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The Important Reasons Why You Need an API Integration Platform

Strategy Driven

Forbes conducted a survey in 2016, which found that even the most basic organization was using at least 6 cloud apps. Finance departments in modern-day enterprises have a lot of different tasks that must be handled by various teams. Easier Connection to Cloud Apps. APIs are the best way to connect with cloud apps.

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The Most (and Least) Empathetic Companies

Harvard Business Review

These qualities are increasingly important as social media feeds popular demand for transparency and authentic interaction. They’re also among the most profitable (the top five companies make up for 15% of the index’s total market capitalization), and the fastest growing (their market capitalization has grown this year by 23.3%

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3 Ways M&A Is Different When You’re Acquiring a Digital Company

Harvard Business Review

Doing digital M&A right means upending the way most companies approach financing, due diligence, and merger integration. Let’s start with financing the deal. Meanwhile, because digital targets tend to be expensive, acquirers are limited in their ability to use stock to finance a deal. Sponsored by DXC Technology.

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Shutting Down Your Business Gracefully

Harvard Business Review

Home Run Media’s Turning Point. Home Run’s media billings and its revenue, took off, growing more than tenfold in less than two years. The client, which constituted some 80 percent of Home Run’s billings, advised Home Run that its 2016 billings were likely to fall sharply. He wanted out. Making the Decision.

Media 8
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Startups Could Fundamentally Change the Way Big Investors Operate

Harvard Business Review

In September 2016 we undertook a survey of nearly 300 endowment and foundation managers. This disconnect is a major problem for the continuing development of efficient capital markets. Rather, they begin by tackling other pursuits, such as using satellites to track rainforest destruction or predicting social-media sentiment for brands.

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How Companies Are Already Using AI

Harvard Business Review

Even the near-term outlook has been quite negative: A 2016 report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said 9% of jobs in the 21 countries that make up its membership could be automated. Four years ago, an Oxford University study predicted 47% of jobs could be automated by 2033.

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How to Become a Coach or Consultant After You Retire

Harvard Business Review

A 2016 study estimated that there are more than 53,300 professional coaches worldwide, and the British paper The Independent pegged the number of management consultants at 500,000. .” ” Prepare your marketing. . ” Prepare your marketing. Of course, competition for these plum positions is growing.