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Well Connected People Get Results

Coaching Tip

Of course, before anyone will want to look at your content, they have to find it, which is why you should also identify widely searched keywords related to you and your niche and then use these keywords in your site''s content. How People, Not Technology, Seal the Deal. . Relationships matter more than anything else.

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When Selling Digital Content, Let the Customer Set the Price

Harvard Business Review

Indeed, the shift of content to the digital domain has forced organizations to rethink their attitude to value creation, at times backtracking to the very issue of what “value” actually means. This tends to be favored approach of traditional content providers. How can business make money from digital content, then? Reputation.

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From Zipcar to the Sharing Economy

Harvard Business Review

True, they pioneered the creative use of technology to open up flexible new ways of renting a car. Accompanying these peer economy companies are others (like Zipcar) which simply leverage technology and lower transaction costs to make flexible renting a viable alternative to asset acquisition.

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What to Do Before You Fire a Pivotal Employee

Harvard Business Review

As noted in research by Paul Adler and Seok-Woo Kwon at the University of Southern California, a well-designed employee network essentially makes up the “social capital” of a company, due to all the assets or resources that can be mobilized through the network. You and Your Team. Hiring and Firing.

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How to Get the Most Out of a Conference

Harvard Business Review

“Today, probably even more than ever before, networks are a key form of social capital for achieving goals in both your professional and personal lives.” “I used to feel that I had to be at each and every session, but now I’m more strategic about choosing sessions based on the content.”

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How Blockchain Will Accelerate Business Performance and Power the Smart Economy - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM MICROSOFT

Harvard Business Review

Political economist Francis Fukuyama predicted a future when social capital would be as important as physical capital, and that only those societies with a high degree of social trust would be able to create large-scale organizations capable of competing in the new economy. Is blockchain appropriate?

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People Are Angry About Globalization. Here’s What to Do About It.

Harvard Business Review

Beyond the obvious implication that more education is better than less, it makes sense to delve into educational content that can support a cosmopolitan outlook. executives feel that they do not generally seem to have the kind of social capital that would cushion against a big sociopolitical backlash. Perhaps U.S.