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Use Big Data to Create Value for Customers, Not Just Target Them

Harvard Business Review

In many industries, including travel, insurance, telecoms, music, and even automobiles, we are rapidly closing in on equalization of predictive capabilities across competitors, so there is little lasting competitive advantage to be gained from predicting the next purchase.

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How Blockchain Could Help Emerging Markets Leap Ahead

Harvard Business Review

It could create hyperefficient government with provably trustworthy infrastructure; new markets and opportunities for citizens to access the formal economy on equal terms; efficiencies of operations that lower prices and improve the quality of goods for all consumers; and a kickstart to high-tech innovation around the world.

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The Real Challenge to Turkey’s Economy Isn’t Terrorism

Harvard Business Review

This still renders Turkey as a good base of operations for many international businesses that are invested in the Middle East, Balkans, and the Caucasus – inherently high-risk areas. Turkey’s general credit rating is still higher than that of Brazil, Croatia, Portugal, Cyprus, and Serbia.

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