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How Developing Countries Can Benefit From Green Technologies

The Horizons Tracker

” New markets According to UNCTAD, the green technology sector has the potential to create a market worth over $9.5 Past technological revolutions have demonstrated that early adopters have an advantage in moving ahead and creating long-lasting benefits.

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CMI Highlights

Chartered Management Institute

Improving public services Finally, a short update on another area we are currently working in: CMI is partnering with the Social Market Foundation to explore how to get improved results from the UK’s public services. Commentators from a number of industries – from motor retail to media planning – have shared views on this important subject.

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Can Impact Investing Avoid the Failures of Microfinance?

Harvard Business Review

The impact investment industry is growing rapidly, a fact that many of us in the field celebrate. Impact investors over the past decade largely focused on proving that impact investments could achieve a “market rate” or above return profile. Erik Dreyer/Getty Images. In 2010, J.P Lessons from Microfinance.

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A Survey of 3,000 Executives Reveals How Businesses Succeed with AI

Harvard Business Review

And AI success stories are becoming more numerous and diverse, from Amazon reaping operational efficiencies using its AI-powered Kiva warehouse robots, to GE keeping its industrial equipment running by leveraging AI for predictive maintenance. Furthermore, early AI adopters are 3.5 Digital capabilities come before AI.

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Blockchain Could Make the Insurance Industry Much More Transparent

Harvard Business Review

While Edward Lloyd is largely credited with commercializing the insurance industry, with the creation of his namesake firm, Lloyd’s, over 330 years ago, the original concept of spreading risk (or “mutualizing”) goes back even further. Rather, they can become early adopters of the technology.

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Embracing the Power of Large Language Models: Transforming Finance and Empowering Professionals

The Horizons Tracker

Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT are disrupting the finance world, as exemplified by Morgan Stanley’s experimentation with an OpenAI-powered chatbot to assist their financial advisors. As LLMs progressively permeate the finance industry, it is crucial to thoughtfully embrace and adapt to this transformative shift.

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How Companies Are Using Machine Learning to Get Faster and More Efficient

Harvard Business Review

Studying 168 early adopters, we’ve seen speed improvements of two times or more for most business processes — and some organizations are reporting speed improvements of 10 times or more. Market monitoring. Machine-reengineering is a way to automate business processes using machine learning. Predictive modeling.