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It's Time to Cut Back on Social Media

Harvard Business Review

Scheduled before the massive annual CES gathering, it's a powwow for bloggers and other social media enthusiasts, early adopters who are quick to jump on board the next great thing. At the New Media Expo, I also interviewed Nick Harris, head of digital marketing for Benjamin Moore.

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How Netflix Expanded to 190 Countries in 7 Years

Harvard Business Review

It also must face a diverse set of national regulatory restrictions, such as those that limit what content can be made available in local markets. In France and India, for example, homegrown leaders offer local-language video content, thus depriving Netflix of first-mover advantage.

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How Netflix Expanded to 190 Countries in 8 Years

Harvard Business Review

It also must face a diverse set of national regulatory restrictions, such as those that limit what content can be made available in local markets. In France and India, for example, homegrown leaders offer local-language video content, thus depriving Netflix of first-mover advantage.

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A Survey of 3,000 Executives Reveals How Businesses Succeed with AI

Harvard Business Review

Thirty percent of early AI adopters in our survey — those using AI at scale or in core processes — say they’ve achieved revenue increases, leveraging AI in efforts to gain market share or expand their products and services. Furthermore, early AI adopters are 3.5

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What Groupon and LivingSocial Cannot Offer

Harvard Business Review

LivingSocial is not the first to create a compelling coupon offer. That honor goes to the market leader, Groupon. The costs are clearly high, but companies with products that tend to generate early buzz seem to do very well. million units sold in a single day ). At least that is the conventional wisdom. Success begets success.