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Small Businesses Need Help To Achieve Net Zero

The Horizons Tracker

A recent study , from the University of Portsmouth, has found that small businesses are eager to enhance their sustainability efforts, but are hindered by insufficient technology, resources, and government backing. The rush to reach Net Zero has been one that most businesses have taken on board.

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How Innovation Boosts Profitability

The Horizons Tracker

The latest such evidence comes via research from the University of Technology Sydney, which shows how the most innovative Australian companies are also those that post the highest profits and stock returns. They found that the most innovative firms achieved 1.95% higher growth in profitability each year than their less innovative peers.

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Constructing an Office in a Desert: 4 points to look for

Strategy Driven

People often visit deserts for tourism purposes. HVAC systems. Thankfully, we now have the gift of technology with us to fight extreme weather. Deserts are an unforgiving place for people who are not prepared for it. Visiting a desert is all fun and games but working in a desert is a different ball game altogether.

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How to Lead in High Turbulence – 5 Lessons from the Tunisian revolution

Strategy Driven

I was asked to be Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research, and Information & Communication Technologies. Just like a technology company, we intentionally physically set up our “lab” on the opposite side of Tunis, far from the main body of government. Tawfik Jelassi is IMD Professor of Strategy and Technology Management.

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The Most (and Least) Empathetic Companies

Harvard Business Review

Technology. Technology. Technology. Technology. Cisco Systems. Technology. Technology. Travel & Tourism. Travel & Tourism. Travel & Tourism. Technology. Technology. Technology. Technology. BAE Systems. Technology. Tesla Motor.

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The Mainstreaming of Augmented Reality: A Brief History

Harvard Business Review

Aside from complex technological advances (e.g., Aside from complex technological advances (e.g., But it also has implications for areas outside of entertainment, such as marketing, fashion, tourism, and retail, where commercial AR apps have already been increasing in numbers and popularity.

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3 Mistakes in U.S. Health Care That Emerging Economies Can’t Afford to Repeat

Harvard Business Review

The health care system in the United States, with its technological prowess and massive infrastructure, often serves as a reference point for rapidly developing economies around the world while they build their own medical systems. Basing a system on fee-for-service payment. Victor Albrow/Getty Images.