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Insurance Isn’t Safe from Digital Upheaval

Harvard Business Review

insurance aggregator beatthatquote.com in 2011 and has since launched price comparison sites in the U.K., In the life and retirement services area, start-ups such as LearnVest offer personalized financial advice at fixed prices that most middle-class consumers can afford. Disruptive innovation' Google bought U.K.

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Insurance Isn’t Safe from Digital Upheaval

Harvard Business Review

insurance aggregator beatthatquote.com in 2011 and has since launched price comparison sites in the U.K., In the life and retirement services area, start-ups such as LearnVest offer personalized financial advice at fixed prices that most middle-class consumers can afford. Disruptive innovation' Google bought U.K.

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Just How Valuable Is Google's "20% Time"?

Harvard Business Review

Virtually everyone who''s made money from the App Store or competed against a Salesforce.com or SurveyMonkey viscerally understands the huge differences between "pretty good" developers and those best described as "terrific." " Acqu-hiring " has become both a buzzword and a best practice for a reason. But employing talent is one thing.

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You've Come a Medium-Length Way, Baby

Harvard Business Review

It was called "Equal Opportunity for Women Is Smart Business" but it might just as easily have been called "Management Development for Women Is Just Management Development (but with women in it)." What Your Stock Price Really Means. Disruptive Innovation Comes to Health Care. More >>.

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Throw Your Life a Curve

Harvard Business Review

But our predictive power plummets when there is a time delay or non-linearity, as in the case of a CEO who delivers better-than-expected earnings only to wonder at a drop in the stock price. As we look to develop competence within a new domain of expertise, moving up a personal learning curve, initially progress is slow.

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Elon Musk’s Patent Decision Reflects Three Strategic Truths

Harvard Business Review

A long-term view towards driving down costs from electric vehicle parts suppliers, spurring the development of more widespread EV infrastructure, and thereby making EVs more appealing and affordable – all of which would ultimately benefit Tesla. Auto industry Disruptive innovation Strategy'

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In Big Companies, Lean Is Only One Piece of the Puzzle

Harvard Business Review

In 2010, one of us was sitting in a room at the Harvard Business School with Eric Ries and a number of budding entrepreneurs. He had developed an extensive plan, and had the promise of grant money behind him. It''s not about price, or code, or agile development. One of these young entrepreneurs in particular stood out.