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The Hidden Costs of Initial Coin Offerings

Harvard Business Review

Blockchain startups raised over $5 billion in 2017 through ICOs and over $12 billion through the first three quarters of 2018. The average amount of capital raised by a Blockchain project through an ICO in 2017 was $13 million; through the third quarter of 2018 it was $25 million. How ICOs Constrain.

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How Netflix Expanded to 190 Countries in 7 Years

Harvard Business Review

In the second quarter of 2018, its international streaming revenues exceeded domestic streaming revenues for the first time. In France and India, for example, homegrown leaders offer local-language video content, thus depriving Netflix of first-mover advantage. before 2010, and in only 50 countries by 2015.

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How Netflix Expanded to 190 Countries in 8 Years

Harvard Business Review

In the second quarter of 2018, its international streaming revenues exceeded domestic streaming revenues for the first time. In France and India, for example, homegrown leaders offer local-language video content, thus depriving Netflix of first-mover advantage. before 2010, and in only 50 countries by 2015.

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How AI Will Change Strategy: A Thought Experiment

Harvard Business Review

AI is fundamentally a prediction technology. Perhaps they were lulled into complacency by the initially slow adoption rate of this technology in the early days of the commercial internet (1995-1998). ” (Harvard Business School Press, April 2018). How will AI change strategy?