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'Brexit Is Scaring Businesses to Death': Two Experts Debate the Data

Supply Chain Brain

David Blanchflower , professor of economics at Dartmouth College and member of the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee from June 2006 to May 2009: The fallout from the disastrous Brexit vote and the even more calamitous negotiations are scaring businesses to death, and continuing apace. since the Brexit vote.

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Uberisation of Logistics – Are You Too Late?

Logistics Bureau

Lower cost. Uber service has been predicated on lower costs to customers, which, together with its convenience, makes the service doubly attractive to customers. For example, before Uber started in 2009, Amazon’s Mechanical Turk system was already functioning in 2007. Customer convenience. Gig economy. Accelerating Factors.