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Can Your Company Survive a Bubble?

Harvard Business Review

The trio (respectively, a finance professor at Cornell, an applied-math Ph.D This is the kind of thing that can drive people outside of quantitative finance a little crazy ; there's no reference to company fundamentals, just "sophisticated volatility estimation techniques combined with the method of reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces."

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World Business Forum – Day 1 Recap | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Day one of the conference was headlined by a highly esteemed group of speakers who didn’t give me nearly what I had hoped for – While there were a few shining stars, and some great sound bites, I wasn’t challenged nearly as much as I hoped to be. Social Media is not about technology – it’s about communication.

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Why Social Marketing Is So Hard

Harvard Business Review

It is not hard to determine where any particular consumer is in the process, so tracking and metrics are straightforward and easy to calculate. The metrics are new, evolving, and unfamiliar, and so they seem unclear. In June 2009, they announced a program called TEDx that allow many to organize their own TED-inspired conference.

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What 11 CEOs Have Learned About Championing Diversity

Harvard Business Review

Yet progress within organizations has been slow – there is still a lack of women and minorities in leadership positions, and certain industries like tech and finance are lacking diversity at all levels. Many of the leaders I interviewed also speak at conferences about diversity and write openly about its importance.

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Turn a C-level Customer Into Your Most Valuable Reference

Harvard Business Review

A better, value-based approach is to initiate a quarterly review process that looks more like the following: First quarter: review all performance metrics with the customer and continue doing so every three months. Make sure they're being met. If any are not, correct the problems swiftly. It's great career development for them.".

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3 Ways Big Companies Are Connecting with Younger Consumers

Harvard Business Review

Big financial services companies are challenged when it comes to connecting with younger consumers, particularly about personal finance. Reminiscent of a Starbucks, the storefront includes a coffee bar, a conference table in an open area, and a couple of meeting rooms. MassMutual Walks the Talk by Talking. She got the location.