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How Companies Can Use Investors to Their Advantage

Harvard Business Review

By 2016, the rise of smart phones seemed to have made the company less relevant: Its revenues were at almost the same level they had been a full decade earlier. They had surged with the rise of digital camera only to peak in 2012, coming back down as smart phones became widely used.

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Joint Ventures Reduce the Risk of Major Capital Investments

Harvard Business Review

The integrated carrier gets incremental revenues from its excess capacity. For example, Lycamobile, a big mobile VNO, focuses on expatriate communities looking for low-cost international pay-as-you-go calls in 19 countries. For example, in 2012, Intel, TSMC, and Samsung — three large semiconductor manufacturers based in the U.S.,

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Tackling the “Hotspotter” Patient Challenge

Harvard Business Review

A fascinating business dynamic will unfold as health care providers in the United States shift from a reimbursement system that has historically paid for procedures performed to one that rewards population health — providing the total care of a community at a fixed cost and improving its members overall health.

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Constraints on Health Care Budgets Can Drive Quality

Harvard Business Review

According to data published by the Kaiser Family Foundation, workers’ earnings rose by 47% from 1999 to 2012, but their contribution to health insurance premiums during that time went up by 180%. Working under a fixed-cost ceiling was, of course, difficult.

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Is Rooftop Solar Finally Good Enough to Disrupt the Grid?

Harvard Business Review

The costly and complex operations of transporting energy have made utilities natural monopolies, while regulatory barriers and the high fixed costs of building and maintaining regional electrical grid infrastructure have also kept much competition at bay. from 2012 through 2014.

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