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Where Do They Go To Get Business Advice?

Strategy Driven

Businesses operate at a pace such that they grab for help wherever it is available. Conferences. Material published or broadcast in the media. Cross-industry cooperative initiatives. More often than not, they reach toward the wrong resources, the untied advisors and sources that send them down rabbit holes. Researchers.

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Should You Share a Room on a Business Trip?

Harvard Business Review

Years ago, when I worked at Holt, Rhinehart & Winston Educational and Professional Publishing , my female superior and I attended a national teacher''s conference in San Antonio, and were forced to share a hotel room because of a late booking. For Young, "the best thing about attending conferences is connecting with other like-minded women."

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Is Your Company Ready for the Rise of Smart Cities?

Harvard Business Review

Telecom operators often provide the backbone communication networks required to run systems and applications. The technology and media company Intersection builds on revenue from advertisers to offer cities free “Links” kiosks to expand public Wi-Fi. Pharmacies are adding telemedicine kiosks. That mandate is worth keeping.

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How an NBA Team Thinks About Data, Talent, and Pricing

Harvard Business Review

Between ticket sales, sponsorships, merchandising, and media rights, Price Waterhouse Coopers estimates global sports revenues will grow to total roughly $145 billion. These aren’t mom and pop operations anymore. We now have entire conferences dedicated to the analytics of our business and our basketball operations.

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Solving the Internet's Congestion Problem

Harvard Business Review

It's the growing fidelity demands of today's internet population, as they transition from text, image, and standard-definition media-sharing, to high-definition (and even 4K) file transfer. Today, billions of people are increasingly using the same pipes to deliver billions of HD media files. We're facing a congestion crisis.

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Solving the Internet's Congestion Problem

Harvard Business Review

It's the growing fidelity demands of today's internet population, as they transition from text, image, and standard-definition media-sharing, to high-definition (and even 4K) file transfer. Today, billions of people are increasingly using the same pipes to deliver billions of HD media files. We're facing a congestion crisis.

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What BMW’s Corporate VC Offers That Regular Investors Can’t

Harvard Business Review

The prevalent model of startup cooperation in recent years has been corporate venture capital and accelerators (CVC&A). Third, corporate VCs and accelerators are costly and complex to operate, turning them into a slow and expensive innovation tool. Moreover, it has been highly praised by startups, VCs, and the media.