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Consumers In Two Minds About Automated Deliveries

The Horizons Tracker

The team discovered that, on a societal level, there is work needed to reshape public perceptions regarding this imminent technological change. “We We need to think really carefully about the effect of these new technologies on people and communities, and to tune in to what they think about these changes,” the researchers explain.

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How to Improve Your Managerial Skills

Strategy Driven

Take Control of Your Official Website First and foremost, and especially if you have previously relied on other professionals for such a task, you need to familiarize yourself with the official company website for your business and seek to optimize SEO efficiency.

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Transforming Rural India Through Agricultural Innovation

Harvard Business Review

On my last trip to India, I witnessed an innovation experiment, National Agro Foundation (NAF) , that addresses this wicked problem. A large part of NAF’s effort with farmers is to help break their initial emotional barriers to new technologies. Corporate social responsibility India Innovation' NAF is an interesting experiment.

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How Companies Say They’re Using Big Data

Harvard Business Review

.” Survey respondents included Presidents, Chief Information Officers, Chief Analytics Officers, Chief Marketing Officers, and Chief Data Officers representing 50 industry giants, including American Express, Capital One, Disney, Ford Motors, General Electric, JP Morgan, MetLife, Nielsen, Turner Broadcasting, United Parcel Service, and USAA.

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How the Internet Saved Handmade Goods

Harvard Business Review

A recent article in The Economist , citing the work of Ryan Raffaelli at Harvard Business School, points to what it calls a “paradox” in the aftermath of disruptive innovation. That vestiges of old technologies linger on, capable of being resurrected into viable businesses again, doesn’t seem strange to us.

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Workforce Analytics Isn't as Scary as It Sounds

Harvard Business Review

ready to weigh and measure any parcel of human nature, and tell you what it comes to." Most importantly, they do fewer headcount reductions because they have lean and efficient workforces to begin with. How can we share insights and innovations that allow our employees to be more productive? Take Thomas Gradgrind in Hard Times.

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