By Mee-Hyoe Koo, Contributor Forbes.com interviews Jae-eun Kim, Director & President of the Institute for Industrial Policy Studies (IPS) in South Korea for her thought leadership on the development of , trends and outlook in Korea. Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, IPS is a government-approved research institute established in 1993 under the auspices of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry & Energy (MOCIE). According to a local media research, IPS ranks as one of the top independent business research agencies in Korea.
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Foursquare Has 93% Penetration In Retail – Plus New $41 Million Note
Forbes reported today that Foursquare received $41 million in convertible debt and loans. That will certainly help the company as it tries to figure out its clear path to revenue. But in the meantime, as I reported a couple of weeks ago, Foursquare continues to engage with retailers and consumers.
Forbes Map: European Billionaires
By Ricardo Geromel, Contributor
Forbes has been tracking the world’s wealthiest people since 1987. No European has ever been enthroned the world’s richest (yet). However, Europe is home to the world’s richest woman: French Liliane Bettencourt, worth $30 billion at age 90. In 2013, Spanish retail king Amancio Ortega was the year’s biggest gainer, up $19.5 billion, becoming the world’s third richest man. …read more
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Kairos Society and The World's Next Generation of New Billionaires
By Ricardo Geromel, Contributor
Forbes started tracking the world’s wealthiest in 1987. Back then, Japanese Yoshiaki Tsutsumi was the world’s richest and there were 140 billionaires worldwide. Now, 25 years later, the Berlin wall is gone, there are over 7 billion people on the planet and the number of billionaires has multiplied tenfold. …read more
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Forbes' Billionaires Asia-Pacific Map
By Ricardo Geromel, Contributor
Forbes has been tracking the world’s wealthiest people since 1987. In that year, Japanese businessman Yoshiaka Tsutsumi was the world’s richest, then worth $20 billion. In the past 25 years a lot has changed and the richest Japanese, Tadashi Yanai, now ranks 66 as the world’s richest. …read more
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Justin Timberlake, Buzz Bissinger And The Helpful Deadline
Forbes staff writer Dorothy Pomerantz recently took a look at the alleged wheeling and dealing behind the new chart-topping Justin Timberlake album, The 20/20 Experience. As Pomerantz wrote The Hollywood Reporter broke down the pop star’s 2009 deal with Live Nation, a touring contract reportedly worth about $20 million. In the well-researched story THR said Live Nation bears a lot of responsibility for the recent release of The 20/20 Experience as the entertainment juggernaut may have feared it could have taken years for Timberlake to have any interest in releasing a new album and touring to support it: Says one high-ranking source, “There is a due date by which you have to start touring — at some point, [Live Nation] has to call in the loan.” …read more
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The Perfect Resignation Letter
Forbes readers are often the very best source of ideas for the articles I pursue. This week a professional recruiter from the Seattle area, Fancy Frenchwood, sent this response to my article Is There Any Place For Profanity In the Workplace? …read more
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Ranking The Top Latin American, Free-Market Oriented Think Tanks
By Alejandro Chafuen, Contributor
Forbes is the world leader in rankings dealing with the creation of wealth and wealth creators: top billionaires, leading companies, innovators to watch, and similar. The list that follows focuses on organizations which try to create a climate hospitable to free-enterprise in the Americas. …read more
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Innovation REALLY Matters – Lessons Learned from Detroit
Forbes updated its annual “Most Miserable Cities” list. It looks at employment/unemployment, inflation, incomes and cost of living, crime, weather, commute times – a pretty good overview of things tied to living well, or not. …read more
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4 Things You're Doing Wrong on Social Media – and How to Fix Them
By Dorie Clark, Contributor Forbes contributor Dorie Clark reveals what your company may be doing wrong on social media.
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