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How Companies Are Benefiting from “Lite” Artificial Intelligence

Harvard Business

At the less-expensive end is a knowledge-based approach that organizes data and language into highly malleable and helpful blocks of information. But companies and government agencies are starting to find plenty of places where knowledge-based tools can make a huge difference. Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture.

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What is the Professional Services Industry All About?

Progressus

They provide customized, knowledge-based services to their clients. And —rather than selling physical products, they deal in less tangible resources like time, insights, and expertise – billed either by hour or by project. A client will now pay for the overall gains such as tax savings, ROIs, insurance claims, and so on.

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Could Your Business Use an Advisory Board?

IMC USA

If retired, outsiders may lack the energy to productively serve your board. In the past, many small/family businesses excluded their regular advisors (such as their accountant, lawyer, financial planner and insurance advisor) from the advisory board. And the time commitment involved often discourages prospective members.

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How Digital Technology Is Changing Farming in Africa

Harvard Business

billion by 2050, and to feed that number of people, global food production will need to grow by 70%. For Africa, which is projected to be home to about 2 billion people by then, farm productivity must accelerate at a faster rate than the global average to avoid continued mass hunger.

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The Startups Most Likely to Succeed Have Technical Founders Who Quickly Hire Businesspeople

Harvard Business

We analyze how the skills of employees relate to young firms’ likelihood of introducing new-to-the-market products or services and how that relationship varies depending on the skills of the founders. Established in 2008, the KfW/ZEW Start-Up Panel is a representative survey of German startups.