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Gain The Funding You Need To Grow Your Business

Strategy Driven

Growing your business is important and it’s one of the measures of a company to determine whether it is successful. If your business remains stagnant on the market for too long then the longevity of your model will almost certainly be called into question. However, growth does cost money.

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Ratings Agencies Are the Darnedest Things

Harvard Business Review

Starting in the 1970s, though, the business model shifted. The Securities and Exchange Commission began using the ratings issued by what they called Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations (and yes, they actually do use the acronym NRSRO) to judge whether securities firms' balance sheets were solid enough.

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The Impact of the Blockchain Goes Beyond Financial Services

Harvard Business Review

Much of the hype around blockchains has focused on their potential to fundamentally change the financial services industry – by dropping the cost and complexity of financial transactions, making the world’s unbanked a viable new market, and improving transparency and regulation.

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Using Digital Exhaust to Improve Sales

Harvard Business Review

These insights spurred the company to realign its sales force to match the intended coverage model. How Digital Business Models Are Changing. It notifies a company if one of its competitors files a credit check on a customer, signaling potential defection. Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture. No strategy is static.

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Incremental Fixes Won’t Save the U.S. Health Care System

Harvard Business Review

These were intended to drive change in the market. Few ACOs have done the hard work of changing how health care is delivered — moving from a physician-centric “doctor-knows-all” model to a patient-centric model that relies on a team and collaboration. The ACA did launch several value-based initiatives.