How the Blockchain Will Impact the Financial Sector

The blockchain, a form of distributed ledger technology, has the potential to transform the financial sector by bringing lower costs, faster execution of transactions, improved transparency, auditability of operations and other benefits.

Social Impact

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Balancing the need for sustainable fishing with protecting the livelihoods that depend on it calls for creative solutions. Some impact investors are on the case.

The Blue Economy: How Impact Investing Can Help It Grow

Good ‘Food Citizens’: Why Collaboration Is Key to Feeding the World
Why Faith-based Organizations are Shifting to Impact Investing
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Marketing

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Would you turn your mom’s warranty claim down two days out of warranty? Author Jeanne Bliss makes a business case for providing excellent service and true customer satisfaction to garner long-term success.

Would You Treat Your Mother That Way? The Secrets of Great Customer Service

Emotional Rescue: How Brands Can Create Stronger Customer Bonds
How to Find Value in Every Customer
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Innovation

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Lawrence Burns, a former vice president of research for GM, discusses how robotic driving technology will reshape transportation and the economy.

How Autonomous Vehicles Will Upend Transportation

Marvel Comics’ Stan Lee: The Legend Who Created Legends
What an Insider Reveals About Apple’s Design Secrets
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Video

Can GE Make the Most of Its ‘Reset Moment’?

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Public Policy

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The spread and intensity of the wildfires raging in California highlight the need for much stronger disaster management measures than the state has had previously, say experts.

California Wildfires: What Will It Take to Prevent the Next Disaster?

Can India Become the Next $10 Trillion Economy? That Depends…
What Will Bolsonaro’s Election Mean for Brazil?
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Technology

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Fueled in part by the organizing power of social media, workers in the technology sector and beyond may be ushering in a new era of employee activism on moral and ethical issues.

Can Employees Change the Ethics of Tech Firms?

So You Think You Need a Chief Digital Officer?
Does Your Company Have a Data-elitism Problem?
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Leadership

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During the 1960s and early 1970s, Jerrold Fine and his partners ran Wall Street’s top hedge fund. In a conversation about life and its lessons, he spoke about why he gave it all up four years ago to write a novel.

Trust, Honor, Integrity: A Hedge Fund Pioneer on What Matters Most

Success in the Startup World: Why Good Leadership Matters Most
Among Top Math Students, Why Does a Gender Gap Persist?
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Management

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Iconic guitar maker Gibson is about to emerge from bankruptcy — can it recapture the magic that turned it into a music icon?

Is Gibson Ready for Its Encore?

Personality Puzzler: Is There Any Science Behind Myers-Briggs?
Why Companies Should Blow Up Best Practices
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Finance

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Jerrold Fine’s debut novel, “Make Me Even and I’ll Never Gamble Again,” packs the power of a Babe Ruth home run.

Of Money and Men: A Tale of Poker, Wall Street – and an Open Wound

Will UltraFICO Help Expand Credit — or Create Greater Risk?
Why We Need a New Way to Measure the Economy
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