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The Hidden Costs of Initial Coin Offerings

Harvard Business

More recently, it has gained attention as a way to finance new ventures, through what is known as an Initial Coin Offering (ICO). Less noticed, though, is ICOs appear almost antithetical to the standard approach to financing a risky venture. In fact, ICOs have upended the conventional pattern of staged experimentation and fundraising.

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A.T. Kearney Interview & Culture

Management Consulted

Kearney’s digital business service aims to help these companies stay at the top of their game in the digital world – separating hype from potential digital disruptors & developing specific digital strategies designed around the company’s capabilities. Innovation. Organization & Transformation. Strategic IT.

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What the Best Transformational Leaders Do

Harvard Business

Transformational CEOs Tend to be “Insider Outsiders” The list is topped by companies headed by visionary founders with no prior experience in their industries; Jeff Bezos came from the world of finance, and Reed Hastings from software. ” They Develop a Road Map Before Disruption Takes Hold.

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More Universities Need to Teach Sales

Harvard Business

Compared to professions like engineering or business disciplines like Finance or Operations, the concept of a dedicated salesperson is relatively recent. Sales was traditionally seen as a form of service work, with an emphasis primarily on developing moral character. That’s a big topic in its own right.

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Midsize Cities Are Entrepreneurship’s Real Test

Harvard Business

Scaling Up Manizales ( Manizales-Más in Spanish), an economic development coalition of local institutions and the Babson Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Platform (BEEP), which I created and lead, was launched in 2012 with the ambitious aim of revolutionizing the pursuit of opportunity. strategic hires).

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Why GE, Boeing, Lowe’s, and Walmart Are Directly Buying Health Care for Employees

Harvard Business

While Medicare has led the development of bundles in the U.S., HDP is a third-party administrator with expertise in the development and management of travel surgery programs, providing strategic and operational management of this program. Business development, contracting, and finance personnel are also required.

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60 Countries’ Digital Competitiveness, Indexed

Harvard Business

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. ” More than 1 billion jobs and $14.6 Digital markets are uneven.