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A Survey of 3,000 Executives Reveals How Businesses Succeed with AI

Harvard Business Review

AI technologies like neural-based machine learning and natural language processing are beginning to mature and prove their value, quickly becoming centerpieces of AI technology suites among adopters. Our results suggest there’s still time to climb the learning curve and compete using AI. There’s no one-size-fits-all AI solution.

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How the Philippines Became Tech Startups’ New Source for Talent

Harvard Business Review

The Southeast Asia city’s rapid growth echoes the story of the so-called “unicorns” — technology start-ups that rapidly grew to a billion-dollar valuation and beyond. But as start-ups mature, the grow-at-all-cost narrative will be replaced by a flight to capital efficiency and profitability.

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The U.S. Can’t Count on Technology to Revive the Job Market

Harvard Business Review

These have multiple causes including the shift of the economy to services and information-intensive activities, productivity growth, the appearance of new products and services, demographics, and continued offshoring that now includes services ranging from call centers to medical procedures. million, were the largest in U.S.

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The 5 Things IBM Needs to Do to Win at AI

Harvard Business Review

The most successful innovative companies buy startups and other private companies to help transform themselves. In some instances, they buy a company because it has strong financial performance in addition to an innovative product. Acquire ideas, not just revenue. The strategic rationale for specific acquisitions varies.

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How IT Professionals Can Embrace the Serendipity Economy

Harvard Business Review

Industrial age measures can''t evaluate Serendipity Economy results, leaving its outcomes like invention and innovation, process improvements, and new businesses relegated to the evidence of anecdote. Reinventing Corporate IT An HBR Insight Center. A Board Director''s Perspective on What IT Has to Get Right.

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