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An Investigation of Online Reviews Uncovers a World of Lies

Harvard Business Review

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. According to this investigation it can, with overdoses of the drug claiming the lives of more than 1,500 Americans between 2001 and 2010.

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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. I met the team at Albert (formerly known as Adgorithms) while I was doing research into artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data-driven marketing technologies for my book, Marketing, Interrupted.

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The Rising Tide Lifts One Boat Most of All

Harvard Business Review

Everyone is familiar with the primary methods Gillette used to grow: It innovated via technology (with the Sensor, Mach 3, and Fusion razors), and in 2001 it formally expanded into the women''s leg shaving market with a new brand called Venus. For decades, the shaving market was men''s facial hair removal.

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

Harvard Business Review

So is John Rice, the head of global operations, along with CFO Jeffrey Bornstein. GE’s gross margin was 21% last year, compared with 28% for United Technologies and 30% for Siemens. In June 2017 the board “retired” Immelt and promoted John Flannery to CEO. Comstock is out.

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