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The Mixed Returns From Predictive Analytics

The Horizons Tracker

” It has come to typify a booming industry in predictive analytics, with estimates suggesting the sector will be worth around $270 billion in 2022. The firms were chosen in part due to their propensity to be early adopters of technology. Strong returns.

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Can Impact Investing Avoid the Failures of Microfinance?

Harvard Business Review

The impact investment industry is growing rapidly, a fact that many of us in the field celebrate. In 2010, J.P In 2010, J.P Impact investing can learn from the history of microfinance — the provision of debt and other financial services to the poor — an industry that was at a similar stage 15 years ago.

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Do Your Customers Actually Want a “Smart” Version of Your Product?

Harvard Business Review

It’s even frequently been referred to as “the next Industrial Revolution.” And while we’ve found customers for IoT connectivity, the number of our customers who value the new technology has been much lower than industry projections led us to believe. Our products work with apps or without apps.

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The Gig Economy Is Real If You Know Where to Look

Harvard Business Review

By examining key industrial segments (rides and rooms) and geographies (early-adopters in San Francisco), I found a substantial rise in collaborative economy “gigs” between 2009 (when uptake began) and 2013 (the latest year data are available). AirBnB) industries. Uber) and traveler lodging (e.g.

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To Create Change, Leadership Is More Important Than Authority

Harvard Business Review

In 2005, John Antioco was the eminently successful CEO of Blockbuster, the 800-pound gorilla of the video rental industry. Blockbuster filed for bankruptcy in 2010. Yet, despite the firm’s dominance, he saw a mortal threat coming in the form of online streaming video and nimble competitors like Netflix.

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Why a Low Carbon Price Can Be Good News for the Climate

Harvard Business Review

economy during the peak of the Great Recession (2008-2010). Cap and trade is projected to achieve nearly 20% of that goal by limiting emissions from the industrial, utility, and transportation fuels sectors — which account for roughly 85% of the state's greenhouse gas pollution. million annually.

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What BMW’s Corporate VC Offers That Regular Investors Can’t

Harvard Business Review

Among the 30 top companies in seven of the largest industries, almost half had a VC-fueled accelerator in 2015, up from just 2% in 2010. Similarly, Charles Schwab was the early adopter client of Siebel’s revolutionary CRM system.