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Starting up an E-commerce Business With Minimal Investment

Strategy Driven

Directly after this, the value of the e-commerce industry took a spike more extensive than ever before; innovative businesses and individuals started investing and creating online companies that offer better and cheaper alternatives for consumers. All you need is a solid business model, suppliers, and service providers.

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Gloria Chen Pushes for Greater Representation

HR Digest

But as a company who also values innovation and “looking around the corner,” we are always challenging the status quo—so absolutely, there is always room for improvement! And as a company filled with analytical engineers, empirical evidence is a fantastic way to promote the best ideas!

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The CEO's Frugal Innovation Agenda

Harvard Business Review

CEOs of large companies face a conundrum: they are confronted with a growing number of frugal consumers clamoring for affordable solutions, yet their existing corporate culture and incentive systems are designed to support a "bigger is better" business model — not to deliver more with less. Specifically, CEOs must: 1.)

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The CEO's Frugal Innovation Agenda

Harvard Business Review

CEOs of large companies face a conundrum: they are confronted with a growing number of frugal consumers clamoring for affordable solutions, yet their existing corporate culture and incentive systems are designed to support a "bigger is better" business model — not to deliver more with less. Specifically, CEOs must: 1.)

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What the Best Transformational Leaders Do

Harvard Business Review

In a study of S&P 500 and Global 500 firms, our team found that those leading the most successful transformations, creating new offerings and business models to push into new growth markets, share common characteristics and strategies. How successful has the company been at creating new products, services, and business models?

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The Age of Smart, Safe, Cheap Robots Is Already Here

Harvard Business Review

In fact, we expect the global industrial robot population to double to about four million by 2020, changing the competitive landscape in dozens of fields — from underground mining to consumer goods and aerospace manufacturing. They’re also getting cheaper. These improvements are helping to drive demand. They’re much cheaper.

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The Internet of Things Needs Design, Not Just Technology

Harvard Business Review

Gartner Research predicts that the typical family home will contain as many as 500 networked devices by 2020. Their developers focus on meeting operational and environmental requirements, caring little about the physical appearance or user experience of a dashboard- or engine-compartment-mounted device that monitors vehicle data.