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The Most (and Least) Empathetic Companies

Harvard Business Review

The top 10 companies in the Global Empathy Index 2015 increased in value more than twice as much as the bottom 10 and generated 50% more earnings. The Most (and Least) Empathetic Companies, 2015. Technology. Technology. Technology. Technology. Technology. Technology. Technology.

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14 Principles that Made Amazon

Skip Prichard

He is a leading authority on insurance, risk management, technology, and innovation. In the 2015 Letter he talks about the benefits of high-velocity decisions. Failure comes part and parcel with invention” (Bezos 2013 letter). Bezos 2015 Letter) To be clear, Amazon has an “intolerance for incompetence.”

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What to Do When Your Future Strategy Clashes with Your Present

Harvard Business Review

That could involve targeting new geographies, developing new products, taking advantage of new technologies, or devising new business models. This annual pool of resources and money is parceled out to the various initiatives in the innovation portfolio as those projects evolve and grow in importance over time. billion in 2010 to $4.9

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Europe’s Other Crisis: A Digital Recession

Harvard Business Review

While 44% of EU residents shopped online in 2014, a paltry 15% bought from another member state; barely up by six and a half percentage points since 2010, according to the European Commission’s (EC) “Digital Agenda Scoreboard 2015.” ’s digital state, its total economic gain could be to the tune of Eur 100 billion.

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