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It’s High Time Airlines Got Personal

BCG

Airlines need to get personal with their customers. Thanks to digital innovators such as Amazon and Netflix—not to mention travel industry disruptors such as Uber and Air-bnb—consumers’ expectations are on the rise. If other companies can offer a customized experience, why can’t a hotel or an airline?

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5 Questions to Stress Test Your Unique Value Proposition

LSA Global

For example, one of our Biotech clients focuses exclusively on ultra-rare diseases, one of our high tech clients concentrates solely on the Fortune 500 on the West Coast, and one of our services clients centers their organization entirely around companies that are a “hot mess.” When Should You Stress Test Your Unique Value Proposition?

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What If Banks Were the Main Protectors of Customers’ Private Data?

Harvard Business

The obvious consequence from these trends is that the big tech firms will find it increasingly difficult to legally use the personal data they collect. One obvious possibility is that a few big tech companies — such as Apple, or maybe someone new — could become consumers’ data guardians. Mark Wilson/Getty Images.

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The Barriers to Recruiting and Employing Digital Talent

Harvard Business

But it’s particularly difficult for large, traditional firms , especially those which operate in consolidated, non-growth industries (think pulp and paper, steel, airlines) and which are often located away from the metropolitan areas where data scientists live. And they can create a lot of value by generating new business.

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Why consulting?

Management Consulted

For instance, we examined predatory pricing in the airline industry and illegal product tying by Apple, Microsoft, and AT&T. For instance, we examined predatory pricing in the airline industry and illegal product tying by Apple, Microsoft, and AT&T. What we didn’t expect was the diversity of responses! You wowed us!

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Data From 3.5 Million Employees Shows How Innovation Really Works

Harvard Business

What if we applied the same thinking to innovation? What if we applied the same thinking to innovation? After all, innovation, like marketing and sales, is a pipeline. The innovation teams at these companies use them to track and process all the ideas and whether the company committed to putting them into practice.

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9 Sustainable Business Stories That Shaped 2016

Harvard Business

The UN also agreed to slash emissions from the airline industry. In 2016, two dwarf the rest: the election of Donald Trump and significant action on climate change. So let’s focus on these two first, and then run quickly through seven other interesting stories. The early signs from the Trump team are not promising, in my view.

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