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Using Experiments to Launch New Products

Harvard Business

One simple and often overlooked way for larger companies to experiment is to randomize the introduction of new products across a set of markets. To see how this can be valuable, consider how Uber rolled out its Express Pool service in 2018. As a result, Uber was able confidently to introduce Express Pool to many of its major markets.

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How Regulation Could Help Cryptocurrencies Grow

Harvard Business

markets embrace reasonable regulation to ensure transparency and fairness. But without clear and coherent guidelines to attract good actors to the U.S. market, fraudsters might push out the good actors. Alexander Baumann/The International Photo Co./Getty Getty Images. For that reason, U.S. policy on cryptocurrencies.

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What the Future of U.S. Antitrust Should Look Like

Harvard Business

Market concentration is rising while economic competition — the bedrock of a dynamic, free market economy — is under threat. To determine which one is best — and we do have a view — it’s helpful to review the growing evidence on why market concentration is so dangerous to the economy.

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Pros and Cons of Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs) Why a “Virtual PEO” May be the Better Option

Emerson Consulting Group

For example, the CEO of McBassie & Company reported in 2018 that 750,000 US companies with 3.7 The primary rationale for retaining a PEO – at least according to the marketing of the PEO itself – is that by bundling multiple employers together it is possible to leverage efficiencies of scale. 1] Bassi, Laurie (September 2018).

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Engaging Employees in Health Care Data Security

Harvard Business

Consider that in just the first two months of 2018, 24 health care provider organizations reported data breaches affecting over 1,000 patients each, a 60% increase over the same time period last year. Consider risks such as system outages, device malfunction, stolen data, or even worse, manipulated data. What behaviors are we hoping for?

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How to Start a Podcast: Complete Step-by-Step Guide [2023]

Buzzsprout

Once you have some ideas, do some market research to survey the competition in your genre. Designers submit their ideas based on your guidelines, and you pick your favorite! Getting listed in the top podcast directories is a critical part of your podcast marketing strategy. Search your show's topic in Apple Podcasts.

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Two Questions to Ask Before You Set Up an Innovation Unit

Harvard Business

The seven roles for CIUs are: designing shelter for innovation; supporting best practices and methods; developing skills; supporting business unit initiatives; identifying new market spaces; facilitating ideas generation; and directing seed funding. In 2018, Merck opened its new Innovation Center at the company’s Darmstadt headquarters.