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What Innovators Can Learn From Uber Cash

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Long before innovators began talking about the power of ecosystems to transform commerce, scientists spent centuries studying them under microscopes in their labs. Biologists wanted to better understand how to keep the human body’s ecosystems from being devastated by disease, so humans could live longer, healthier lives.

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Merchants Gone Wild: The Surcharge Edition

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Since about mid-December of 2018, checking out in the stores here in Boston has become even more of a hassle. This newfound friction is the result of the City of Boston passing a bill that bans plastic bags and gives merchants the right to charge for ones made of paper. And then regulators are forced to backtrack.

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The End Of The Uber Experience?

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Its abundance in payments and commerce is what inspires innovators to challenge a friction-filled status quo and create something new. But none rose to the level of the seriously friction-filled experiences that might motivate a would-be innovator to quit her day job and give up her life to solve for it.

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Data Enablers: Spreadshirt, Data-Driven T-Shirts

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Germany- and Boston-based Spreadshirt uses data, analytics and even social media information to build a product and spread news among communities while printing more than 3.6 We automate complex payment and tax regulations in over 180 countries and offer a variety of payment checkout options,” said Smoter. million items last year. “[Our

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Walmart Presents A Ten-Point Plan To Renew U.S. Manufacturing

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The good news is we’ve also learned how to overcome the challenges and, because of our experience, Walmart is uniquely positioned to help facilitate broad engagement in accelerating the expansion of U.S. sourcing and manufacturing , in the press release. manufacturing.”. million jobs being added in the U.S.

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Staples Jumps Into Same-Day Delivery

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Staples and Office Depot saw months of hard work go up in smoke when their long-expected merger was denied by regulators and both brands had to take long, hard looks in the mirror before deciding how to proceed. For Staples, the answer wasn’t to sulk around for months.

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How next-generation technologies are transforming governance, risk and compliance

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According to the Boston Consulting Group , there have been more than $321 billion in regulatory compliance penalties levied globally since the financial crisis of 2007- 2008. Beyond ensuring compliance, executives are often preoccupied with the substantial organizational and business challenges in developing and implementing effective GRC.