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The Innovation Health Care Really Needs: Help People Manage Their Own Health

Harvard Business

Whereas new technologies, competitors, and business models have made products and services more affordable and accessible in media, finance, retail, and other sectors, U.S. Employers and insurance companies — not end consumers — call the shots on what kind of care they will pay for. This shift is long overdue.

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Why consulting?

Management Consulted

For instance, we examined predatory pricing in the airline industry and illegal product tying by Apple, Microsoft, and AT&T. What I found particularly fascinating was the number of variables that needed to be taken into account while making strategic decisions on governance, production or any other function.

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Can Impact Investing Avoid the Failures of Microfinance?

Harvard Business

Early adopters of microfinance wanted to prove that it was a commercially viable product, deserving space in an investor’s portfolio alongside real estate and the stock market. First and foremost, we need mechanisms to insure we scale impact alongside financial return. By 2010, they had succeeded.

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What the Best Transformational Leaders Do

Harvard Business

How successful has the company been at creating new products, services, and business models? Transformational CEOs Tend to be “Insider Outsiders” The list is topped by companies headed by visionary founders with no prior experience in their industries; Jeff Bezos came from the world of finance, and Reed Hastings from software.

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3 Things Are Holding Back Your Analytics, and Technology Isn’t One of Them

Harvard Business

During the past decade, business analytics platforms have evolved from supporting IT and finance functions to enabling business users across the enterprise. Methodology. The dichotomy continues when it comes to methodology. But many firms find themselves struggling to take advantage of its promise.

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7 Charts Show How Political Affiliation Shapes U.S. Boards

Harvard Business

Both Republicans and Democrats say the most effective board committee is audit/finance. METHODOLOGY. food, beverage & tobacco, household and personal products); Energy & Utilities (e.g., banking & financial services, insurance, real estate); Healthcare (e.g.,