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Uber Can’t Be Fixed — It’s Time for Regulators to Shut It Down

Harvard Business Review

Uber’s biggest advantage over incumbents was in using ordinary vehicles with no special licensing or other formalities. Indeed, employees at every turn faced personal and professional risks in defying the law; two European executives were indicted and arrested for operating without required permits. But that is not enough.

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How Investors React When Companies Announce They’re Moving to a SaaS Business Model

Harvard Business Review

For example, in 2014 IDC estimated that more than one-quarter of enterprise applications would be offered with the SaaS model by 2018, up from one-sixth in 2013. if the vendor makes clear in its announcement that the SaaS offering is provided in parallel to a perpetual licensing model.

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How to Tie Executive Compensation to Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

Meanwhile, in a survey of 89 institutional investors by Callan , 43% of respondents said they incorporate sustainability factors into their investment decisions — up 21 percentage points from 2013. Have bonuses depend largely, or solely, on executives’ success in tapping big strategic opportunities related to sustainability.

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The Growing Business of Marijuana

Harvard Business Review

But here’s what is most surprising to many about the marijuana industry: It’s filled with straight-laced people who built careers – and started successful companies – in other fields. A former Congressman is also bidding for three dispensary business licenses in Massachusetts. And I still do now.

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The Best Digital Business Models Put Evolution Before Revolution

Harvard Business Review

What successful companies are doing right. GE is moving to an outcome-based economic model, bringing the company closer to its customers’ operations. The company, started in 1996, operates more than a hundred radio and television stations and digital platforms. Insight Center. Making Money with Digital Business Models.

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How to Understand the EU-U.S. Digital Divide

Harvard Business Review

Since 1996, and even during the most recent recession, private network operators in the U.S. In sharp contrast, European network operators who are unable to recover their investments continue to fall farther behind. network operators invested $600 per household compared to $389 in the EU. The result is that the U.S.

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How I Got My Team To Fail More

Harvard Business Review

It’s a membership organization created to serve more than 350 independently owned and operated stations, each with its own board of directors, objectives, agendas and strategies. Crucially, we redefined success. Also, PBS is the opposite of a top-down company. ” Crucially, we delivered business results.

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