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The Amazon way: mixing ones and zeros with nuts and bolts

December 2023 / 27 min

Overview

A wave of businesses is achieving success by mastering both the physical and digital worlds. Investment manager Kirsty Gibson explains how and discusses some of the disruptive effects in a special edition of Short Briefings on Long Term Thinking.

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