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Overview A lot has changed in the world of employee health care benefits since 1798, when the U.S. Marines opened what is considered the first hospital system for its servicemen – paid for by salary deductions. Since then, benefits have expanded to encompass everything from health insurance to parental leave and gender dysphoria. As medical …

To Control Employee Health Care Costs, Companies Consider A New Approach Read More »

Overview Data and analytics have arrived. The number of devices connected to the internet – already in the billions – will grow at breakneck speed over the next few years. The amount of accessible data being generated from phones, sensors, payment systems and cameras is projected to double every three years. Machine learning is also …

How To Make Data And Analytics Count: 3 Industry Lessons Read More »

Overview The list of worries that leaders of modern businesses face is getting longer and longer: Product recalls; executive misconduct; cyberattacks, including the exposure of consumers’ personal information; and supply chain disruptions can all potentially damage companies’ reputations. And that damage can hurt stock prices. Technological innovations such as the cellphone, the internet and social …

Protecting Your Reputation And Shareholder Value In An Age of Social Media Read More »

Overview After years of relatively smooth sailing, global trade has entered some choppy waters in the past 12 months. Leading economies such as Canada, China, the EU and Mexico have been involved in various tariffs with the U.S. on goods including steel, aluminum, agriculture and food products, solar panels and even motorbikes. China’s latest announcement …

Tariffs and Trade Wars: Dealing With Uncertainty, Planning For The Future Read More »

Overview You only have to look at the changes at the top of our stock indexes – including Apple’s recent trillion-dollar market valuation – to see there’s been a seismic shift in the reasons why one company is worth more than others. In 2000, the 10 largest companies by market capitalization in the S&P 500 …

What’s Your Intellectual Property Worth? Chances Are You Don’t Know Read More »

Overview It’s coming quickly down the road: a world where we can get in a car anytime we want to but don’t own one. Where we’re all passengers. Where accidents are drastically reduced, and we don’t have to worry about dangerous drivers on the road. Where we can join conference calls or draft a report …

The Fast Lane: What Driverless Cars Mean For Innovation And Risk Read More »

OVERVIEW With fewer than nine months to go until the U.K. begins its formal process of leaving the European Union, politicians, business leaders and workers are gearing up for considerable change. Time is running short, but there is very little detail about how the two economic powers will work alongside one another after the divorce. …

Uncovering New Markets And New Products Amid Brexit Uncertainty Read More »