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Guest Blogger Nathan Zeldes: Why and How to Communicate Across Company Lines

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Better yet, in some cases this allowed me to strike alliances and mount joint projects with like-minded engineers and managers – to the benefit of all our organizations. You can start with near-competitors – companies that use similar technologies but make different product lines. Will I see you there? Click here and register today !

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How to Get Over Your Inaction on Big Data

Harvard Business Review

For instance, a 2013 Gartner survey found that 64% of enterprises were deploying or planning big data projects, up from 58% the year before. Second, they’re inconsistent with the history of technology. They’re at the low end of what Schmarzo calls the big-data “maturity” spectrum. Technology'

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Don’t Try to Be a Publisher and a Platform at the Same Time

Harvard Business Review

It’s not technologically difficult for publishers to add platform-like elements, and vice versa. Toward the end of last year, one of the first platishers, Say Media, announced it was selling off its publishing properties to focus on its technological platform. But these differences are largely cultural.

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Ten Reasons Salespeople Lose Deals

Harvard Business Review

These interviews were conducted with salespeople across a wide variety of industries including high technology, telecommunications, financial services, consulting, industrial equipment, healthcare, and electronics, to name a few. At other accounts, prospective buyers weren't experienced with purchasing products. Product Commoditization.

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Ten Reasons Salespeople Lose Deals

Harvard Business Review

These interviews were conducted with salespeople across a wide variety of industries including high technology, telecommunications, financial services, consulting, industrial equipment, healthcare, and electronics, to name a few. At other accounts, prospective buyers weren't experienced with purchasing products. Product Commoditization.

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Don’t Write Off the (Western) Focused Firm Yet

Harvard Business Review

In his article “ Why Conglomerates Thrive (Outside the U.S.) ” in the December 2013 issue of the Harvard Business Review , J. Subsequently they become more knowledge-based, as you share technologies, brands and customer intelligence. Quite a respectable performance for a company operating in a fairly mature industry.

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

Harvard Business Review

Determined to feature a global perspective, the authors include narratives of executives within India-based IT company HCL Technologies, the German division of online auctioneer eBay, and the marketing division of automaker Volkswagen in Europe. Willing to Take Chances.