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Social Networking for Business: Does it Really Work? :: Women on.

Women on Business

Here are five examples of how I’ve used social networking for my business. Example 1: During the 2004 election season, I connected with a new friend through a grassroots Asian Pacific Islander political group. Example 3: I like Delicious.com because of the ability to save all my bookmarks in one place.

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An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

content (news, finance, weather) into two Chinese languages, and directory access to 20,000 web sites, an approach that the company had adopted elsewhere. The idea was simple: Combine the best of both companies into the new Yahoo China, which was projected to generate more than $25 million in revenue in 2004.

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How Chinese Subsidies Changed the World

Harvard Business Review

It is no coincidence that this upheaval in the Chinese solar industry is occurring at a time when the central government''s subsidies that had financed the industry''s explosive expansion have declined even as problems in the global solar-panel market have soared. In parallel, from 2004 to 2011, U.S. In 2011, the U.S.

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Tough Dilemmas for Companies on Campaign Spending

Harvard Business Review

These are some of the most salient issues of campaign finance facing CEOs and boards of directors as the nation heads into what will certainly be a bitter election year, with both houses of Congress and the Presidency up for grabs. Should we support generally moderate candidates who can compromise on major structural issues facing the U.S.,

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The Making of an Innovation Master

Harvard Business Review

For example, I'm sure that most innovation practitioners wouldn't put baseball researcher Bill James on their list, but his mission to find patterns, develop theories, and overturn orthodoxy has greatly influenced my own thinking. I first met Dediu when we did an engagement with Nokia back in 2004. Horace Dediu. Peter Sims.

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6 Reasons Platforms Fail

Harvard Business Review

Platform businesses bring together producers and users in efficient exchanges of value – Uber, for example, connects drivers and passengers just as YouTube connects videographers and viewers. In 2004, the residual assets were sold off for a mere $7 million, a tiny fraction of the $500 million auto manufacturers had invested.

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What Big Companies Can Learn from the Success of the Unicorns

Harvard Business Review

Snapchat, an idea conceived in 2011, is now valued around $16 billion, with more than 100 million active users who send an average of over 400 million snaps per day. A third example is Airbnb, now valued at $25.5 Financed by VC firms. Unicorns are: Small in size. Airbnb has raised approximately $2.3