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Leveraging Silicon Valley — From Wherever You Are

Harvard Business Review

It’s no longer good enough to wait for change to come to your industry; you need to be out there where it’s happening. So suppose you want to follow the over 200 multinationals across a multitude of industries that have set up a strategic beachhead in Silicon Valley. Swisscom AG is the major telecommunications provider in Switzerland.

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Looking for a Job When You're No Longer Young

Harvard Business Review

We operate in a business landscape driven by an obsession with youth. And federal age discrimination actions filed annually increased 66% between 1999 and 2011. Consider the industry. Yet the Internet and software and consumer electronics industries are dominated by people under 40. I should know. She was bracingly blunt.

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Subscription Businesses Are Booming. Here’s How to Value Them

Harvard Business Review

Previously dominated by the likes of newspapers, magazines, gyms, utilities, and telecommunications firms, more products and services are being offered to more people through subscriptions than ever before. subscribers in 2017, and the industry as a whole has been growing at 200% annually since 2011.

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Pursuing Entrepreneurial Companies: Grad Advice | In the CEO.

In the CEO Afterlife

by John • April 11, 2011 • Human Resources , Strategy • 0 Comments. Sixty-five innovative operations - four in the state of California alone. So why don’t they reduce the number of operations? Pick an industry on a growth curve. Social media, telecommunications, high tech are today’s rising stars.

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How eBay and Facebook are Cleaning Up Data Centers

Harvard Business Review

According to a report put out by Greenpeace in April , the electricity demand of data centers and the telecommunications network is rivaling that of most nations. eBay : The online retailer built its first data center in 2010 (it had previously leased data center space, which is what many in the industry do) in South Jordan, Utah.

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