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Impact of Data Analytics in Consulting

Tom Spencer

The words “big data” have become a “buzzword” in the business industry. It is a concept that revolutionised old-school industries, gave birth to a new industry, and made improvements to businesses regardless of their size. Globally, investment by consulting firms into analytics increased to $43 billion in 2017.

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Health Systems Need to Completely Reassess How They Manage Costs

Harvard Business

hospitals and health systems experienced an average 39% reduction in their operating margins from 2015 to 2017. As I speak with industry executives, a common refrain is “I’ve done all the easy stuff.” Here are some examples of what will be required to change the operating culture: Contract rationalization.

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Why Financial Statements Don’t Work for Digital Companies

Harvard Business

In contrast, industrial giant GE’s stock price has declined by 44 % over the last year, as news emerged about its first losses in last 50 years. Why do investors react negatively to financial statement losses for an industrial firm but disregard such losses for a digital firm? billion and $0.8

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11 Things the Health Care Sector Must Do to Improve Cybersecurity

Harvard Business

No industry or sector is immune to hacking. At the beginning of 2017 Experian predicted that the health care sector would be the most heavily targeted vertical industry. A March 2017 report from the Identity Theft Resource Center indicated that more than 25% of all data breaches were related to health care.

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We Need to Approach AI Risks Like We Do Natural Disasters

Harvard Business

Tens of billions of connected sensors are being embedded in everything ranging from industrial robots and safety systems to self-driving cars and refrigerators. Today, many companies are exposed to intelligent device risks that could harm both their own operations as well as their customers. Intelligent Device Recovery Plans.

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18 of the Top 20 Tech Companies Are in the Western U.S. and Eastern China. Can Anywhere Else Catch Up?

Harvard Business

But as the digital revolution continues to spark widespread disruption in other industries — automotive, financial services, health care, and retail — who will win? The contest is now shifting toward more-traditional industries, like transportation (Lyft and Uber, for example) and hospitality (Airbnb). Insight Center.

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