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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. Where most managers are forced to spend their days figuring out the next best iteration on their products or services, a handful of companies have been able to exploit scale instead of vision in their pursuit of profit. So what's the solution?

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How the Apple/FBI Fight Risks the Whole U.S. Tech Industry

Harvard Business Review

But from an economic perspective, that cost is being born almost entirely by the one bright spot in the American economy: the technology sector. But underlying this revolution is something else, which is just as critical as the technology itself: trust. technology firms. Government’s policies on national security.

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Brexit Could Deepen Europe’s Digital Recession

Harvard Business Review

” Vodaphone is considering moving its headquarters out of the UK and its CEO Vittorio Colao had told the BBC that a Brexit would preclude it from a giant new single market. The digital talent market in the UK is already tight. Scaling Up Will be Harder Without Common Platforms and a Single Market.