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Walgreens Boots Alliance Leadership Announces New Executive Team

HR Digest

He is also the finance chief for the healthcare segment, playing a dual role in furthering the reach of the company beyond neighborhood pharmacies towards the fast-growing areas of healthcare. “We We have a strong team with a track record of operational excellence and an unwavering commitment to the execution of our goals.

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Nabob and the Coffee Kerfuffle: How the 120-year-old brand managed to maintain its challenger status.

In the CEO Afterlife

This article was written by Jennifer Horn for the June 2016 issue of Strategy Magazine. The change in management, which included Bell and Powell, meant a big change in how the company would operate in the following decades. Nabob, you’re a feisty fella. Desperate times called for desperate measures.

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Robo-Advisers Are Coming to Consulting and Corporate Strategy

Harvard Business Review

At the end of 2016, Fitch Ratings estimated that all robo-advisors managed under U.S.$100B Companies are both operators and investors. By almost all accounts, companies at the digital frontier such as Google, Facebook, and Microsoft are investing vast amounts in AI—somewhere between $20 billion and $30 billion alone in 2016.

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A Board Member’s Guide to Corporate Political Spending

Harvard Business Review

The 2016 U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens wrote in the Citizens United campaign finance decision that “Business corporations must engage the political process in instrumental terms if they are to maximize shareholder value.” Experts predict it will surge even more in 2015-2016. million to the U.S.

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Uber Is Finally Realizing HR Isn’t Just for Recruiting

Harvard Business Review

By early 2016 there were 20 HR business partners, covering almost 6,000 employees. But with the departures of a number of high-level HR leaders in late 2016, head of operations Ryan Graves largely took on the head HR role in addition to his other duties. They are two sides of the same coin; one cannot exist without the other.

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Your Data Literacy Depends on Understanding the Types of Data and How They’re Captured

Harvard Business Review

First, data science and AI are affecting many industries globally, from healthcare and government to agriculture and finance. To take just one striking example, imagine if there had been a discussion around how to interpret probabilistic models in the run up to the 2016 U.S. presidential election. chance of winning and Trump a 28.6%

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