Insurance & technology to better serve Emerging Consumers: Learning to improve access & service Zurich Financial Services Group Contents Acknowledgements A note on the authors Introduction I. A new data universe: understanding customers better Data mining Monitor behavior and trends Implications for insurance The bank in your hand: providing financial access through mobile phones Branchless banking SMS advertising and sales Implications for insurance 1 1 2 3 4 4 5 II. 6 6 8 9
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trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR‚ please contact support@jstor.org. Sage Publications‚ Ltd. is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize‚ preserve and extend access to Social Studies of Science. http://www.jstor.org SSS Sound Studies: New Technologies and Music Trevor Pinch and Karin Bijsterveld Developments in sound technologies over the last 50 years have dramatically
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that their product is at its best for their customers‚ while the other simply wants to make a profit. This is similar to the technology and works of the Han and Roman Empire. Both had several advances to their technologies but both had differences in them and separate purposes in these technological advancements. Both empires had different attitudes about their technology but also thought of themselves the same way. They believed they were the best empire of their time and everyone around
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Final Project Overview In the final project‚ you play the role of a network consultant hired to design a new network for a company called Acme Manufacturing. Acme expects a network design document that includes your recommendations. The organization is growing and expanding their operations with the acquisition of a plant in China as well as several other offices throughout the United States. The following are the requirements for the new wide area network. • The network should be designed
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In a world dominated by technology‚ it can be difficult for a person to distinguish between the meaning of ‘good technology’ and ‘bad technology’. The question which makes this categorization so hard is‚ what is it that makes technology good or bad? Is it the technology itself that makes it good or bad or is it us‚ the users? Technology is a most wonderful and marvellous thing. It can be found in just about every aspect of our everyday lives. Everything from an alarm waking us up‚ to using an electric
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WORKING PAPER 1 | JANUARY 2012 B R O O K E S H E A R E R W O R K I N G PA P E R S E R I E S A NEW FACE OF EDUCATION BRINGING TECHNOLOGY INTO THE CLASSROOM IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD REBECCA WINTHROP AND MARSHALL S. SMITH Global Economy and Development at BROOKINGS BROOKE SHEARER W O R K I N G PA P E R S E R I E S This working paper series is dedicated to the memor y of Brooke Shearer (1950-2009)‚ a loyal friend of the Brookings Institution and a respected journalist‚ government official
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McKinsey Global Institute May 2013 Disruptive technologies: Advances that will transform life‚ business‚ and the global economy The McKinsey Global Institute The McKinsey Global Institute (MGI)‚ the business and economics research arm of McKinsey & Company‚ was established in 1990 to develop a deeper understanding of the evolving global economy. Our goal is to provide leaders in the commercial‚ public‚ and social sectors with the facts and insights on which to base management and policy
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Profile of an Innovating Company 1 Case 1 Richard Ivey School of Business — The University of Western Ontario WAVERIDER COMMUNICATIONS‚ INC.: THE WIRELESS LAST MILE 21 Case 21 Harvard Business School POM Cases Disruptive Technology a Heartbeat Away: Ecton‚ Inc. 35 Case 35 Richard Ivey School of Business — The University of Western Ontario ACER GROUP’S R&D STRATEGY − THE CHINA DECISION 54 Case 54 Harvard Business School POM Cases Hewlett−Packard: Singapore
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that contribution technology has made to modern life has been really positive and has helped to improve the quality of human lives. The first reason for me to appreciate the contribution technology made to modern life is just the fact that it enhances daily life to unprecedented levels. As women increase their roles in society in the last times‚ daily homework such is cook‚ make laundry or vacuum take less time to do it than before‚ and its permits women to dedicate this time to other activities
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Technology Management Technology is basically the use science based knowledge to meet a need. Actually this definition perfectly describes the concept of technology as a bridge between science and new products. Technology draws heavily on scientific advances and the understanding gained through research and development. It then leverages this information to improve both the performance and overall usefulness of products‚ systems and services. Technology is one of the most significant forces affecting
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