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India’s Gig Economy : the Future of Work for Women ?

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Digital labour platforms can enhance women’s economic empowerment and contribute to gender equality in the Indian labour market. License and Republishing: The views expressed in this article India’s Gig Economy : the Future of Work for Women ?

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Tim Cook and Apple's Tricky Next Steps

Harvard Business Review

Like many entrepreneurial founders, he did it by force of personality and personal vision, without much concern for consensus or committees. The problem is that, in order to make the bold moves that keep companies from succumbing to creative destruction, leaders need license to act. And founder entrepreneurs have incredible license.

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NewTV Is the Antithesis of a Lean Startup. Can It Work?

Harvard Business Review

Since NewTV won’t be making the content, it will be licensing from and partnering with traditional entertainment producers. Because the amount of customer discovery and product-market fit you need to find is inversely proportional to the amount and availability of risk capital. It’s the antithesis of the lean startup.

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Biometrics Won’t Solve Our Data-Security Crisis

Harvard Business Review

Your driver’s license is the default proof of identity for everything from flying domestically to buying a new house. For instance, based on your credit score, profession, age group, or zip code, marketers infer that you fit into specific marketing demographics. In a global market where 144 million unique U.S.

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Centralized Decision Making Helps Kill Bad Products

Harvard Business Review

They invest significant resources in research, marketing, and distribution. Our research suggests that, on average, more centralized decision making structures are more likely to pull poorly performing products from the market. Firms might leave products on the market well past their prime. Killing products isn’t easy.

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Calculate How Much Your Company Should Invest in Innovation

Harvard Business Review

Identifying this so-called “growth gap” is critical, because the bigger the gap, the more a company needs to look beyond its current offerings, markets, and business models to find growth opportunities. By reaching new customers in current markets? By stealing share from current competitors?

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How To Choose The Next Head of the Fed

Harvard Business Review

At the moment, there seems to be little consensus on just how the two differ and which differences matter most. It should be drawn as a question of growth strategy and economic policy, ensuring that Western companies retain their license to operate in the future global economy.

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