The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The early years are often vital for the success of any tech-based startup as they need to both prove their technology while also establishing a reputation and foothold in the market. Academic spin-offs enjoy the notable benefit of being able to leverage cutting-edge technology and funding to support their launch.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 16, 2024

An informed comparison between EFT and ACH differences enables smart decision-making, ensuring effective cash flow management and cost savings in various financial activities. Advances in financial technology pledge to enhance the speed and performance of payments, rendering them effortless and cost-free. What Are ACH Payments?

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 21, 2020

The last few years has seen a degree of innovation in the education sector, but there remains a strong sense that much is still needed to ensure that the sector remains fit for the 21st century. New research from the Association of MBAs highlights how the industry might change in the coming years.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 21, 2024

Their findings indicated that, in comparison to the period before the pandemic, job seekers displayed a 20 percent increase in their inclination to seek employment at companies employing over 500 individuals, following the declaration of a national emergency in the United States on March 13, 2020 due to the pandemic.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 6, 2022

“Failing fast” has become a popular mantra in innovation circles, but, of course, the idea isn’t to fail but rather to learn. This approach requires the team to imagine that the innovation is actually ready to ship. As such, pilot projects are only as good as your ability to learn from them.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 6, 2023

Essentially, an excellent decision-making process consists of three key elements, which are the quality of the analysis of a certain problem and the comparison with other similar products in the past, followed by ensuring that the ensuing solution is well-executed.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 7, 2022

Concern propagated , however, that the very technologies that enabled us all to work from home would mean that we could, in theory, work from anywhere , which means we wouldn’t need to be tied to cities in order to work for companies based there. Indeed, Ding argued that new technologies could reduce emissions by up to ten times.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 17, 2022

Research from Anglia Ruskin University suggests that technologies, such as AI, have played a part in helping small businesses cope with the pandemic, but that relatively few actually took advantage of them. ” Managing risks. ” Managing risks. . ” Managing risks. fall in the overall risk.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 5, 2024

Digital technology is playing an increasingly important role in the employee evaluation process, with performance analysis apps allowing employees to review their colleagues. “So when we merge these trends of social connectedness, instant communication, and use of technology, we come up with this wonderful application.”

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 29, 2022

While I have been notably skeptical about the various claims that robots and AI will destroy vast swathes of the jobs we know today, there is an understandable concern about the impact technology is likely to have on the labor market, and especially about how one can go about making our own job as disruption proof as possible.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 16, 2021

It might seem intuitive to assume that technology is adopted based primarily on the merits of the technology and its impact on things like productivity. The MIT research examines a range of industry, demographic, and technological data from the 1990s through to the mid-2010s. Encouraging automation.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 24, 2021

They analyzed around 400,000 English-language tweets about 37 different technologies and over 4,600 venture capital funding rounds from 2008 to 2017. “This gives us an objective indicator of Twitter sentiment and how people are talking about a particular technology,” the researchers explain. Creating a buzz.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 31, 2021

There is also likely to be an element of social comparison that contributes to our worsening mental health. “Now that it’s harder to connect socially in person, we’re all using more technology like social media. “Social media is often curated to emphasize positive portrayals,” the researchers explain.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Among the varied insights, there are some common elements that we can see emerge, which reflect the trends of the markets overall—increased automation and tech, AI innovation, demand for flexibility, and the need for reskilling. This applies to HR automation as well.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The researchers draw a comparison with an apple seed that has the potential to grow into something great, but that potential is far from guaranteed. “We The Global Innovation Index illustrates this, as they cite the inhibiting impact a shortage of human capital is having on the innovation potential of the nation.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 7, 2021

The data covered the period on either side of the 2008 financial crisis, so allowed comparisons to be made before and after. The managers also revealed how autonomous their decision making was in terms of new products, sales and marketing decisions, and hiring permanent employees.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

The ceramic filter is a clever and innovative technology that is widely utilized across various industries today. Nevertheless, some ceramic filters are more effective and efficient in comparison to others. There are lots of different hot gas ceramic filters available for you to choose from. What should you be looking for?

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

In fact your talk matters little, in comparison to your walk. Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? It is your walk that matters. I Think Not.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 25, 2019

The researchers were interested in how the members of the guild played in comparison to other guilds, especially as it was specifically created to better service the LGBT community. “Different online communities could use these ideas, look at how the technology can be shaped for their causes.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 12, 2019

These comparisons suggest that the trade-hindering effect of language barriers is of first-order importance,” the authors say. If eBay simply increased their marketing budget, you would expect to see similar results for both long and short product titles (whether that’s true is open to debate of course).

