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How Big Data Brings Marketing and Finance Together

Harvard Business Review

When Raja Rajamannar became CMO of MasterCard Worldwide in 2013, he moved quickly to transform how the credit card giant measures marketing. Rajamannar involved finance early. At many companies we work with, analytics becomes the connective tissue between the different visions of what drives results emerging from marketing and finance.

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Disrupting the Gaming Industry with the Same Old Playbook

Harvard Business Review

With a market size of $8 billion in 2013 Massive Multiplayer Online Gaming (MMOG) is becoming big business. million as of 2013. Some MMOG professional teams players can command six figure salaries, thanks to the finance provided by corporate sponsorships and advertising. No sponsors or advertisers invested in it.

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The Changing Economics of App Development

Harvard Business Review

A newer generation of app developers – the so-called “middle class” of independent app creators and companies – is finding success by better catering to customers’ demand for choice and variety, even as they bump up against challenges like app discovery and advertising.

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Health Insurance Exchanges Fulfill Both Liberal and Conservative Goals

Harvard Business Review

Vital though near-term effectiveness is, the exchanges hold a longer-term potential—they can help reshape the organization, delivery, and financing of insurance. in the September 26, 2013 New England Journal of Medicine.). The health insurance exchanges have the potential to fulfill the hopes of both conservatives and liberals.

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The Rebirth of the CMO

Harvard Business Review

Overly simplistic notions – “the people who do the advertising”– were based on stereotypes that never accurately reflected the range of responsibilities that many CMOs had. To hit P&L targets, for instance, the CMO at one technology company focused on shortening the sales cycle. The CMO role is undergoing a renaissance.

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A Couple Reasons to Smile About

Women on Business

Review your investment portfolio to identify certain appreciated positions to sell now before taxes potentially increase in 2013. Medicare tax that will be imposed on certain investment income for higher income Americans beginning in 2013. The Social Security tax holiday is designed to leave more money in our paychecks.

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The GOP’s Wellness Bill Would Give Employers Too Much Power

Harvard Business Review

The genetic testing in question would be financed as an administrative cost, rather than as a regular medical claim, and would be for the benefit of the employer, not to inform the confidential doctor-patient relationship. This figure is likely to decline as genetic testing technology improves and more vendors get into the market.