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First Mover or Fast Follower?

Harvard Business Review

Transformational developments are swirling around the banking industry — as they are in nearly every industry. Companies like Citigroup are reimagining bank branches. Many of these trends seem to fit historical patterns of transformation , which means banks need to up their innovation game. Do the panelists agree?".

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Build Your Bench Strength Without Breaking the Bank

Harvard Business Review

Many social enterprises start small and grow fast. This puts a premium on the need to develop, or recruit, talented people who can take on evolving roles and responsibilities. Leaders plead lack of time and money to make development a priority. How do you develop, or hire, the staff you will need? But it was growing fast.

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The New New International Economic Order

Harvard Business Review

The choice of who will lead the World Bank has been made. It was a much-watched contest, as many had thought it might turn out otherwise—that the old boys' bargain, under which an American gets to lead the World Bank and a European gets the IMF, would cave in to pressure from everyone else. But haven't we heard this before?

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Why Companies That Wait to Adopt AI May Never Catch Up

Harvard Business Review

While some companies — most large banks, Ford and GM, Pfizer, and virtually all tech firms — are aggressively adopting artificial intelligence, many are not. They are planning to be “fast followers” — a strategy that has worked with most information technologies. System Development Time.

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The Right Entry Point for Emerging Markets

Harvard Business Review

The topic — part of a series on innovation sponsored by Singapore's Economic Development Board and coordinated by Harvard Business Review — was "What's the Right Entry Point for Emerging Markets: Target Customers at the Bottom or the Middle of the Pyramid?". billion by 2030. You also need to re-think how you organize.