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HP Headed to Hotel California?

Women on Business

It has all the bells and whistles; its wireless, Bluetooth compatible and an all in one (fax, scanner, and printer) machine. When it works, it’s wonderful but the operative word is when it works. For a small business, this is a huge operational problem. HP Has Uninspired Strategic Decisions.

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Authority on new technology and communication. a holding company that operates seven distinct business. Formerly SVP in charge of wireless communication. Operations Group Baring Private Equity. Darek Lenart – Senior VP HR, Finance MasterCard. Claire Diaz-Ortiz – Technology innovator and speaker.

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Mobile Money Is Driving Africa’s Cashless Future

Harvard Business Review

Other mobile service operators are also vying to release innovations to help customers pay for things without cash, receive money from abroad, and obtain micro loans and insurance products. And cellular technology is leading the way. ” This has been driving ever closer relationships between banks and mobile operators.

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What Investors Need to Know About Zimbabwe After Mugabe

Harvard Business Review

Even before announcing his new cabinet, Mnangagwa installed a key reformist, Patrick Chinamasa, as acting finance minister, tasked with tackling corruption and re-engaging with international institutions to unlock funds to ease liquidity shortages. Mnangagwa’s first actions in office underscore how important he views economic recovery.

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How to Compete When IT Is Abundant

Harvard Business Review

Carr predicted that an organization''s ability to compete through investing in information technology was about to change dramatically. The IT boom of the 1980s and early ''90s had brought information technology to the corporate masses, unleashing the first full-scale technology revolution in the enterprise.

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What Health Care Can Learn from the Transformation of Financial Services

Harvard Business Review

The cultural and operational challenge for incumbent financial services firms was enormous. When people sign up for Omada’s offering, they receive a wireless, digital bathroom scale, pedometer, resistance band, and tape measure. Leverage big data.

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How Merck Is Trying to Keep Disrupters at Bay

Harvard Business Review

Pharmaceutical companies, buffeted by regulatory changes, new drug technologies that alter entry barriers and competition, price pressures, and an estimated 300,000 job cuts since 2000, seem to fit the popular narrative of large organizations unable to deal with disruptive forces.