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Stopping Data Breaches Will Require Help from Governments

Harvard Business Review

As a result, our collective cybersecurity is diminished: we do not harness the enhanced security or efficiencies that a more collaborative approach to threat intelligence and defense would yield. economy it should issue pragmatic, cost-effective operational guidance to companies on how to defend against evolving risks.

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The Commoditization of Scale

Harvard Business Review

In other words, the advantages of size gave some companies a bit of safe harbor. Packaged food companies like Kraft and Pepsi use their scale to penetrate markets quickly and efficiently. Minimum efficient scale is getting smaller and smaller. Scale economics has been one of the last bastions from the competitive storm.

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How to Reduce Primary Care Doctors’ Workloads While Improving Care

Harvard Business Review

Much of the current thinking about new service-delivery models is based on the notion that cost and efficiency of care delivery can be enhanced by directing more patients to primary care. Just imagine the operational demand if primary care providers also had to actively monitor their patients’ health data between office visits.

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Clinton’s Proposals on Stock Buybacks Don’t Go Far Enough

Harvard Business Review

That said, the safe harbor provision of Rule 10b-18 that currently enables a company to repurchase on any one day up to 25% of its stock’s average daily trading volume over the previous four weeks should be eliminated. If Clinton wants to attack short-termism, she should call for the repeal of SEC Rule 10b-18.