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Retirement Hits Blue Collar Women Harder Than White Collar Women

The Horizons Tracker

A new study from Yale University reveals that when it comes to early retirement, women in China working hands-on jobs feel the mental effects more than those in office roles. The study, though focused on China, could offer insights for other countries worried about the costs of healthcare for older folks who retire early.

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Do Your Customers Actually Want a “Smart” Version of Your Product?

Harvard Business Review

After a series of meetings with Silicon Valley stalwarts like Google, Apple, and Amazon, we decided to develop our own IoT software and hired the people who could help us do it. We were also a little too smitten with our technology, and assumed it would immediately appeal to the “early majority” – who as described in E.M.