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For Some Platforms, Network Effects Are No Match for Local Know-How

Harvard Business

Grab, which launched its service in 2012 with 40 drivers in Malaysia, came late to the ride-hailing game, only after Uber had established a formidable position in the United States. Recruit Holdings started out in the 1960s as an advertising company that published magazines for job seekers. job websites Indeed and Glassdoor.)

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Stop Letting Email Control Your Work Day

Harvard Business

One of the very first lectures I give each year to new MBA students is about time management. By the time they arrive in my classroom, they are two days into the fall term, and I can already see that some of them are barely keeping their heads above water. Covey’s time management matrix is a good tool for this.