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3 Ways M&A Is Different When You’re Acquiring a Digital Company

Harvard Business Review

However, only 11% described themselves as being either “mature” or “advanced” on the learning curve. So, what do you need to know to get up the learning curve? In March 2016, Thales purchased Vormetric, the growing cybersecurity firm, for $400 million, which was 5.7 Insight Center.

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Executives Fail to Execute Strategy Because They’re Too Internally Focused

Harvard Business Review

In 2016, it was estimated that 67% of well-formulated strategies failed due to poor execution. In a global food company I worked with, the new head of marketing announced that 40% of the coming year’s revenue would be generated from new product launches. Imagno/Getty Images. The Gap Between Strategy and Execution.

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A Survey of 3,000 Executives Reveals How Businesses Succeed with AI

Harvard Business Review

While it’s clear that CEOs need to consider AI’s business implications, the technology’s nascence in business settings makes it less clear how to profitably employ it. We include five categories of AI technology systems: robotics and autonomous vehicles, computer vision, language, virtual agents, and machine learning.).

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