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What Flight Data Can Tell Us About Economic Health

The Horizons Tracker

Currently, however, statisticians typically rely on surveys of airline activity to gauge the scale of the industries contribution. The researchers crunched data from 25 billion aircraft location observations to provide real-time flight volumes for each airline, and from this, the contribution of the sector to GDP in both America and Britain.

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How Innovation Is Completely Different in Established Organizations than in Startups

Leading Blog

In 2018 alone, 53 unicorns were added to the list. Japanese airline ANA commissioned a global competition via the XPRIZE Foundation to create the future of travel that has now resulted in targeting the next big market: Space. Alphabet has excelled in this approach, but other legacy companies are also increasing their experimentations.

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2019 HR Leaders of the Year

HR Digest

As an HR leader, her adaptation of technology for better employee engagement and processes won her the Executive of the Year Award-2018. Mastercard believes in developing both current and future skills. Julie Weber, Vice President and Chief People Officer, Southwest Airlines.

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To Make Better Decisions, Combine Datasets

Harvard Business Review

Take the airline control system—the outcomes it delivers vary tremendously by weather, equipment availability, time of day, and so on. Firms have been developing models that predict how their customers will behave for years. This idea is not new, of course.

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3 Questions About AI That Nontechnical Employees Should Be Able to Answer

Harvard Business Review

But I think we get closer to the heart of AI in 2018 when we think about small and mundane ways in which AI makes work just a little easier. People do not need to know how to fly a plane to be able to spot sensible new airline routes. Instead, they need to know approximately what a plane can and cannot do.

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To Make Better Decisions, Combine Datasets

Harvard Business Review

Take the airline control system—the outcomes it delivers vary tremendously by weather, equipment availability, time of day, and so on. Firms have been developing models that predict how their customers will behave for years. This idea is not new, of course.

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Competing in the Huge Digital Economies of China and India

Harvard Business Review

In our Digital Evolution Index (DEI), we place them in the “digital south” which means the full deployment and adoption of online systems is still in development. Currently, China is ahead on the major economic metrics: to add as much to its GDP as China will in 2018, India would need to grow by 40%.