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60 Countries’ Digital Competitiveness, Indexed

Harvard Business

Consider the five most salient features of today’s digital landscape. Cross-border flows of digitally transmitted data have grown manifold, accounting for more than one-third of the increase in global GDP in 2014, even as the free-flow of goods and services and cross-border capital have ebbed in the aftermath of the 2008 recession.

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How Blockchain Applications Will Move Beyond Finance

Harvard Business

Insight Center. But bitcoin has been extremely successful at solving the problem it was designed for: allowing a global network to securely transact and exchange value without the need for a costly intermediary. Every party can verify the records of its transaction partners directly, without an intermediary.

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The Outside-In Approach to Customer Service - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM HBS EXECUTIVE EDUCATION

Harvard Business

And Gulati’s research, including interviews with 500 executives spanning industries and geographies, asserts that outside-in success is not confined to any one sector. A: Developing an outside-in orientation is difficult to achieve because it requires both insight and action. Join the conversation. With Ranjay Gulati.