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Blockchain Will Transform Customer Loyalty Programs

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household participates in 29 different loyalty programs, according to the 2015 Colloquy Loyalty Census. First, blockchain could help relieve a large balance-sheet liability that many in the industry are facing. Loyalty programs have proliferated across travel, retail, financial services, and other economic sectors.

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Do You Know What Your Company’s Data Is Worth?

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For example, at the end of its 2015 fiscal year, Apple’s balance sheet stated tangible assets of $290 billion as a contribution to its annual revenues, with approximately $141 billion worth of intangible assets — a combination of intellectual capital, brand equity, and (investor and consumer) goodwill.

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Oil’s Boom-and-Bust Cycle May Be Over. Here’s Why

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The constantly fluctuating number of barrels of crude available from nimble shale operations is a primary driver, but so are the long-term impact of increased fuel efficiency and the fits and starts of the global transition away from fossil fuels on world demand. .—while The soaring U.S.

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How to Improve Your Finance Skills (Even If You Hate Numbers)

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The most important concepts to grasp are “how to measure profitability, EBITDA, operating income, revenue, and operating expenses,” he says. See More Videos > See More Videos > Tackle the balance sheet. Of course, there are also myriad books and reference guides on the topic. Related Video.

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The Globalization Backlash Is Reverberating Through Boardrooms

Harvard Business

As a practical matter, for example, these changes in the global policy regime are forcing multinational corporations to scale back and sell parts of their international operations. In 2015, Global Trade Alert, an independent trade-monitoring group, cited at least 644 discriminatory trade measures imposed by the G20 economies with the U.S.

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Blockchain Could Make the Insurance Industry Much More Transparent

Harvard Business

It breeds indifference, which in turn breeds a yawning gap between underwriters, whose balance sheets absorb risk (the risk takers), and customers, whose enterprises create risks (the risk makers). In 2015 these top three players generated 48% of the revenues among the top 50 brokers in the U.S.

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Why Apple Is Getting into the Energy Business

Harvard Business

Energy-efficient lighting, motors, and other hardware continue to make good sense for many firms, whether financed on the balance sheet or by third parties who provide the upfront capital and then share the savings on future power bills. B operated the same way as A, with no special control.

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