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Blockchain: Bitcoin, Bored Apes, and Beyond

Tom Spencer

Blockchain technology is making a strong impact in the finance industry due to the fact that it enables decentralization and direct peer-to-peer transactions. Removing the financial intermediary, i.e. the bank, can increase convenience, efficiency, and security.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms In New York

Management Consulted

In the New York office, the industries McKinsey caters to are financial services, health care services, advanced electronics, aerospace and defense, and TMT (technology, media and telecommunications). Bainies in NYC work to support their clients on nearly every industry and across all ranges. headquarters in New York City.

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Can Index Funds Be a Force for Sustainable Capitalism?

Harvard Business

The investment industry is changing. These two trends may seem separate—or, some people believe, incompatible—but together I believe they have the power to improve finance’s role in the world. Hiroshi Watanabe/Getty Images. Index funds can be a force for sustainable capitalism.

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Startups Could Fundamentally Change the Way Big Investors Operate

Harvard Business

Innovation has the potential to transform the investment industry. In September 2016 we undertook a survey of nearly 300 endowment and foundation managers. This disconnect is a major problem for the continuing development of efficient capital markets. Yet the world’s largest funds are closed off from these innovations.

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A Survey of 3,000 Executives Reveals How Businesses Succeed with AI

Harvard Business

And AI success stories are becoming more numerous and diverse, from Amazon reaping operational efficiencies using its AI-powered Kiva warehouse robots, to GE keeping its industrial equipment running by leveraging AI for predictive maintenance. While investment in AI is heating up, corporate adoption of AI technologies is still lagging.

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Writing Your Résumé When Your Job Title Doesn’t Reflect Your Responsibilities

Harvard Business

You’re ready to make a career move, up to a higher level or into a different industry or an entirely new field. This was Sasha’s summary: Department Administrator – Efficiency Expert – Staff Manager - Crisis Handler. Example #2: Breaking into a new industry.

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To Go Digital, Leaders Have to Change Some Core Beliefs

Harvard Business

Every industry is built around some traditional assumptions, behaviors, and beliefs about how to create value (whether that means revenues, profits, or investor returns). In most industries, the core beliefs are unassailable cannon—until the day that a venture-backed startup comes along to upend them.