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How To Reduce Business Expenses

HR Digest

The use of cloud computing can help to save hardware and operational cost. Also, the buck money spent on marketing can actually be reduced when social media and online marketing is applied. Not just about the cost reduction, it also gives the business a wider range of profit-making opportunity. Reduce production cost.

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China’s Slowdown: The First Stage of the Bullwhip Effect

Harvard Business Review

During an economic crisis, the exaggerated decline in orders can be especially damaging to upstream suppliers that have high fixed costs tied to production assets. As the bullwhip roars and media reports increase the fear in the marketplace, companies can expect consumers to become more frugal. Strategies to Implement Now.

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Joint Ventures Reduce the Risk of Major Capital Investments

Harvard Business Review

In many industries, the capital required to build an asset of minimum efficient scale is growing. For instance, the cost of building and equipping a leading-edge semiconductor fab has climbed to $7 billion, as the technology required to make more advanced chips is getting more complex.

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The New Psychology of Business Models

Ask Atma

He defined the information float as the amount of time information spends in any media channel. Today, technologies such as social media, smart phones, high-speed data mining, ubiquitously networked electronic devices, etc… have precipitated the collapse of the customer feedback float. SEO, SMO and other new media stats.

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Solving the Internet's Congestion Problem

Harvard Business Review

It is outpacing the internet's, and Internet Service Providers', ability to efficiently deliver it. It's the growing fidelity demands of today's internet population, as they transition from text, image, and standard-definition media-sharing, to high-definition (and even 4K) file transfer. We're facing a congestion crisis.

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Solving the Internet's Congestion Problem

Harvard Business Review

It is outpacing the internet's, and Internet Service Providers', ability to efficiently deliver it. It's the growing fidelity demands of today's internet population, as they transition from text, image, and standard-definition media-sharing, to high-definition (and even 4K) file transfer. We're facing a congestion crisis.

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The U.S. Media’s Problems Are Much Bigger than Fake News and Filter Bubbles

Harvard Business Review

media has come under intense scrutiny, with analysts , politicians, and even journalists themselves accusing it of bias and sensationalism — of having failed us — in its coverage of the presidential election. The media did exactly what it was designed to do, given the incentives that govern it. my answer is a sobering no.

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