Leading Blog

APRIL 5, 2019

O NE OF the unfortunate side effects of living in an age of accelerating technology is having to deal with increased uncertainty. By understanding the data around which leads go on to become great customers, a sales leader can then work closely with their marketing colleagues to figure out new sources of potential customer prospects.

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Uncertainty Sports Credit Rating Learning-by-Doing 314

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 18, 2023

If your investment horizon is long-term, you can afford to take on more risk considering you’ll have ample time to ride out market fluctuations. Some ways to diversify your portfolio: Invest in stocks of different sectors, markets, and companies. Invest in bonds of various types, credit ratings , and maturities.

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Real Estate Budgeting Bond Finance 106

Harvard Business Review

JULY 6, 2011

I mean "bestow fortune upon", because the super-rich have actually, while most people have gotten poorer, gotten richer during this great crisis) — headed off to hurriedly, nervously confer with their skinny-jeaned, sunglass-wearing, spiky-haired marketing droids. You know what really builds marketing synergies, and drives brand equity?

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Marketing Loyalty Decentralization Credit Rating 16

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2011

Recent headlines have focused on the debt ceiling , the recent credit rating downgrade , unemployment , and the other thorny fiscal challenges facing the United States. Markets will not generate enough innovation. Focus on green technology, the next area that has the best promise of creating a platform for more innovation.

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Politics Innovation Incentives Credit Rating 18

Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2017

Much has been made of the potential for blockchain technologies to open up new vistas for business and society. But is there a way for this revolutionary technology to empower the rich and poor alike? How Blockchain Works Here are five basic principles underlying the technology. Distributed Database.

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Marketing Technology Banking Efficiency 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2018

As the new general manager of the Global Research & Innovative Technology Center (GRIT) at Hitachi Metals, Kenichi Inoue is tasked with creating an updated framework for research and development in advanced materials, helping his organization make the shift to a new approach to engineering and innovation in a disrupted world.

Engineering 11

Engineering Innovation Content Credit Rating 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2011

From falsified mortgage applications and bundles of toxic mortgages, to incorrect credit ratings and balance sheets that couldn't be trusted, the financial crisis is as much about bad data as it is about unfettered greed. In marketing, bad data make it more difficult to know the potential client. And no industry is immune.

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Health Care Credit Rating Reputation Quality 15