Letters Does IT Matter? An HBR Debate to the Editor 1 Introduction by Thomas A. Stewart 2 5 7 6 Letters from: John Seely Brown and John Hagel III F Warren McFarlan and Richard L. Nolan . Paul A. Strassmann Other readers 17 Reply from Nicholas G. Carr Order the article‚“IT Doesn’t Matter” E-mail us at hbr_letters@hbsp.harvard.edu Every magazine has an ideal‚ or an idealized‚ reader. For Harvard Business Review‚ he or she is an executive of uncommon intelligence
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Busy business bee Sean Combs Maybe you haven’t heard of Sean Combs but you certainly did hear of his alter ego Puff Daddy/P. Diddy. Combs isn’t just one of those rappers. Business‚ music‚ charity‚ politics‚… Nothing is unknown territory to him. This busy bee not only started his own record label Bad Boy Worldwide Entertainment‚ but also a marketing and advertising agency. For a normal human being this combination would be extremely stressful but not for Combs. He even went further: with lots
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Sean Elijah Bell Sean Elijah Bell an African-American boy born on May 18‚ 1983 in Jamiaca‚ Queens New York .As a teenager he studied acting in Flushing Queens . Then became a baseball pitcher for John Adams High School. He lived in a modest home in Queens and was the middle child. Son of William Bell ‚ a mechanic and Valerie Bell‚ an investigator. His parents were married 29 years . He also was the nephew of a current University of Missouri basketball couch‚ named Frank Haith. Bell had a high
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Week 6 Case Study A: Pkolino Financials The key revenue drivers for Pkolino are the tables that they plan to sell‚ They plan on starting out with two high end tables in the first two years of business and then moving on to developing a mid level table in its third year. These tables are going to be the main point of sales for the company. Pkolino plans to sale a large majority of these tables during the holiday season (fourth quarter) in which they plan on making a significantly large portion
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Bruner: Case Studies in Finance: Managing for Corporate Value Creation‚ 4/e IV. Capital Budgeting and Resource Allocation 17. The Investment Detective © The McGraw−Hill Companies‚ 2003 CASE 17 The Investment Detective The essence of capital budgeting and resource allocation is a search for good investments in which to place the firm’s capital. The process can be simple when viewed in purely mechanical terms‚ but a number of subtle issues can obscure the best investment choices.
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Introduction The projects objective is to design a bridge spanning across the Murrumbidgee River located near Gundagai. Through the use of hydrological data and hydraulic analysis we will determine the required height of the bridge corresponding to a specific frequency of flood. To design a bridge capable of spanning the Murrumbidgee River and flood plain will require hydrological analysis which takes into account all upstream data that is required for the catchment area of the river that will
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from the theme song of a very well-known African American detective movie. The answer is Shaft‚ John Shaft to be exact. The 2000 version starring Samuel L. Jackson proved to be just as good as the first. Although‚ this Shaft happened to be the nephew of the original one‚ played by Richard Roundtree‚ Samuel L. Jackson did not disappoint. Shaft showed even more cleverness‚ wittiness and street smarts as he made it his quest to solve his latest case. John Shaft proves that he takes no mess and will go out
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Investment Detective Case We can use normal investment to calculate the data‚ but we also can do it as reinvestment to invest every project for the same years. For every question‚ I will give answers for both normal investment and reinvestment. 1. We can rank the projects simply by the cash flow data. Normal investment: Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Project number 3 8 6 1 5 7 4 2 Cash flow 8000 2150 200 1310 2200 560 1561 165 Reinvestment: Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Project
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Genesis Leggett Mrs. Marshall AP Language October 28‚ 2014 History of Detectives A detective’s duty is to capture criminals and solve crimes through in depth investigations. In modern times the job of a detective may seem difficult‚ but throughout history detectives have constantly struggled with investigations. Due to the advancement in technology and science‚ along with the contributions made by scientific and undercover detectives; the criminal justice system has been able to evolve into a more dependable
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According to Nickolas Carr‚ a blogger and Pulitzer Prize winner‚ our minds are changing. In‚ Is Google making us stupid?‚ Carr discusses how we‚ as humans‚ have adapted to different thinking skills to were nowadays it is affecting individuals. He first leads by claiming‚ “my mind isn’t going -- so far as I can tell -- but it’s changing”. This leads into him discussing how he no longer feels he can progress into a suitable book without facing numerous difficulties with concentrating. That he seems
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