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Survey: Bitcoin’s intrinsic properties keep propelling it forward

Tim Fries Business Management, Services & Risk Management

When cryptocurrencies first emerged on the scene, led by Bitcoin in 2009, the FinTech industry was just starting to mature. PayPal was around before that for quite a while, but with a limited country availability, slow withdrawals, and hefty fees. Today, FinTech services such as PayPal, TransferWise, Google Pay, alongside neobanks like Revolut and N26, offer near-instantaneous transfer with very low fees.

Cross-functional team collaborations: How-to

Ruben Franzen Business Management, Services & Risk Management

Businesses have always faced the problem of finding ways to get different departments with different expertise to collaborate. Cross-functional team collaboration can help a business find new ways to solve existing problems and open new avenues of communication. This story plays out worldwide every day; executives, managers, and team members want to collaborate and tap into the company's expertise, but there is no magic wand that makes it happen.

Have we come to the end of predictive policing?

Bambi Majumdar Law Enforcement, Defense & Security

Law enforcement in America is at crossroads. It is under heavy scrutiny for its ongoing brutality, budgeting, systemic racism, and the data-driven prevention tools it deploys. According to experts, the last point is a matter of grave concern because it can exacerbate existing racial and economic biases and quietly erode our constitutional rights.

Marketing and sales alternatives as the COVID-19 crisis continues

Sheilamary Koch Marketing

Recently, a couple of business owners contacted me with the issue of how to sell when they can't connect live with prospective customers as the COVID-19 crisis continues. Moving operations online is a good place to start. That's where people are buying. At the same time, there are businesses getting creative with niche, offline and hybrid options that work for their products and customers.

Tips for hiring, onboarding and training employees remotely

Michelle Lanter Smith Business Management, Services & Risk Management

As COVID-19 continues to spread within the U.S., many employers have successfully shifted to operating remotely. However, some tasks are easier to transition than others. When it comes to hiring, onboarding and training new employees, some HR departments are struggling. Fortunately, there are strategies they can use to move more smoothly to working remotely, while improving the outcomes of these essential HR tasks.

Getting grounded: Implications for business

Linda Popky Business Management, Services & Risk Management

We may all be ready to be done with the coronavirus, but the virus isn’t ready to be done with us. As a result, some of the short-term changes to how and where we work may turn out to be more longer-term than we ever expected. Not only do we need to maintain social distance and wear masks when out and about near others, but we also have to face the fact that for the most part, we’ve all been grounded. What do you need to do to be as effective as possible given these constraints?

COVID-19 and the power of the collective

Keith Carlson Medical & Allied Healthcare

The coronavirus pandemic has shed light on myriad aspects of the healthcare system here in the United States, including the good, the bad, and the painfully ugly. We have also witnessed the many faces of the public’s appetite — or lack thereof — for a coordinated national response, not to mention the scientific community’s deep dive into the heart of the pandemic’s causes and possible amelioration. If we are to prevail and save as many lives as possible in the coming months, the power of the collective must be more fully harnessed and realized.

4 ways healthcare tech has been impacted by COVID-19 and what the future…

Amanda Ghosh Medical & Allied Healthcare

COVID-19 forced most healthcare institutions to offer more telehealth services. Now that patients have a taste for home-based care, they will expect more of such services in the future. In essence, COVID-19 has pushed the idea of a healthcare system built on consumerism to the forefront of the discussion in medical circles. Here are four ways COVID-19 is having an impact on healthcare, and a glimpse of what the future may hold for patients and practitioners.

The 7 P’s marketing mix of home-sharing services: Insights from over…

Linchi Kwok Travel, Hospitality & Event Management

The 7 P’s marketing mix framework is a widely used managerial tool that helps businesses identify the principal components of a service product. Building upon the 7 P's marketing mix framework, I led a research team in an analysis of over 1.14 million English-language reviews of 37,092 Airbnb listings in San Francisco and New York City. We aimed to discover meaningful new business intelligence through the analysis of online review information created by consumers in the cyber marketplace.

5 ways entrepreneurs can survive and thrive in a VUCA world

Wayne B. Titus Business Management, Services & Risk Management

"Volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity." When the U.S. Army War College first introduced these four words in 1987, it drew on the leadership ideas of Warren Bennis and Burt Nanus to describe the effects of the end of the Cold War on the world. Since then, both world leaders and business strategists have applied these terms to reflect the relative chaos and instability caused by other world events.

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