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Medtech May Be Emerging Markets’ Next New Thing

BCG

Focus Thursday, March 02, 2017. Medical technology is poised to become one of the next industries to break out of emerging markets and play on the global stage. Such names as Mindray Medical International and BGI, both from China, and Transasia Bio-Medicals of India could become as recognizable in industry circles as Lenovo and Huawei.

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Blockchain Startup 101: A blue print for launching a successful blockchain-based startup

Tom Spencer

VC funding for blockchain start-ups has consistently grown, with venture investment reaching around $1 billion in 2017 (and likely to be more than double that amount in 2018). Before scaling, you should make sure that all of your intellectual property is protected. Trademarks and patents need to applied for. To conclude.

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What a Changing NAFTA Could Mean for Doing Business in Mexico

Harvard Business

However, new tariffs or more-restrictive rules of origin would likely only fall on a few industries, such as the automotive sector. YOY in 2017–2018. YOY in 2017–2018. YOY in 2017–2018, while the Mexican peso would fall to 25 MXP/US$ over the next two years. Economic growth would fall to -1.5%

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Do Lawyers Make Better CEOs Than MBAs?

Harvard Business

Meanwhile, one of Well Fargo’s chief competitors, Bank of America, has been relatively scandal free, with impressive revenue and profit results for the first half of 2017. We did not observe an obvious selection bias in which industries hired lawyer CEOs. What explains the divergence in the fortunes of two of the U.S.’s

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How More Regulation for U.S. Tech Could Backfire

Harvard Business

If 2017 was the year that tech became a lightning rod for dissatisfaction over everything from the last U.S. Innovation and its discontents are nothing new, of course, going back at least to the 18 th century, when Luddites physically attacked industrial looms. Alberto Manuel Urosa Toledano/Getty Images.

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64 Proven Ways Consultants Can Generate Leads Online (Consulting Lead Generation)

Tsavo Neal

All businesses, regardless of industry, have become what I call O2O businesses—their primary marketing objectives are focused on driving people online to drive them offline. Commenting on popular blog articles in your industry. Are there any online events in your industry that could work? Jon Jantsch, Duct Tape Marketing. ?

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Workers Shouldn’t Have to Sign Away Their Rights to Class Action Lawsuits

Harvard Business

In research I conducted with Amanda Diab, we found that some industries with relatively low levels of health and safety risk or violations of workplace wage and hour laws sometimes have very high rates of complaints because of worker knowledge of the law. By 2017, that percentage had declined almost to half, standing at 10.7%.