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What We Talk About When We Talk About "Social"

Harvard Business Review

The term "social media" was popularized by Chris Shipley in 2004 , as she described the impact of influencers and bloggers in shaping product adoption, more so than traditional media outlets. Because it includes the word media , and the genesis is marketing, most people think of this as the stuff the CMO and their team worry about.

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

Harvard Business Review

At the same time, we will localize production in big end-use markets like Saudi Arabia. executives feel that they do not generally seem to have the kind of social capital that would cushion against a big sociopolitical backlash. But it is not clear what it does to help address the rage building at home in the U.S. Perhaps U.S.