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Using AI to Invent New Medical Tests

Harvard Business

Artificial Intelligence, which has already had a major impact on industries such as transportation, retail, energy, and banking, is only just beginning to be applied in medicine. clem onojeghuo/unsplash. Rely on commercialization experts.

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Two Ways to Break into India’s Consumer Market

Harvard Business

New entrants tend to start by exporting finished goods from the nearest Asian factory with a desire to protect brand quality and/or intellectual property and/or to minimize capital investments. One way to mitigate these costs and appeal to a larger customer base is to manufacture in India.

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You Don’t Have to Be a Software Company to Think Like One

Harvard Business

You’re competing against platforms like Uber in transportation, Google in automotive, Airbnb in hospitality, LinkedIn in recruiting, Netflix in television, and the list goes on. GM will place its cars in transportation hubs for use by Lyft drivers. In the future, GM plans to locate its self-driving cars in these hubs.

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Clean Energy Transition: Business Risks and Opportunities

Tom Spencer

Assuming energy can be produced via clean methods and transported to its intended destination, there will be one other key bottleneck to overcome: electricity storage. According to McKinsey, final energy demand will double by 2050, with growth in demand coming primarily from buildings, transportation, and industry. Waste Removal.

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Why Your Partnership Contract Is Too Important to Be Left to the Lawyers

Harvard Business

These costs are not operational costs, such as commission fees or transportation costs. Weak intellectual property laws prevent a firm from resorting to courts. The theory holds that the contracting costs between economic units are shaped by the nature of the interaction between them. Difficulties in Enforcing an Agreement.

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Uber Can’t Be Fixed — It’s Time for Regulators to Shut It Down

Harvard Business

It was Lyft that first invited drivers to provide transportation through their personal vehicles. In normalizing violations, therefore, Uber has shifted the entire urban transport business and set an example for other sectors. Indeed, Uber initially provided service only through licensed black cars properly permitted for that purpose.

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The Questions Executives Should Ask About 3D Printing

Harvard Business

What happens, for example, if the value of a product’s underlying intellectual property overtakes its production value? This is expected as the costs of manufacturing, transportation and other inputs decline.) In doing so, they identified 3D printing among the most difficult issues.