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HP Headed to Hotel California?

Women on Business

HP Has Decreasing Product Quality. HP used to be synonymous with great products, but lately quality is not the immediate adjective you would jump to when you describe HP Products. It has all the bells and whistles; its wireless, Bluetooth compatible and an all in one (fax, scanner, and printer) machine.

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Apple's iPhone Pricing Strategy: Good, Not Great

Harvard Business Review

As it always does, the company showcased a new and improved iPhone model — the 5S — which provides faster processing, a better camera, and James Bond-like fingerprint security technology. Often times a premium product with large market share encounters a new wave of competition that is winning customers via rock bottom prices.

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Appleā€™s iPhone Pricing Strategy: Good, Not Great

Harvard Business Review

As it always does, the company showcased a new and improved iPhone model — the 5S — which provides faster processing, a better camera, and James Bond-like fingerprint security technology. Often times a premium product with large market share encounters a new wave of competition that is winning customers via rock bottom prices.

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How to Compete When IT Is Abundant

Harvard Business Review

Carr predicted that an organization''s ability to compete through investing in information technology was about to change dramatically. The IT boom of the 1980s and early ''90s had brought information technology to the corporate masses, unleashing the first full-scale technology revolution in the enterprise. Why is this?

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What Health Care Can Learn from the Transformation of Financial Services

Harvard Business Review

In response, these companies made three significant shifts in their offerings: (1) they turned services into products; (2) they improved convenience while lowering cost; and (3) they leveraged big data to provide tailored customer solutions. Turn services into products. Insight Center. Innovating for Value in Health Care.

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Mobile Money Is Driving Africaā€™s Cashless Future

Harvard Business Review

With no means to track sales, little data is available, and channels are too fragmented for companies to forecast production and distribution with any degree of accuracy. And cellular technology is leading the way. Financial services in Africa are experiencing a moment of exciting change. These trends are not limited to customers.

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The Stakeholders You Need to Close a Big Deal

Harvard Business Review

Based on many years as a business founder, advisor, and investor, I would argue that getting the green light has as much to do with understanding human nature as it does with business fundamentals and finances. OnLive’s product enabled high-end video games to be hosted in the cloud and played from any device.