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Clean Energy Transition: Business Risks and Opportunities

Tom Spencer

While there are many risks and obstacles involved in being an innovation leader – producing products not supported by the current infrastructure, creating more waste than recycling, and the high cost and limited capacity of existing energy storage methods – these problems also represent opportunities for innovation and growth.

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Blockchain Startup 101: A blue print for launching a successful blockchain-based startup

Tom Spencer

They created a product or service which solved a problem that no body cared enough about. Segway is a classic example of such a product. The upright scooter was supposed to revolutionize transportation but all it did was make riders looks silly and self-satisfied. This may be one reason why so many startups fail.

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Using AI to Invent New Medical Tests

Harvard Business

Artificial Intelligence, which has already had a major impact on industries such as transportation, retail, energy, and banking, is only just beginning to be applied in medicine. The method we developed utilizes smartphone technology in combination with algorithmic analysis of ECG recordings. clem onojeghuo/unsplash.

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Two Ways to Break into India’s Consumer Market

Harvard Business

However, recent developments have opened new doors for consumer product companies to expand their presence and sales in India, at much lower risks. But import duties, taxes, transportation costs, and slow supply chains can cause the market size to be very limited in India with such an approach.

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Tariffs Are the Wrong Way to Fight Unfair Trade Practices

Harvard Business

Those subsidies stimulate excess production, depress market prices, and enable SOE-produced products to capture market share beyond accepted norms of competition. of China’s aluminum production, the tariffs will neither reduce China’s global exports of these metals nor constrain its SOEs. Given that only 2% of U.S.

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The Brattle Group Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

The most recent development was opening an office in Toronto to effectively and quickly service The Brattle Group’s cold but lovely Canadian clients. Intellectual property. Product liability. They hire and develop some of the best and the brightest in our industry. THE BRATTLE GROUP ORGANIZATION. Accounting.

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Intellectual property. In 2005, the firm developed their first 5-year plan with a goal to double revenues from approximately $427M to $1B in 5 years. There are 2 Senior Vice Presidents as well – one heads up Strategic Development and the other serves as Controller and Chief Accounting Officer. Intellectual Property.