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The Science Behind Getting Ahead At Work

Eric Jacobson

In the new world of work, we must learn how to bridge our differences with others so we can collaborate, innovate, and solve complex problems at work. These leaders unfortunately don’t manage how the work gets done, which requires offering a supportive environment and demonstrating concern for their teammates. Michelle P.

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Rising Sea Levels Won’t Doom U.S. Coastal Cities

Harvard Business Review

The induced innovation literature has taught us that drug companies focus their efforts on researching and marketing new drugs for which there is expected to be great demand (think of aging baby boomers’ aching knees). Innovation in Cities. Real estate investors will have strong incentives to respond to these forecasts.

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For Some Platforms, Network Effects Are No Match for Local Know-How

Harvard Business Review

Grab, which launched its service in 2012 with 40 drivers in Malaysia, came late to the ride-hailing game, only after Uber had established a formidable position in the United States. Such knowledge is in fact the prerequisite to innovation. In other words, the initial innovations that made Uber dominant also left it vulnerable.

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The Risks and Benefits of Using AI to Detect Crime

Harvard Business Review

Businesses are constantly experimenting with new ways to use artificial intelligence for better risk management and faster, more responsive fraud detection — and even to predict and prevent crimes. So how are leading-edge companies evaluating the benefits and risks of rapidly evolving AI crime-fighting and risk management?

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2013 Trends and The Power of Women

Women on Business

president of Simon Associates Management Consultants. In 2012, according to the State of Women-Owned Businesses Report from American Express Open, there are more than 8.3 In 2012, over 50% of dentists are women, as are 47% of medical students. Her husband left his real estate firm to run her office and manage the company.

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3 Ways to Get Your Own Digital Platform

Harvard Business Review

Network businesses have always been around, from matchmakers to real estate brokers, but it’s the move to digital platforms that has led to market-shaking effects. Organizations that manage digital networks (we call them network orchestrators) are different from traditional product and service providers.

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12 Guidelines for Deciding When to Persist, When to Quit

Harvard Business Review

Consider this real-time case. Airtime, a video conversation platform, launched in the summer of 2012 by Napster legends Sean Parker and Shawn Fanning with much hype and more than ample funding. Pull out in the messy middle, and by definition the effort is a failure. The issue is deciding which direction to take.