The emerging model of the night markets

A growing number of people prefers spending free time at the so called “night markets” instead of going to the traditional restaurants.

Especially, this innovative format is prevalent in Asia where everyone can find cheap and excellent food like tyrofoam bowl brimming with peach-coloured laksa, prawns curling round noodles slithering under a dollop of intensely savoury sambal.

It means that even the way in which people socialize is changing. Will this new formula be able to attract new segments of customers?

Read more @ https://www.1843magazine.com/food-drink/in-the-night-market

Working together for a better tomorrow

Nowadays, the generation of Millennials has the opportunity to develop and exploit valuable skills that are essential for surviving in such an automated, fast-changing and innovative world.

According to the World Economic Forum, the essential competences in 2020 are going to be, for instance, problem solving, critical thinking and creativity.

Will the human resources be able to change themselves in consideration of the rapid development of the machines?

Read more @ https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/10/volunteer-your-skills-boost-your-career

It’s always a matter of strategy

Even when you decide to disinvest, it's important to evaluate which type of buyer will acquire your assets.

Especially, you could find two kinds of buyers; the financial one is more focused on profits and future returns of the investment, while the strategic one considers “your business based on what it is worth in their hands”, according to John Warrillow, author of Forbes.

The real challenge is discovering how much your business value can be increased.

Read more@https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnwarrillow/2017/10/04/how-to-avoid-disappointed-when-its-time-to-cash-out/#6ac88d5e1bc8

The importance of investing on coffee for aficionados

Acquiring a majority stake in Blue Bottle Coffee Company means for Nestlé capturing younger customers who have a premium profile and who are interested in higher-quality and higher-priced coffee.

Thanks to the deal, the ambition of Nestlé is to strengthen its position in the US coffee market – the biggest one – and to expand its business into a new upmarket segment.

After all, “Nestlé lacked in its portfolio something with this kind of unique profile, which is premium and for aficionados”, according to the global head of consumer investment banking at JPMorgan Chase.

Read more @ https://www.ft.com/content/0da3c7ba-a4e9-11e7-9e4f-7f5e6a7c98a2

The unconscious bias of the Artificial Intelligence used for the recruiting

The adoption of new technologies is becoming massive in diverse sectors and activities.

For instance, some companies are considering the possibility to use the Artificial Intelligence for recruiting candidates in order to recognize skills that are ignored by the employers.

But the question is: can be these innovative recruitment technologies considered “neutral” in terms of human resources evaluation?

Maybe, we should take into consideration that even who designs the machines has his own biases that the Artificial Intelligence could replicate.

Read more @ https://www.ft.com/content/a5982330-75f6-11e7-a3e8-60495fe6ca71 

Which startup will win? A software can reveal it!

In 2009, according to the software created by Quid AI's CEO Bob Goodson startups like Evernote, Spotify, Palantir, Cloudera and Ibibo would be successful in few years and … incredibly, it really happened.

The growing path of the Artificial Intelligence is influencing the global economy and it is transforming the traditional way of running business.

Moreover, this raises many questions about the possibility to integrate machines and humans or – in some cases – even substitute the individuals.

Read more and find out the full list of the predicted startups @ https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/07/computer-ai-machine-learning-predict-the-success-of-startups/?utm_content=buffer50ece&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer