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Benioff’s Way: A Conversation With Salesforce Founder and 2022 CEO of the Year Marc Benioff

Chief Executive

From a product standpoint, the purpose of this year’s presentation is the formal rollout of “Genie”—a substantial rewrite of the Salesforce data platform that’s at the heart of the $26.5 It’s becoming more than just the fabric of how we operate. billion (FY2022 revenue) company, one that will allow for more “customer magic.”

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The 3 Stages of a Country Embracing Renewable Energy

Harvard Business Review

In 2015, around 40% of new PV installations were accompanied by a battery. Around the world in 2015, additions of renewable power capacity outpaced other forms of electricity generation —coal, gas, oil, and nuclear—combined. At the same time, we’re also seeing the decentralization of power production.

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For Some Platforms, Network Effects Are No Match for Local Know-How

Harvard Business Review

On March 25 mighty Uber bowed out of Southeast Asia by selling its operation in several countries to local rival Grab. In 2016 the company sold its China operation to Didi Chuxing because of the fierce competitiveness of the local player. A year later, Uber admitted defeat in another region, selling its operation in Russia to Yandex.

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Running a State Health Insurance Marketplace

Harvard Business Review

For most of 2015, I was the director of Rhode Island’s SBM, known as HealthSource RI, which more than 32,000 Rhode Islanders use to purchase health insurance. By January 1, 2015, all state-based marketplaces were expected to replace federal funding with state-level financing. Financial challenges. Technological challenges.

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How to Actually Put Your Data Analysis to Good Use

Harvard Business Review

In 2015, there was a surplus of people with data science skills. What they do need are analyses that solve key commercial and operational problems. What’s missing, more often than not, is a clear strategy and operational model for using these capabilities in ways that are specific to the company’s business requirements.

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3 Reasons Global Firms Should Keep Investing in India

Harvard Business Review

India has added new customers at the fastest rate for Amazon in its history of operations across the world, including the U.S. Similarly, when Renault entered India and introduced Kwid in 2015, Maruti and Hyundai had almost 70% of India’s large and fast-growing sub-compact car market.

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Research: When Retail Workers Have Stable Schedules, Sales and Productivity Go Up

Harvard Business Review

In study after study for over a decade, operations researchers have found that retailers understaff during peak hours. Once the full experiment was launched in November 2015, 28 stores in the San Francisco Bay Area and Chicago were randomly assigned to control and intervention groups.

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