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The End of Banks as We Know Them?

Harvard Business Review

Last week my father received a phone call from the branch director of his long-standing bank to offer him a new product. Millions of people have lost confidence in banks. But the dissatisfaction and disappointment with our banks runs deeper. The last bank in my hometown closed a year ago. The two facts do not add up.

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The End of Banks as We Know Them?

Harvard Business Review

Last week my father received a phone call from the branch director of his long-standing bank to offer him a new product. Millions of people have lost confidence in banks. But the dissatisfaction and disappointment with our banks runs deeper. The last bank in my hometown closed a year ago. The two facts do not add up.

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The Disconnected Leader | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

If your CFO handles all communications with your banking relationships, and your Chief Investment Officer handles all of your investor relations, you’re flat out missing the boat. You know the issue of sequestered executives is a real problem when it’s main-stream enough to be made into a prime-time Reality TV show.

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Many Companies Still Don’t Know How to Compete in the Digital Age

Harvard Business Review

inch disk drives; LCD vs. CRT television; online vs. brick-and-mortar banks). Kodak accepted the pain of shuttering plants and laying off tens of thousands of film-factory workers. It dominated the ultra-profitable, digital-photo-kiosk market, even pushing archrival Fuji out of Walgreens’s retail-pharmacy juggernaut.

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The Faustian Bargain of Online Services

Harvard Business Review

In November 2009 I took leave from my academic position to serve as the Secretary General for Information Systems at the Greek Ministry of Finance. As embarrassing leaks from banks and spooks have amply demonstrated, keeping data secure isn''t easy, even for dedicated pros. Online marketing Social media Technology'

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The Costs of India’s Annual Budget Guessing Game

Harvard Business Review

Every February, businesses in India wait with bated breath for the country’s finance minister to announce the Union Budget. “One of the great things about India is its ability to over-celebrate everything from weddings to rain to the latest Rajinikanth film. Will taxes go up or down? Will new concessions be announced?