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Shape Strategy With Simple Rules, Not Complex Frameworks

Harvard Business Review

And of course, complex models demand huge volumes of data, are susceptible to computational errors, and hinge on assumptions about unknowable variables such as disruptive technologies that, if wrong, can throw off the results. Within three years, ALL's Brazilian rail operations had increased revenues by 50% and tripled EBITDA.

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3 Things to Watch as the Digital Side of the U.S. Presidential Campaigns Unfold

Harvard Business Review

For the 2008 presidential race, Barack Obama hired one of Facebook’s early employees, Chris Hughes, to drive the campaign’s technology strategy. How will technology impact the outcome of the 2016 presidential election? In this article, I review three critical aspects to watch: marketing, operations, and profiling.

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