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VCs See Gold Rush in the HR Tech Scene

HR Digest

Core HR software is projected to peak at a CAGR of 9.4% from 2017 to 2025, owing to extensive tech in managing employees across the world. Core HR software is projected to peak at a CAGR of 9.4% from 2017 to 2025, owing to extensive tech in managing employees across the world.

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How We Think About Innovation at Cisco

Harvard Business Review

In the manufacturing sector alone, market intelligence firm IDC expects the IoT market to grow to about $100 billion by 2018, a five-year combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18%. Gartner predicts that there will be more than 6.4 To keep up, new standards, architectures, and infrastructures will have to develop at the same pace.

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Research Shows That Smaller M&A Deals Work Out Better

Harvard Business Review

WPP began the period in the middle of the pack, with an average economic profit of $8 million, but ended with a top-quintile-worthy $677 million and saw an 11% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) in total shareholder return over the decade. Axel Springer followed a similar path. Making M&A Part of a Combination Play.

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