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For Some Platforms, Network Effects Are No Match for Local Know-How

Harvard Business

Uber, like all transportation services, has never and will never offer a product that’s composed purely of digital “bits,” as companies do in media (Netflix and YouTube), music (Spotify), or advertisements (Facebook and Google). ” Yoshihiro Kitamura, the president of Recruit, said to me.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Problems in Italy Go On.

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Advertisers. Patrick Housing Crash News Top Housing and Commercial Real Estate News. Bay Area Real Estate Trends. Youth unemployment is 40 per cent; it’s 50 per cent in southern Italy, to the delight of crime syndicate recruiters. Global Economic. Trend Analysis. Sitka Pacific. Recent Posts.