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The Coming of the Clairvoyant Computer

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In commercial, industrial, and government applications—in the real-world usage of machine learning to predict—it's known as: Predictive analytics —Technology that learns from experience (data) to predict the future behavior of individuals in order to drive better decisions. Professor Vasant Dhar, Stern School of Business, NYU.

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The Best Digital Business Models Put Evolution Before Revolution

Harvard Business Review

What, another clarion call urging executives to fundamentally rethink their business models through digital technology? The business media have had no shortage of these. While there is certainly merit in questioning your business model, revolutionary business model transformation remains elusive despite the buzz.

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Corporate Purpose: Monumental Change Starts With Your Leadership

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Generation Z , which includes anyone born between 1997 and 2012, influences your business more each day as the generation enters the workforce and its purchasing power increases. Ernst & Young Purpose Is Deeper Than Profit Small to midsize businesses often have a good understanding of why they do what they do.

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Corporate Purpose: Monumental Change Starts With Your Leadership

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Generation Z , which includes anyone born between 1997 and 2012, influences your business more each day as the generation enters the workforce and its purchasing power increases. Had they set out simply to make a profit, Apple likely wouldn’t be the revolutionary technology leader it is today. higher operating profitability.

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Kodak’s Downfall Wasn’t About Technology

Harvard Business Review

The company filed for bankruptcy protection in 2012, exited legacy businesses and sold off its patents before re-emerging as a sharply smaller company in 2013. Kodak was so blinded by its success that it completely missed the rise of digital technologies. How Digital Business Models Are Changing. Insight Center.

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Old Management Systems Stifle New Business Models

Harvard Business Review

Ask anyone in technology. Despite the inevitability of this “smart” future, today only a small portion of businesses regularly merge data and physical products. Unlike their industrial peers, managers of asset-light businesses focus little on the balance sheet. Sometime soon, the world around us will be smart.

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Building a Direct-to-Consumer Strategy Without Alienating Your Distributors

Harvard Business Review

Companies increasingly use digital technologies to circumvent distributors and enter into direct relationships with their end-users. These relationships can create efficient new sales channels and powerful feedback mechanisms or unlock entirely new business models. Three Images/Getty Images. market for personal computers.