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What are the best cryptocurrency exchanges in the world?

Strategy Driven

In 2005, he founded the company Fusion Systems, which created, among others high frequency trading systems for brokers. In 2013, Zhao joined the Blockchain.info team as a member of a group working on a portfolio dedicated to cryptocurrencies. Coinbase was born in 2012 and its creators are Brian Armstrong and Fred Ehrsam.

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Reflections on Dr. Deming’s Hospital Notes – What Has Changed Since 1990?

Deming Institute

Lean methods, such as value stream mapping and improvement projects carried out by cross-functional teams can break down barriers and increase understanding. He is the founder and lead blogger and podcaster at LeanBlog.org , started in January 2005. This lack of understanding isn’t the fault of these individuals.

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China’s Bad Bet on the Environment

Harvard Business Review

years in the country’s heavily polluted north and an estimated $112 billion in labor and health care costs in 2005. Finally, in September 2013, faced with mounting social discontent, Premier Li Keqiang announced a sweeping new plan to try to address the country’s air quality problems.

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

billion in mining projects since 2010. In 2005, they launched a U.S. In 2013, GE had reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 32% and water use by 45% compared to 2004 and 2006 baselines, respectively, resulting in $300 million in savings. GE’s Ecomagination division, for example, has generated $200 billion in sales since 2005.

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Tinkering with Strategy Can Derail Midsize Companies

Harvard Business Review

System-wide revenue for 2013 was $350 million – seven times revenue for 2005. But because midsize companies lack the resources of big companies, which can experiment with multiple new strategies and launch pilot projects, midsize firms are at risk when they divert scarce resources from their core business.

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Proof That Women Get Less Credit for Teamwork

Harvard Business Review

“We thought that bias might hurt people when it’s not really clear who did what on a project.” And in 2013, another series of studies by Heilman and Michelle C. So I wondered from anecdotal stories whether women also received less credit for group work,” Sarsons told me.

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Leading Innovation Is the Art of Creating “Collective Genius” - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM HBS EXECUTIVE EDUCATION

Harvard Business Review

Blindsided by news that Cars Toons was behind schedule, coauthor Brandeau had to figure out how to finish both projects on time with limited computing resources while also limiting friction among the forces. Trouble was, the launch violated eBay’s well-established corporate project-development processes.