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Consultant Ninja: The Financial Crisis is a Wicked Problem.

Consultant Ninja

Unlike many developing countries, The US recognizes the critical nature of intellectual property protection in order to encourage development. I am a strategy consultant at. The US is still a major innovation center both financially (harder to measure) and technologically. April 6, 2009 at 9:34 AM. Anthony Jen.

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Research: Self-Disruption Can Hurt the Companies That Need It the Most

Harvard Business

electric utilities during 2008-2015—a period in which the decentralized model was in its uncertain, nascent phase. Think here of enterprise-software developers such as Microsoft, SAP, and Oracle, who are undergoing the disruptive change to cloud-based software service. A rare natural experiment.

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How Multinationals Can Adapt to a Political Mood That Doesn’t Care for Them at All

Harvard Business

The economic gains for developing countries have been extraordinary. The financial crisis of 2008 is often attributed to deregulation and unfettered capitalism. Already, the World Trade Organization reports a rise in protectionist measures by the G20 countries, with 1,583 added since 2008 and only 387 removed.