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Big Data, Big Opportunity

Chartered Management Institute

Seattle has partnered with Microsoft and Accenture to optimise energy use – featured in this report on big data use by different cities. Last month the supermarket giant Tesco announced a partnership with a technology firm Amscreen aimed at improving the targeting of its advertisements. The reason?

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The Future of Nuclear Energy

Harvard Business Review

I'll admit to being incredibly conflicted about this source of energy and I usually punt when asked the question. The reality is that we're debating energy strategy anyway, for reasons ranging from national security to national competitiveness to climate change. Does nuclear energy make sense? No, it's about cost.

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Is the Cost of Innovation Falling?

Harvard Business Review

If the cost of innovation is falling, that should enable more of it from poorer countries, companies or cooperatives. Those who say the cost is dropping often point to the dramatically falling costs of computing power. In fact, the costs of developing seminal software algorithms continue to rise, too.

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Joint Ventures Reduce the Risk of Major Capital Investments

Harvard Business Review

For instance, the cost of building and equipping a leading-edge semiconductor fab has climbed to $7 billion, as the technology required to make more advanced chips is getting more complex. Driven by economies of scale, container ship size has been increasing for decades, with the largest ships now costing roughly $200 million.

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Why You Need a Resilience Strategy Now

Harvard Business Review

A company is clearly more at risk if it has just one major product, service, technology, key supplier, or other core element. If you’re going to take some risks to, ironically, make us less risky, you need to drop what isn’t working quickly. Managing uncertainty Risk management Sustainability'

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Why Western-Russian Sanctions Don???t Matter (Yet)

Harvard Business Review

Restrictions on the ability of Russian banks to sell financial instruments were imposed, as were bans on selling technology that would help Russia develop its vast energy reserves. An embargo on new arms sales and restrictions on so-called dual-use technologies were imposed. Global business Politics Risk management'

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The Public/Private Cooperation We Need on Cyber Security

Harvard Business Review

The second is crafting a cybersecurity framework that addresses risks across government and industry — and to do so quickly. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) wants a preliminary framework in place by the end of this summer, with a final set of guidelines ready to go in February 2014.

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