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Dec 2019
24m 55s

How One CEO Successfully Led a Digital T...

Harvard Business Review
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Nancy McKinstry, CEO of Wolters Kluwer, has successfully shifted her company’s business to digital products over 15 years. The Dutch multinational started in the 1830s as a publishing house and now earns more than 90% of its revenue from digital. McKinstry explains how her firm kept investing in product innovation – and how she learned to be patient as consu ... Show More
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