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How Amazon Trained Its Investors to Behave

Harvard Business Review

So when Amazon reports below-consensus earnings, as it did Tuesday, and the share price jumps, as it did after-hours Tuesday and again Wednesday morning, the reaction isn't quite the puzzle it seems. Amazon has this permission because it has trained its shareholders to believe that everything will work out in the end.

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8 Tech Trends to Watch in 2016

Harvard Business Review

More than once you’ve probably looked at some new digital or technological development and asked yourself, “How did we miss that?” HR managers can use bots to train employees. The blockchain is a sort of distributed consensus system, where no one person controls all the data. Blockchain.

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Managing Effectively in a Matrix

Harvard Business Review

Influence and conflict management capabilities help leaders to build consensus around a common purpose and deliver the collaborative solutions that the matrix requires. Empathy, on the other hand, enables leaders to develop a better understanding of their counterparts' perspectives and their customers' mindset.

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Fighting Chronic Disease Starts with Better Pediatric Care

Harvard Business Review

The United States spends 40% more per patient than other developed countries but suffers the worse overall health outcomes. There is general consensus that a major solution lies in better managing and preventing adult chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart failure. Lauri Rotko/Folio Images/Getty Images.

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Only Half of Companies Actually Use the Competitive Intelligence They Collect

Harvard Business Review

We recently conducted a survey of CI managers and analysts who’ve been through our training program to see how much their findings influenced major company decisions, and why. and European corporations, from CI-trained analysts in marketing, business development, strategy, R&D, finance, and other fields.

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To Fight the Zika Pandemic, Learn from Ebola

Harvard Business Review

Though not yet confirmed, Zika is suspected of causing microcephaly — babies born with small heads and abnormal brain development — and paralysis in adults. This approach would benefit from the accelerated development of easy-to-use, point-of-care diagnostics for Zika. Prevent Widespread Transmission.

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Ending the Shareholder Lawsuit Gravy Train

Harvard Business Review

These lawsuits have been enabled in part by the efficient-market teaching that “in an open and developed securities market, the price of a company’s stock is determined by the available material information regarding the company and its business.” Economy Finance Risk management' Bratton and Michael L.