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What Inclusive Urban Development Can Look Like

Harvard Business

One of us is an urban theorist, the other a community-focused real estate developer. EDENS, of which the latter is CEO, has led the revitalization of the 45-acre Union Market district in Northeast Washington, DC. The Union Market challenge. They are certainly important components, but they are not enough.

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The Tale of the Invisible Intruder

Kraft Kennedy

In a typical horror film, the victim goes about their normal day, blissfully unaware of a sinister character lurking in the shadows, ready to pounce. We’re sharing a real-life cautionary tale of a business development professional at a mid-sized law firm in New York City who experienced the dark side of tech savvy bad actors.

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How Netflix’s Content Strategy Is Reshaping Movie Culture

Harvard Business

” If you’ve seen Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, that one line probably conjures up memories of Oh yeah, chicka chicka, Ferraris, playing hooky, and dating in high school — all of which feature heavily in the hit coming-of-age film. This is how Blockbuster used to operate, at least when it came to mainstream domestic films.

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Driverless technology: a soon-to-be reality?

Tom Spencer

Flash forward over 30 years, much of the tech that the film predicted has come true. Traditional carmakers are desperately trying to catch up with tech companies who have had a head start in developing driverless tech. But one thing it didn’t get right was the flying cars; instead, the closest thing we have are driverless cars.

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Kodak’s Downfall Wasn’t About Technology

Harvard Business

Today, the term increasingly serves as a corporate bogeyman that warns executives of the need to stand up and respond when disruptive developments encroach on their market. Given that Kodak’s core business was selling film, it is not hard to see why the last few decades proved challenging. Consider Fuji Photo Film.

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4 Autopsies of Big Change Management Failures

LSA Global

Borders began as a standard bricks-and-mortar bookstore in Michigan in 1971 and grew to employ almost 20,000 workers before it ceased operations in 2011. The third and final nail on the coffin was that they didn’t read their market right – a fatal change management mistake. foresee the necessity for change soon enough or.

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Why Western Digital Firms Have Failed in China

Harvard Business

However, they have all failed in China, the world’s largest digital market. Google, for example, has succeeded in dominating many foreign markets that have radically different political systems and cultures (including Indonesia, Thailand, and Saudi Arabia). imposing technological platforms developed for the U.S.