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Diversification Putting Pressure on FinTech Executives

N2Growth Blog

With technology reshaping the global business landscape, many companies will be pushed to fundamentally reconsider their ways of doing international business, diversifying into new product categories and adopting a “borderless” expansion model. By Vera Sharova & Teodora Cosic.

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What Netflix and Starbucks Know About Cash Flow

Harvard Business Review

As Steve Hasker, Nielsen Global President, says , American consumers now have a second 40 hour per week job: consuming media, much of which now streams over phones and computers. Converting consumer certainty into consumer cash flow is a key part of making money from digital business models, many of which use subscription models.

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We Can’t Study Short-Termism Without the Right Metrics

Harvard Business Review

The McKinsey Global Institute, in conjunction with FCLT Global, recently released research stating that long-term-oriented companies perform better than those that focus on short-term results. But the other indicators probably pick up legitimate differences in how companies in the sample operate, as opposed to whether they are myopic.

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A Tool to Map Your Next Digital Initiative

Harvard Business Review

It includes changes in how an organization interacts with its customers, citizens, or patients; in operational processes; in business models; in supply chain relationships; and in how employees use information to generate insight. Operations in a Connected World. Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture.

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Telecom's Competitive Solution: Outsourcing?

Harvard Business Review

Due to huge capital requirements, these investments could exert considerable pressure on the working capital of the carrier company. Bharti's innovative business model converted fixed costs in capital expenditure to a variable cost based on usage of capacity. telecom providers should take notice.