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17 High-Paying Jobs for Women

HR Digest

To qualify, pharmacists need a Doctor of Pharmacy degree and must be licensed. Computer and information systems managers. It is a fast growing field and attracts a lot of entrepreneurs and innovators. Education administrators manage the administration, support systems and activities at an educational institution.

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Hospital Budget Systems Are Holding Back Innovation

Harvard Business Review

health care system. The audience for such innovation wants to be receptive: A recent American Hospital Association (AHA) survey found that 75% of senior hospital executives endorsed the importance of digital innovation. Yet, despite their stated enthusiasm, hospitals have been notoriously slow to adopt digital innovations.

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If Greece Embraces Uncertainty, Innovation Will Follow

Harvard Business Review

Many politicians and commentators mention two critical factors in accomplishing this: increasing innovative capacity and reducing bureaucracy. The data in the graph above demonstrate the link between innovation, bureaucracy, and uncertainty. But Greece cannot stop there. National competitiveness Economics & Society Europe'

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Sustainability in Financial Services Is Not About Being Green

Harvard Business Review

As a result, institutions in the financial services sector risk losing their license to operate — the permission to conduct business granted by customers, partners, and government. Since no one can know what the source of the next systemic financial crisis will be, regulation can only do so much.

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What Should an Apple Car Be?

Harvard Business Review

Tim Cook recently confirmed that Apple is working on ‘autonomous systems.’ A teenager old enough to drive is twice as likely to have a smartphone as they are a driver’s license. One way to appeal to this demographic (and to the parents who often finance young drivers’ transportation) is to focus on safety.

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Why Apple Is Getting into the Energy Business

Harvard Business Review

This summer, the company applied for federal licenses to sell directly to customers the excess renewable energy it generates on its new campus and in facilities across Oregon, Nevada, and California. Consider Apple, hardly a byword in the energy business. California, Texas, and most of the U.S. electric demand.

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Taxpayers Helped Apple, but Apple Won't Help Them

Harvard Business Review

It also received its early stage finance from the U.S. government, which through DARPA and other initiatives stands out worldwide for its astoundingly positive track record in funding true innovation. An even bigger question for the American taxpayer is whether such support leads to a "parasitic" innovation eco-system.