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Think SoLoMo or SoCoLoMo – Social Commerce, Local & Mobile – For Digital Success

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Billion in 2010 to 7.9 Billion in 2015. This framing: SoCoLoMo is helpful whether you’re evaluating your company’s digital strategy, your own communications or where your industry is headed. Forrester Research: US eCommerce to Reach Nearly $300 Billion by 2015. Checking In: 16.7 hours per week with the device.

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How U.S. Businesses Can Succeed in India in 2015

Harvard Business Review

On January 26, 2015, President Obama will become the first sitting U.S. Boeing India’s Dennis Swanson told Business Week that he expects to sign a new strategic partnership with an Indian company in 2015. billion in 2010, predicting it would grow at 20% a year for a decade. President to visit India twice.

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What to Do When Your Future Strategy Clashes with Your Present

Harvard Business Review

“We needed an enduring strategy independent of any legislation,” recalls MedStar executive vice president Eric R. Strategies for staying ahead. That could involve targeting new geographies, developing new products, taking advantage of new technologies, or devising new business models. billion in 2010 to $4.9

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The Great Recession Drastically Changed the Skills Employers Want

Harvard Business Review

Previous research has suggested that a primary driver of this job polarization is something called routine-biased technological change (RBTC), an unfortunate mouthful whereby new technologies substitute for repetitive, middle-skill jobs and complement analytical, high-skill jobs. labor market over the past 30 years.

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How Volvo Reinvented Itself Through Hiring

Harvard Business Review

Developing what we call an “M&A strategy for talent” is one way to overcome this. Under new ownership (Volvo was sold to China’s Geely by Ford in 2010), the Swedish automaker decided to transform its product line by becoming a premium player. The company sold 571,000 cars last year, up from 373,000 in 2010.

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What the U.S. Should Be Doing to Protect Intellectual Property

Harvard Business Review

invests vast amounts in innovation – $135 billion from federal government sources alone in 2015 – yet it lacks a coherent intellectual property strategy to ensure that the investment pays off. Qualcomm, despite its stronger technology, lost out, because the U.S. Is the U.S. naïve? It’s puzzling.

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How Netflix Expanded to 190 Countries in 7 Years

Harvard Business Review

before 2010, and in only 50 countries by 2015. But Netflix’s globalization strategy, and many of the challenges it’s had to overcome, are unique. For example, its earliest international expansion, in 2010, was to Canada, which is geographically close to and shares many similarities with the United States.