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3 Major Challenges Financial Institutions Face When Implementing Business Insight Technology

Strategy Driven

If you’ve been in the market for new business insight technology, such as a financial services analytics solution, the benefits of these are obvious. Promises made by your technology partner, such as increased analytics capabilities and improved compliance with regulators, are probably at the top of your mind. A Resistant Culture.

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What BirchBox Founders Learned at Harvard Business School That Helped Ignite Their Company

Women on Business

Simone Brummelhuis of The Next Women shares some of the lessons that Katia and Hayley learned at Harvard, which helped them achieve such quick success: They defined the brand and their elevator pitch. They hired an experienced Chief Technology Officer, Liz Crawford. They purchased a key competitor in Europe, JolieBox.

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How to Stop Selling Your Ideas and Start Enrolling People in Them

Next Level Blog

These days, Donagh is the chief technology officer for the restaurant company, Bloomin’ Brands. That idea comes from Donagh Herlihy who, when I interviewed him for the first edition of The Next Level back in 2005, was the CIO for Avon.

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#WBF11 Gary Burnison - Korn Ferry and Angela Ahrendts - Burberry

CEO Blog

Burberry is a leading UK consumer brand of clothing, handbags etc. It is the 4th fastest growing global brand (although I am sure that will increase when people read this blog entry) She moved Burberry from a struggling company that was known for trench coats to a highly successful mid/highend brand. in revenue.

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How to deal with cyber-attacks: publicly or privately?

Strategy Driven

On the other, while private companies aren’t under the same legal obligations in terms of disclosure, and while the short-term consequences may be less impactful, these companies still face long-term pitfalls, such as lost trust and tarnished brands. About the Author.

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How Technology Is Transforming Retail - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM Ocado

Harvard Business Review

By Paul Clarke, Chief Technology Officer, Ocado. Across the retail landscape, a war is going on, and the battles are being fought on multiple fronts: business models, channels, brands, customers, technologies, and more. The big retailers are getting squeezed and disintermediated at both ends.

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How an Online Grocery Platform Could Reshape Retail as We Know It - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM OCADO

Harvard Business Review

By Paul Clarke, Chief Technology Officer, Ocado. Online grocery delivery requires dealing with irregularly shaped products with many different form factors, multiple storage temperature regimens, short shelf lives, and food technology constraints about what can be packed with what.

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