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How Nokia Embraced the Emotional Side of Strategy

Harvard Business

Recall that Nokia dominated the mobile and smartphone markets in 2007-2008 when Apple launched the iPhone and Google the Android operating system. But after a few discussions, it looked reasonable, specifically in terms of the financial metrics.”

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business

Wal-Mart, for example, aimed to double fleet efficiency between 2005 and 2015 through better routing, truck loading, driver training, and advanced technologies. In that year, these improvements resulted in 15,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions avoided and savings of nearly $11 million. 3%; a market capitalization loss of $378M per firm.”

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Earnings "Beat the Street" Manipulation Underway as Profit Warnings Mount

MishTalk

Earnings Insight Let''s dive into the FactSet Earnings Insight Report for first quarter of 2015. Key Metrics Earnings Growth: For Q115, year-over-year earnings for the S&P 500 are projected to decline by 4.6%. Earnings Revisions: On December 31, the estimated earnings growth rate for Q1 2015 was 4.2%. average for the index.

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How Streaming Is Changing Music (Again)

Harvard Business

The age of streaming music has arrived in full force, displacing both physical sales (e.g., album sales, both physical and digital, have plummeted from a peak of 785 million in 2000 to just 241 million in 2015. CDs) and downloaded songs (e.g., As streaming has taken hold, U.S.

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The U.S. Media’s Problems Are Much Bigger than Fake News and Filter Bubbles

Harvard Business

Like marketers, politicians obsess over messaging (what journalists would call “content”) and a few key metrics that historically have determined success: amount of television advertising, number of “foot soldiers,” intensity of get-out-the-vote operations, and voter demographics. That is some group of people.

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