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How Multinationals Can Adapt to a Political Mood That Doesn’t Care for Them at All

Harvard Business

The economic gains for developing countries have been extraordinary. To reduce costs, they have shifted production to countries with low-paid workers, thereby increasing demand for their labor and increasing their wages. This can reduce revenues — for example, through demands for more-affordable products.

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6 Digital Trends Are Poised to Transform How We Work - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM DXC TECHNOLOGY

Harvard Business

Artificial intelligence (AI) is already in use throughout the web and increasingly within the enterprise, handling everything from initial call screening for sales prospects to scheduling. How to Become a Digital Enterprise. Orchestration, APIs, and the citizen developer. Artificial intelligence. Contextual insight.

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Tariffs Are the Wrong Way to Fight Unfair Trade Practices

Harvard Business

In my estimation, this is a reason for concern because tariffs and protectionism in general won’t do anything to address a major underlying cause of distortions in global trade: the subsides of China and other countries for their state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Here’s more detail on those developments.

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Please Don’t Hire a Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer

Harvard Business

Companies such as Google, Facebook, and Amazon aren’t just employing AI, but have made it a central part of their core intellectual property. As the market has matured, AI is beginning to move into enterprises that will use it but not develop it on their own. Far from being a skeptic, I am a rabid true believer.

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A Dedicated Team of Problem Solvers Can Help Big Companies Act Like Lean Startups

Harvard Business

In fact, it has set up a specific unit – Experian DataLabs — to actively seek out unresolved problems its customers are having and use them as a launchpad to seek out new opportunities and create new products. This is what is known in the lean startup world as a minimum viable product.

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Intellectual property. In 2005, the firm developed their first 5-year plan with a goal to double revenues from approximately $427M to $1B in 5 years. There are 2 Senior Vice Presidents as well – one heads up Strategic Development and the other serves as Controller and Chief Accounting Officer. Intellectual Property.

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Why the U.S. Needs Allies in a Trade War Against China

Harvard Business

He claims he wants to tackle the big systemic concerns involving theft of American intellectual property, the forced transfer of technology from American firms, and the state-driven nature of the Chinese economy. Trade Representative, Robert Lighthizer – to develop new rules to address each of these joint concerns with China.