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The Impact of the Blockchain Goes Beyond Financial Services

Harvard Business

At its most basic, blockchain is a vast, global distributed ledger or database running on millions of devices and open to anyone, where not just information but anything of value – money, titles, deeds, music, art, scientific discoveries, intellectual property, and even votes – can be moved and stored securely and privately.

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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. estimates that it takes humans an average of 17 minutes to schedule one meeting, while virtual assistants cost less than $100 per month.

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Intellectual property. They aim to help companies protect enterprise value. Intellectual Property. Intellectual Property. Financial & Enterprise Data Analytics. These include: Disputes Advisory Services. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigations and litigation. Practice Areas.

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

Harvard Business

But for large enterprises seeking to grow by exploring new lines of business, thinking more like a startup makes a lot of sense. At a meeting with a large bank, one of the senior executives said, “You know we have a problem that’s really giving us trouble. Clearly, large enterprises have things that slow them down.

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Investors Today Prefer Companies with Fewer Physical Assets

Harvard Business

This scaling limitation seems to have an effect on enterprise value, and their multiples also fail to rise much higher than two. They should also invert industry norms and find new ways to meet customers’ needs while using digital platforms as a foundation. On the top half of the chart, things get interesting. Reallocate capital.

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Backdoor Government Decryption Hurts My Business and Yours

Harvard Business

Nowadays, cyberattacks come from a wide range of actors — from individual cybercriminals using ransomware to extort money from your local dentist, to sophisticated foreign states attempting to steal intellectual property. firms lose $15.4 million yearly due to hacking attacks , double the global average of $7.7 billion in 2019.

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Why the WTO Should Constrain the Power of China’s State-Owned Enterprises

Harvard Business

Such state-owned enterprises or state-supported industries (SOEs) — think steel, aluminum and solar panels — have flooded global markets , depressed prices, and literally shut down hundreds of U.S. solar-panel startups.