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How the Data That Internet Companies Collect Can Be Used for the Public Good

Harvard Business Review

Our existing policy tool kit seems stale and outdated. In particular, the vast streams of data generated through social media platforms, when analyzed responsibly, can offer insights into societal patterns and behaviors. Our research, applied to social media data and viewed more generally , indicates five public-value propositions.

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How Companies Are Already Using AI

Harvard Business Review

Even the near-term outlook has been quite negative: A 2016 report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said 9% of jobs in the 21 countries that make up its membership could be automated. Four years ago, an Oxford University study predicted 47% of jobs could be automated by 2033. AI wasn’t new at Microsoft.

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How CMOs and CROs Can Be Allies

Harvard Business Review

But the advent of Big Data, sophisticated modeling techniques, and robust algorithms are opening a door to cooperation and opportunities that have never been possible before. The ability to offer financing gave the technology vendor a point of differentiation that helped it beat its revenue projection for the year.

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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.