions are (still, mostly) macho, testosterone-fuelled environments where making the quick buck trumps almost every other consideration

The Asian bloc clearly has a larger share than anywhere else, representing just over a third (33.84%) of global GDP. That’s compared to North America, which represents just over a quarter, at 27.95%.

The world’s 10 biggest economies in 2017

By: EBR | Friday, March 17, 2017

The economy of the United States is the largest in the world. At $18 trillion, it represents a quarter share of the global economy (24.3%), according to the latest World Bank figures

5G was, like in 2016, a main subject during the World Mobile Congress 2017 in Barcelona. US chip giant Qualcomm announced its stepping up its 5G push to support timely commercial deployments and plans to conduct 5G New Radio (NR) field trials with two tier-1 operators. It will partner with Vodafone group in the UK to test 5G interoperability and conduct an over-the-air field trial based on NR specifications.

GSMA Survey: 5G expect to be widely available in 2020

By: N. Peter Kramer | Monday, March 6, 2017

5G is a far more complex migration than that of 3G to 4G. Is the expectation of its arrival likely to be over-enthusiastic at best and unrealistic at worst?

The Chinese company has aspirations to be number one as it moves to make more expensive devices aimed at western markets. In 2011 it shipped 1m handsets; last year this figure rose to more than 139m. ‘Smartphones are becoming some kind of commodity but technology is evolving’, says Richard Yu, chief executive of Huawei’s consumer business since 2011.

Huawei made its mark early at the MWC 2017

By: N. Peter Kramer | Monday, March 6, 2017

Huawei made is marks early at this year’s Mobile World Congress, unveiling its new P10 flagship smartphones and smart watches

The problems of privacy and digital divide could worsen if we don’t take the appropriate measures. It’s important to deal with that because the debate about our privacy online will become more pronounced. Human beings are not good at adapting to new things, up until the time they need to.

Big data: how much is too much?

By: EBR | Friday, March 3, 2017

Big data could soon allow us to shape public policy, financial products, healthcare and education to suit our personal needs

Trump’s FCC man Ajit Pai takes a more deregulatory way than his Democratic predecessor

By: N. Peter Kramer | Thursday, March 2, 2017

Barely five weeks into his new role as chairman of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the Republican Ajit Pai, criticised the regulatorily approach to broadband by his predecessor, the Democrat Tom Wheeler

”The jobs that even artificial intelligence can’t replace will be those that require strong human character traits: empathy, a positive attitude and resilience.”

What does the future of jobs look like? This is what experts think

By: EBR | Thursday, March 2, 2017

The jobs we have today won't will not be the ones that we have tomorrow. Neither will the skills. So what will the future of jobs look like, and what should we be doing to prepare? This is what the experts think

Ecommerce Europe furthermore welcomes the decision taken, to introduce risk-based assessments for transactions between €100 and €500 based on the overall fraud levels of the payer’s Payment Service Provider’s fraud rate. We believe that this is the right direction towards ensuring that customers can be offered the most secure and convenient checkout experience, although the acceptable fraud reference rates under Article 16 should not be set too stringent and in dialogue with industry players.

Crucial decision to allow a risk-based approach for electronic payments

By: EBR | Tuesday, February 28, 2017

In light of the publication of the Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) by the European Banking Authority (EBA), Ecommerce Europe welcomes the decision to introduce transactional risk-based assessments for electronic payments up to €500

With the dawn of the Fourth Industrial Revolution heralding an ever-greater use of technology, it is no surprise that much VC investment goes to software companies. In the second quarter of 2016, the value of VC investments in the US software industry amounted to approximately $8.74 billion dollars.

These are the industries attracting the most venture capital

By: EBR | Friday, February 17, 2017

Venture capital - the money provided by investors to startup firms and small businesses showing potential for long-term growth – is generally thought of as “good capital”

Huawei goes all out on video, 5G and cloud at MWC17

By: EBR | Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Huawei used its pre-Mobile World Congress 2017 media briefing to position itself as “the real business partner for operators”, stating that “only when the carriers grow can Huawei grow”.

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A mission impossible for Sébastien Lecornu, Macron’s 5th Prime Minister?

By: N. Peter Kramer

President Emmanuel Macron has again named a close ally, Sébastien Lecornu, as the new French prime minister, 24 hours after a vote of confidence ousted François Bayrou.

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France in fresh political crisis after MPs oust prime minister

France has been plunged into a new political crisis with the defeat of Prime Minister François Bayrou at a confidence vote in the National Assembly

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