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The Path to Transparency

Coaching Tip

A deliberately byzantine system of virtual tunnels that conceal the origins and destinations of data, and thus the identity of clients, Tor has been around since 2001, when programmers from M.I.T. Naval Research Laboratory introduced it at a California security conference. and the U.S.

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How NASA Uses Telemedicine to Care for Astronauts in Space

Harvard Business Review

Since the Expedition One launch to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2001 — the first long-duration stay on the orbital construction site — NASA’s Human Health and Performance team has been developing expertise in the planning and provision of medical support to crews staying in our world’s most remote environment.

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How Companies Escape the Traps of the Past

Harvard Business Review

” This is a framework I have developed over the course of 35 years of working with and doing research in corporations around the world. And yet without Box 2, organizations don’t truly transform; they persist in limiting ways of operating. Now it’s less than 15 years. So, how do you build Box 2 muscle?

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How Amazon Trained Its Investors to Behave

Harvard Business Review

In fact, Amazon was only operating at such a high burn rate because it could. By the fourth quarter of 2001 — that is, within about 21 months — it was turning a profit. Once investors stopped giving it free money, the company quickly cut back on its investments and its losses. After that the No.

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The Former Head of the CIA on Managing the Hunt for Bin Laden

Harvard Business Review

May 2 marks the fifth anniversary of the operation that killed the world’s most wanted terrorist, Osama Bin Laden. His death was the culmination of a global manhunt that lasted more than a decade and assumed extreme urgency after the September 11, 2001, attacks. The trail had gone cold. He had deep knowledge and credibility.

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Case Study: Time for a Unified Campaign?

Harvard Business Review

A few electrical issues in the spa and conference center, but nothing to worry about.". Palma Cay is Alegre's newest flagship hotel, and I think I can make it work with lower prices to the key travel agencies, tour operators, and online portals. Now let's see the conference center. Palma Cay's first month," he said.

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How Software Is Helping Big Companies Dominate

Harvard Business Review

Even outside of the tech sector, the employment of more software developers is associated with a greater increase in industry concentration, and this relationship appears to be causal. Over 70% of the firms’ software budgets goes to code developed in-house or under custom contracts. Most industries in the U.S.