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The Cloud is Not a Railroad - An Argument Against the Vertical Separation of Cloud Providers

High Scalability

Workloads are implemented using services. Would you really trust some committee or government agency to draw this line correctly? Not who implements it or how it’s implemented. They over-index on specific cloud implementation instances and not the value and flexibility of the cloud model itself.

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How the U.S. Can Reduce Waste in Health Care Spending by $1 Trillion

Harvard Business Review

Even if the United States implemented all the approaches whose effectiveness has been measured, only 40% of the estimated $1 trillion of wasteful spending would be addressed, leaving a significant opportunity for innovation in all areas of health care. The choice between demand-side and supply-side reforms is artificial.

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China’s Slowdown: The First Stage of the Bullwhip Effect

Harvard Business Review

During an economic crisis, the exaggerated decline in orders can be especially damaging to upstream suppliers that have high fixed costs tied to production assets. It reached a peak on June 12 and then proceeded to lose over 40% of its value by the end of August despite efforts by the Chinese government to prop up the market.

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When Cost-Plus Pricing Is a Good Idea

Harvard Business Review

The seller calculates all costs, fixed and variable, that have been or will be incurred in manufacturing the product, and then applies a markup percentage to these costs to estimate the asking price. The markup is stipulated by the buyer, as is often the case with government contracts, or it can be chosen by the manager. (I

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How Companies Can Use Investors to Their Advantage

Harvard Business Review

Directly influenced by investor input, Nikon developed a restructuring plan that would carry a onetime cost of ¥48 billion ($460 million) but generate ¥20 billion ($190 million) in annual savings. It would implement targets linked to shareholder value, including ROE and ROIC.

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Will Personalized Medicine Mean Higher Costs for Consumers?

Harvard Business Review

Under risk adjustment, the government transfers money away from health plans with healthy populations and toward plans that attract sick, costly patients, removing the financial incentive of health plans to skim the healthy and avoid the sick.

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Recession-Proof Your L&D Strategies and Budget For Future Success

AIHR

Coursera, the online learning platform reported 20 million new learners registering for courses, and this momentum can be utilized to find more cost-effective digital solutions during the recession. In-house: Save external coaching & mentoring costs by setting up an in-house mentoring program.

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