GLOBAL CONSUMER SURVEY 2018 Most Important Factors When Buying a Car

Statista Global Consumer Survey 2018 Buying a car is for many, one of the biggest purchases they will ever make. There are a lot of factors to consider in choosing the right one, but which are prioritized by potential buyers in the United States? According to data from Statista's Global Consumer Survey 2018, at the top of the checklist are safety and fuel efficiency. With 65 and 64 percent respectively, these two characteristics easily outpunch brand loyalty, with only 29 percent saying this was a top priority when shopping around.

WHO MAKES WHICH PURCHASING DECISIONS (STATISTA)

Statista Global Consumer Survey 2018 When asked in which categories they personally make the purchasing decisions, there were some clear splits between men and women. The largest gap was for daily consumer goods such as food and drink. 81 percent of women said they make the decisions in this area, compared to 65 percent of men - a difference of 16 percentage points. On the other end of the scale, men are apparently more often in the driving seat when it comes to buying a vehicle. In this category, 50 percent of women and 64 percent of men said they made the decision themselves. Read more.

Where Corruption Is Raging Around the World (STATISTA)

Where Corruption Is Raging Around the World Transparency International released its 2017 Corruption Perceptions Index on Wednesday, finding that most countries around the world are making little or no progress in ending corruption. 180 countries and territories were ranked on perceived public sector corruption on a scale of 0 to 100. The ones scoring 50 or lower have serious problems while countries closer to 100 are successfully preventing foul play in their public sectors. All in all, more than two-thirds of countries scored below 50 and the average global score was 43. Read more.

2018 THE MOST INNOVATIVE COMPANIES: AN INTERACTIVE GUIDE (BCG)

https://www.bcg.com/publications/collections/most-innovative-companies-2018.aspx?utm_source=201802STRATEGY&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=201802_STRATEGY_IANDI_TESTA_GLOBAL#interactive

forbes 100+: Οι μεγαλύτερες ελληνικές επιχειρήσεις

http://www.capital.gr/forbes/greeklist100/2017

The Rise and Fall of the Compact Disc (statista)

The CD Is On The Path To Extinction  Having been hit by the rise of MP3 players in the early 2000s, CD sales nearly halved between 2000 and 2007, which is when smartphones and the first music streaming services emerged to put the final nail in the compact disc’s little round coffin. Read more.

ΤΟ ΣΧΕΔΙΟ ΝΟΜΟΥ ΓΙΑ ΤΟ ΠΑΝ/ΜΙΟ ΔΥΤΙΚΗΣ ΑΤΤΙΚΗΣ. ΣΕΛ. 16 ΓΙΑ ΤΟΥΣ ΦΟΙΤΗΤΕΣ

https://www.esos.gr/arthra/55465/shedio-nomoy-gia-pan-dytikis-attikis

The Phones Emitting the Most Radiation (STATISTA)

The German Federal Office for Radiation Protection (Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz) has a comprehensive database of smartphones - new and old - and the level of radiation they emit. Following the criteria set for this chart (see footnotes), the current smartphone creating the highest level of radiation is the 5T from Chinese vendor OnePlus. In fact, the top list is dominated by handsets made by Chinese companies, with OnePlus, Huawei and ZTE accounting for 9 of the 15 phones with the largest values. It must be said though, that premium Apple phones such as the iPhone 7 and the recently released iPhone 8 are also here to be seen. 

While there is no universal guideline for a 'safe' level of phone radiation, the German certification for environmental friendliness 'Der Blaue Engel' (Blue Angel) only certifies phones which have a specific absorption rate of less than 0.60 watts per kilogram. All of the phones featured here come in at more than double this benchmark.

Obesity Update 2017: OECD

https://www.oecd.org/els/health-systems/Obesity-Update-2017.pdf

the top 20 reasons startups fail (cbInsights)

And so after sifting through the post-mortems, we identified the top 20  reasons startups failed.

Since many startups offered multiple reasons for their failure, you’ll see the chart highlighting the top 20 reasons doesn’t add up to 100% (it far exceeds it).

Following the chart is an explanation of each reason and relevant examples from the postmortems.

ΠΩΣ ΕΠΙΔΡΑ Ο ΣΥΝΔΙΚΑΛΙΣΜΟΣ ΣΤΟΥΣ ΜΙΣΘΟΥΣ (NY TIMES 2/2/18)

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