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How Merck Is Trying to Keep Disrupters at Bay

Harvard Business Review

Pharmaceutical companies, buffeted by regulatory changes, new drug technologies that alter entry barriers and competition, price pressures, and an estimated 300,000 job cuts since 2000, seem to fit the popular narrative of large organizations unable to deal with disruptive forces. It’s not just products. Experimentation is vital.

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Robo-Advisers Are Coming to Consulting and Corporate Strategy

Harvard Business Review

Further, venture capitalists are jumping in with both feet. $4 Companies in every industry can benefit from making more data and algorithm-based decisions in areas of internal operations and finance. It seems only logical that they would extend into corporate strategy and finance.