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Digital Growth Depends More on Business Models than Technology

Harvard Business Review

A social media site that allows its users to visually share their interests with each other (and with advertisers, who sponsor content and pay for user data). For an example of digitally-enabled business model transformation, consider Domino’s Pizza, which has experienced a massive turnaround since 2010.

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To Make Better Decisions, Combine Datasets

Harvard Business Review

Companies have developed models that indicate which customers are likely to defect, what advertising pitches they will respond to, how likely a debtor is to default (and what can be done to avoid making loans to that person), what will prompt donors to up the ante on their giving, and even who is likely to pay more for services like car insurance.

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To Make Better Decisions, Combine Datasets

Harvard Business Review

Companies have developed models that indicate which customers are likely to defect, what advertising pitches they will respond to, how likely a debtor is to default (and what can be done to avoid making loans to that person), what will prompt donors to up the ante on their giving, and even who is likely to pay more for services like car insurance.

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Brexit Could Deepen Europe’s Digital Recession

Harvard Business Review

billion in the rest of Europe over the period 2010-2015. Advertising, hiring and capital expenditures could be delayed until the dust settles, jeopardizing the growth models of many enterprises. billion as compared to $4.4 Decision-Making Will Be Held Hostage to Uncertainty.

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Why Your Customers Hate You and How to Fix It

Skip Prichard

billion in 2018, roughly half the world’s population. Yet even as we connect people and the world’s population rises 7 percent between 2010 and 2020, the number of working-age employees will actually decline in many industrialized nations. No wonder we have skills shortages!

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