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Given that those companies were all venture-financed and emerged from Silicon Valley, you might assume that the key ingredients that have ensured their success were cutting-edge technologies, digital platforms, and customer bases that were chiefly made up of digital natives. You would be wrong.

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 15, 2019

There is seldom a sector or field that is not undergoing some form of transformation at the moment, many at the behest of a tidal wave of digital technologies that are upending the traditional way of doing things. These comparisons suggest that the trade-hindering effect of language barriers is of first-order importance,” the authors say.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2018

The healthcare industry has long relied on traditional, linear models of innovation – basic and applied research followed by development and commercialization. An alternative emerging at healthcare institutions worldwide is human-centered design and co-creation, a set of approaches that can accelerate and humanize healthcare innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2011

Forbes recently published our list of the world's most innovative companies in which we ranked companies based upon their innovation premium. But why do some companies have a high innovation premium while others do not? CEOs of average companies, in comparison, scored at about the 68th percentile.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2014

We shouldn’t reform the patent system, they say, because there is no evidence that trolls are hindering innovation; these calls are being driven just by a few large companies who don’t want to pay inventors. It’s true that plaintiffs, including patent trolls, tend to file lawsuits in dynamic, innovative industries.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2014

Small businesses are also instrumental to our innovation economy; small firms produce 13 times more patents per employee than larger firms and employ more than 40% of high technology workers in America. Since 1995, small employers have created about two out of every three net new jobs65%of total net job creation.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2016

Sure, people print nostalgic books and holiday cards, but that volume pales in comparison to Kodak’s heyday. Kodak was so blinded by its success that it completely missed the rise of digital technologies. So, another explanation is that Kodak invented the technology but didn’t invest in it. Why did this happen?

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Michael Lee Stallard

OCTOBER 9, 2010

Steve Boese of Steve Boese’s HR Technology shows how quickly small acorns can grow into the mighty oaks of an ‘A’ Team in Quick – Send in the ‘B’ Team Michael Lee Stallard entices us to take a break on our tour …er, journey…. and ponder The Pride Paradox. Gayathri Moosad picks 20 Essential Leadership Skills for us to consider.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 21, 2011

Through innovative solutions delivered within an integrated framework, SAS helps customers at more than 45,000 sites improve performance and deliver value by making better decisions faster. Remove them and you will find more time to focus on innovation. Innovate quickly. Ives Sharon Drew Morgen Hank Moore Jamie P.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

"Asia Fueling Global Innovation." That was the theme of the 2-hour panel discussion I moderated as part of a full-day ceremony celebrating the groundbreaking of Procter & Gamble's SGD 250m Innovation Centre in Singapore. Historically, 80 percent of its growth comes from innovation. Simplifying technology and new business models."

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

I'm becoming a more confident shopper largely because digital retailing gives me access to a wider variety of choices, easy price comparisons, and previous buyers' reviews. That's true for me, too. Chances are the way you shop is changing, too — and as that behavior changes, retailers are being forced to adapt.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 12, 2024

The paper sparked a wave of concern about what impact the latest wave of automated technologies would have on the labor market. The study moves beyond task-based comparisons to assess the feasibility of AI systems performing these jobs and the economic viability of businesses adopting such technologies.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2013

"Innovation" has become a buzzword in the customer experience field. They also believe that innovation will help them achieve these lofty goals — and they''re investing accordingly. Sixty-nine percent of these respondents report that their companies have dedicated personnel for customer experience innovation.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Of the various reasons to invest in new technology, becoming more eco-friendly is perhaps not at the top of priorities. Research from the Queensland University of Technology suggests that IT can help to drive more eco-efficient behaviors, however. Meanwhile, the surveys helped to explore various options for becoming greener.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2012

But they've given us cultural innovations of some interest. The accidents of industry, technology, and the marketplace gave us the 3-minute song bundled in multiples of 6 or 8 or 10 songs. Björk's magnificent innovation just happens to exploit this convention as a way of getting paid. A useful comparison in any case.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

But these supposedly boring cogs of the corporation, these objects of derision in Dilbertland, can have a profound impact on innovation and performance. If the organization isn''t being innovative, the solution must be structural. Executing on Innovation An HBR Insight Center. Innovation Isn''t an Idea Problem.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

But these supposedly boring cogs of the corporation, these objects of derision in Dilbertland, can have a profound impact on innovation and performance. If the organization isn’t being innovative, the solution must be structural. Executing on Innovation. Why Is Innovation So Often Synonymous With Disappointment?

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