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Putting Humans at the Center of Health Care Innovation

Harvard Business

In 2016, another event focused on the opioid-use crisis in Massachusetts and resulted in 18 innovation proposals. This can result in favoring projects promising a quick ROI over riskier projects offering bigger impact in the long-term. Establishing appropriate performance metrics and assigning attribution.

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How Blockchain Can Help Marketers Build Better Relationships with Their Customers

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In 2016, HubSpot published a research study showing that a majority of Internet users dislike most forms of pop-ups and mobile ads and see online advertisement as intrusive and negatively disruptive. In 2016, Google is reported to have generated an average of $73 per active user via ads. Ending the Google-Facebook Advertising Duopoly.

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What Creativity in Marketing Looks Like Today

Harvard Business

Each outbound communication is measured individually for immediate ROI. The metrics also changed. However, recently they began to take a more holistic approach, focusing on lifetime value and their most profitable segment, the “fashionable spender.”

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How Ford Is Thinking About the Future

Harvard Business

To help test drive the future, in 2016 Ford paid about $50 million to acquire Chariot, a startup mobility service. Establish new rules, norms, and metrics. Ford’s core business of designing, manufacturing, and selling cars and trucks is governed by long-established business rules, behavioral norms, and success metrics.