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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

More importantly, by changing your organization's leadership development mindset, you can create the momentum needed to build a talent pipeline that will keep your organization strong as you grow, and grow fast. Follow the Scaling Social Impact insight center on Twitter @ScalingSocial and register to stay informed and give us feedback.

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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.

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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.

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The Right Entry Point for Emerging Markets

Harvard Business Review

After all, the World Bank estimates that the number of middle class consumers in emerging markets will jump from 420 million today to more than 1.2 A version of this question came up, and my answer was to always be one step ahead of fast-followers by having a robust pipeline that kept people on their toes. billion by 2030.

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What's Wrong With America's Innovation Policies

Harvard Business Review

China's brilliant "Fast Follower" innovation policy is generating the biggest transfer of technology in history. It isn't producing results in terms of new companies, jobs, or economic growth in general, yet billions more flow into NIH and universities every year. global competitiveness.