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An Investigation of Online Reviews Uncovers a World of Lies

Harvard Business Review

Then there''s the advice from "thought leaders," whose writing sometimes "reads like management-speak Mad Libs.” Fortune It was perhaps this summer''s most chilling business story: the suicide of Zurich Insurance Group CFO Pierre Wauthier, who left a note condemning the company''s chair, Josef Ackermann.

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How AI Helped One Retailer Reach New Customers

Harvard Business Review

It was 2001, and online advertising was at its nascent stage. As a result, the conversion rate from Facebook campaigns managed by Albert increased by 750% in Albert’s first year of operation. Internet Explorer was the leading Internet browser and Google AdWords had only just recently launched.

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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job: Disruption and Activist Investors

Harvard Business Review

Over a period of years, every GE senior manager would learn the lean startup methodology, and GE would be the showcase for how modern companies use entrepreneurial management to transform culture and drive long-term growth. So is John Rice, the head of global operations, along with CFO Jeffrey Bornstein. Then it wasn’t.

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