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Stress Test Your Company’s Competitive Edge with These 4 Questions

Harvard Business Review

Technological developments are often interesting to discuss in relation to relevance. A current example of uncertainty around relevance concerns blockchain , i.e. the technology behind virtual currencies such as bitcoin. In other words, the technology can make brokers and bankers irrelevant. Competition for dependence.

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Building a Software Start-Up Inside GE

Harvard Business Review

Though technology would have allowed for a significantly virtual enterprise, it was important to Ruh to have a physical building where people could actually be located together. ” To hit the aggressive growth targets (750 by the end of 2013 and 1000 by November 2014) Waldo had to rewrite some GE rules.

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Cutting Costs Without Cutting Corners: Lessons from Banner Health

Harvard Business Review

Among the approved recommendations were opportunities to save nearly $4 million in HR administrative cost by deploying more self-service technology supported by a shared services organization, nearly $8 million from insourcing second physician reviews of inpatient charts, and up to $3.5

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