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AUGUST 19, 2014

  We chose this metric because we felt cloud adoption was not an informative statistic.   To get at this information, Intuit recently surveyed small business owners with 50 or fewer employees. We think this type of information provides deep insights on the likely impacts of a new trend, shift or technology.

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JUNE 6, 2016

  In terms of the definition, Commerce defines "digital matching firms" as firms that meet these criteria: They use information technology (IT systems), typically available via web-based platforms, such as mobile “apps” on Internet enabled devices, to facilitate peer-to-peer transactions. Better consumer experience.

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JUNE 28, 2013

  The other in demand skills tend to be related to information processing such as critical thinking, complex problem solving and decision making. Online education and other forms of learning will also work for many.   I don't think this education has to come from traditional colleges. .

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JANUARY 22, 2013

When we asked experts to define Big Data, they consistently gave us some form of this definition. We now define it as: Any use of data and analytics that leads to actionable information where the volume, variety and/or velocity of the analyzed data is greater than normal for the firm/user.  

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NOVEMBER 2, 2012

 They also provide incentive bonuses, in the form of free miles, to safe drivers.   So customers, at least in this case, are obviously willing to give up a lot of personal information in exchange for lower insurance rates.  Using this data they vary the drivers insurance rates based on their actual driving behavior.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2011

. Contextual and Social Experience:  Fancy name for computers and programs being aware of the user's context and using that information to improve the experience or results.    The program knows your location and uses that information to improve search results.   Local search is an example. 

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APRIL 10, 2012

 Examples include beer , news and information , software , accounting , movies , consumer products, most industrial markets and many more. It also helps confirm our view that Barbell Industry Structures will continue to be the dominate form industries take for at least next decade, and likely much longer.

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APRIL 6, 2011

The Council defines custom content and publishing as: "Custom publishing marries the marketing ambitions of a company with the information needs of its target audience.   Not surprisingly, custom web and digital content are the most popular forms of custom content.    

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JUNE 12, 2014

  We use ethnography on a regular basis and most large corporations use some form of ethnographic research. The main research methods used by social scientists have historically been qualitative. Ethnography , for example, uses field observation to study a group. 

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MAY 3, 2010

  Social shopping is a form of social networking where consumers and/or retailers aggregate and share information about products, prices and deals.   It is an understatement to say paying only for performance is an attractive form of marketing. 

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FEBRUARY 7, 2011

  Pretty much every startup we meet with these days has some form of game functionality included in their product.        For more information on gamification, visit the NewsTopiaVille site.      For more information on gamification, visit the NewsTopiaVille site. 

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

The conference sessions were excellent and very informative. There was an excellent panel discussion on this topic and this shift was discussed in one form or another in almost every session.  But even better was the interaction at breaks. Here's a quick list of our key take aways from the conference: 1.

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DECEMBER 28, 2015

  They’re also leading to new forms of technology-based competition as more small firms use capabilities developed through the convergence of these technologies to create new efficiencies, tap into new markets and develop new revenue streams and business models. . Small Hyped Technology Trends You Can Ignore in 2016.

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DECEMBER 16, 2014

These inexpensive devices use Bluetooth to automatically push information back and forth between themselves and nearby computers (usually smartphones). consumers and business customers have become much more concerned about information and data security and privacy.    3. 2015 Economic Trends.

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 19, 2013

I also heard a lot more informal discussions on business topics. Space Diversity : Coworking continues to expand, evolve and mutate into a wide variety of forms, space types and business models. Don't get me wrong:  coworking as a social movement is alive and well.

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JULY 31, 2014

And if somebody really could predict the future, do you think they would share that information?  But like many trends, it's back in more mature forms and this time may really be the next big thing.   Of course not - it would be way, way too valuable. By 2006 it was clear the Internet of Things was not ready.

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MARCH 29, 2011

  Facebook:   Not a lot of public information on Facebook's plans, but Venture Beat reports that Facebook has formed a payments subsidiary and seems to have big plans.  .  This would allow Android phones equipped with NFC chips to act as payments devices. 

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JANUARY 15, 2013

  We expect this form of “mobile commerce” will take off in 2013 as personal service firms, retailers of all kinds and even industrial firms take advantage of the lower costs, increased flexibility and high levels of customer satisfaction that mobile business provides.    5. .   Health Care  10.  

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JANUARY 5, 2012

   Smartphones, the Cloud and mobile computing have been on our top 10 lists in one form or another for years.    The Empire Strikes Back with Big Data:  The rise of the Internet and ever cheaper information technology enabled even the smallest of businesses to look, act and compete like a large company. 

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MARCH 30, 2021

The new data provides information by owner demographics such as sex, race, ethnicity and veteran status, geography, industry, receipt size class, and legal form of organization. The data comes from tax records, and you can think of nonemployers as solopreneur businesses (freelancers, independent contractors. gig workers, etc.).

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JUNE 17, 2010

  The Atlantic article describes this as: "In feminist circles, these social, political, and economic changes are always cast as a slow, arduous form of catch-up in a continuing struggle for female equality." " The recent Newsweek article - Are we There Yet? covers some of the remaining hurdles for women. 

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AUGUST 1, 2017

The reason, according to the article, is that machines are much better and faster at processing information than humans. But the reality is a lot of data and information consultants work with is not digital.  But working with AI also exposes us to its weaknesses and limitations. These include: 1. This sounds obvious, and it is.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2018

  Regular computers store information in bits, represented in 0’s and 1’s.    The bad news is quantum computers will be able to easily crack even the most advanced and complex forms of security encryption.    So can qubits.   More good news is researchers are working on quantum encryption.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 27, 2014

But in many cases they use contractors, freelancers, outsourced services and other forms of contingent workers instead of traditional employees.  We're planning on collecting much more information on side gigs and micropreneurship as part of this year's State of Independence study. Nor are the roughly 1.6

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OCTOBER 16, 2014

As new technologies come into the workplace to enable new forms of surveillance, a whole host of ethical and economic questions emerge. All the papers are full of insights and information and well worth reading.  Far from being an easy issue, we seek to show the complexity of trying to get at fair labor in today’s economy.

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JULY 7, 2016

  And it's becoming increasingly clear that portable benefits in some form will likely become a reality in the next couple of years.   For more information on portable benefits, see the Aspen Institute report Portable Benefits in the 21st Century. But 2017 will likely be the year we see new laws in this area.

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