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What’s Driving Superstar Companies, Industries, and Cities

Harvard Business Review

These “superstar” sectors include financial services such as banking, insurance, and asset management, professional services, internet and software, real estate, and pharmaceuticals and medical products. Acquisitions, bold investment in intangible assets, and attracting talent can ultimately make the difference.

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Startups Could Fundamentally Change the Way Big Investors Operate

Harvard Business Review

Large investors rely on an assortment of intermediaries to help them with their investment activities, including asset managers, such as hedge funds, investment banks, and consultants. How is this state of affairs possible?