Remove 2012 Remove Finance Remove Media Remove Operations
article thumbnail

Complimentary Resource – Improving Business Operation Performance With Innovations

Strategy Driven

Improving Business Operation Performance With Innovations. Learn how using analytics to guide a business operations function is the path to continuous improvement and achieving higher operational performance. This is why, according to IDC research, business analytics was among the top five IT investment initiatives in 2012.

article thumbnail

Viral By Design: Teams in the Networked World

Harvard Business Review

Everyone and everything is connected or soon will be by social media, on mobile platforms, and in the cloud. But no less planned or executed than another viral blockbuster — the OMGPOP team's March 2012 breakout of Draw Something , a Pictionary-like game. Common Operating Pictures. Achieving those effects is no accident.

Team 12
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The Risks and Benefits of Using AI to Detect Crime

Harvard Business Review

Social media companies use machine learning to block illicit content such as child pornography. Today, for example, social media companies are expected to uncover and remove terrorist recruitment videos and messages almost instantly. How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations. Insight Center.

article thumbnail

An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

content (news, finance, weather) into two Chinese languages, and directory access to 20,000 web sites, an approach that the company had adopted elsewhere. By mid-2004, however, the operation was mired in conflict over control and differences in management style. On the finance and deal side, we also felt a strong kinship with Tsai.

article thumbnail

Joint Ventures Reduce the Risk of Major Capital Investments

Harvard Business Review

The latest nuclear reactor designs, promising higher safety, longer operating life, and lower operating costs, cost up to $25 billion after factoring in the huge budget overruns. The common idea behind these models is that the company does not have to be the (full) owner of the asset to be its (sole) operator.

article thumbnail

Crowdfunding’s Big-Bang Moment

Harvard Business Review

But those impressive numbers may be eclipsed by a revolution in venture financing that is only being held back by final government approval: start-ups raising actual investment funds from individuals in exchange for equity or a share of profits. How big a deal is this “democratization” of finance? Last week, the U.S.

article thumbnail

Study: Employees Want Employers to Talk Politics

Harvard Business Review

In the 2011-2012 Market Research Report for BIPAC , performed by Moore Information, Inc., In the 2011-2012 Market Research Report for BIPAC , performed by Moore Information, Inc., That compares to only 16% who found the media most credible and 12% who view political parties most credible. And I don't see a problem in that.