Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

But there’s a smaller community of people committed to addressing two more tangible risks: AI created with harmful biases built into its core, and AI that does not reflect the diversity of the users it serves. And I would argue that not addressing the issues of bias and diversity could lead to a different kind of weaponized AI.

Diversity 11

Diversity Technology Engineering Long-term 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2014

Germany does a better job on innovation in areas as diverse as sustainable energy systems, molecular biotech, lasers, and experimental software engineering. has the world’s most sophisticated system of financing radical ideas, and the results have been impressive, from Google to Facebook to Twitter.

Innovation 15

Innovation GDP Telecommunications Industry 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2012

These people are the information economy's mom and pop business owners , just more technologically leveraged and profitable than their brick & mortar predecessors. I believe the decrease in big ideas for software companies is the result of homogeneous founding teams in the Valley. But I think the cause is a far subtler point.

Venture Capitalist 17

Venture Capitalist Software Entrepreneur Engineering 17

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2012

These people are the information economy's mom and pop business owners , just more technologically leveraged and profitable than their brick & mortar predecessors. I believe the decrease in big ideas for software companies is the result of homogeneous founding teams in the Valley. But I think the cause is a far subtler point.

Venture Capitalist 17

Venture Capitalist Software Entrepreneur Engineering 17

Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2018

Now it’s trying to move from a software platform to a robotics lab to build self-driving cars. The diversity of local accounting rules precluded perfect standardization, and the geographic dispersion of the teams made it hard for the transformation group to gather information the way they normally would — in conversation.

Process 15

Process Strategy Benchmarking Storytelling 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2018

Technology is reconfiguring traditional roles and divisions of labor. Now some are deepening their existing relationships with local governments and branching out into other types of smart technology implementation. Companies that want to serve them directly often have to think outside the box when it comes to financing.

Real Estate 9

Real Estate Company Transportation B2C 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2011

Much is being written about the impact that new communication technologies and channels (blogs, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube) have on traditional marketing. In theory, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and blogs should make it possible to engage their customers in new and diverse ways. Let's consider large companies first.

Productivity 15

Productivity Products Innovation Technology 15

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Add in more diverse identities and the disparity becomes even more apparent. Low diversity could be a result of bias in hiring, unfair recruiting criteria, insufficient diversity in recruitment sources, etc. Equitable workplace strategies for fair compensation involve a diverse workforce as well.

System 52

System How To Benchmarking Diversity 52

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2016

based companies that they finance,” according to a paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research. There’s a great irony when you consider that the “Big Three” cities for entrepreneurship — San Francisco/San Jose, Boston, and New York — are some of the most difficult places in the U.S.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Transportation Price Education 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2018

Because a CEO often effectively controls the director selection process, he will tend to choose directors who are unlikely to oppose him, and who are unlikely to provide the diverse perspectives necessary to maximize firm value. Could technology help? Nonetheless, boards remain highly imperfect.

Company 9

Company Kahneman Learning-by-Doing CEO 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2015

Pharmaceutical companies, buffeted by regulatory changes, new drug technologies that alter entry barriers and competition, price pressures, and an estimated 300,000 job cuts since 2000, seem to fit the popular narrative of large organizations unable to deal with disruptive forces. It’s not just products. Experimentation is vital.

Health Care 8

Health Care Venture Capitalist Strategic Fit Pharmaceuticals 8

HR Digest

MARCH 11, 2020

Changing technology and a dismal job and economic scenario have forced many companies to tighten their budgetary belt. It is the mid-segment executives that were handling the finance, accounting, sales, and administrative jobs that are finding themselves left out in the cold with applications softwares taking over their careers.

Resources 52

Resources Maturity Diversity Career 52

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2015

Hailed in the 1960s as bastions of sophisticated management, they used cheap financing to acquire, then rationalize, many family-owned firms. Wall Street began charging a “conglomerate discount,” saying that diverse operations were hard to analyze with confidence. GE might be first to capitalize on this.

Engineering 8

Engineering Learning Curve Fixed Costs Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2018

federal research investments enabled the invention of the magnetic storage drive, lithium-ion batteries, and liquid crystal display technologies that paved the way for the next generation of consumer electronics in the 1980s and 1990s, the U.S. annual trade deficit in advanced technology products alone stands around $100 billion.

Innovation 10

Innovation Offshoring Engineering Automotive 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

To be successful and cost-effective in holistically addressing children’s total wellness will require a large team of non-medical personnel with diverse training and skills to work with children and their parents. Health information and other technology. Technologies hold promise for remote monitoring and intervention.

Health Care 10

Health Care Metrics Efficiency Absenteeism 10

Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Agent3 They combine an ABM software platform with agency services to help clients really master ABM at whatever level they want to do it. Stay on top of all technological advances pertaining to marketing. Content marketing cannot be done by someone in finance that kinda dabbles in writing. But yes, they do! Hire a specialist.

Marketing 105

Marketing Content Audience Brand 105

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

It has benefited the tech industry enormously, and other sectors, including health care, science, and finance, have also used it to fill gaps in their workforces. In the private sector, for instance, software developers, petroleum engineers, and data scientists were found to be in high demand. But in April, just after U.S.

Outsourcing 9

Outsourcing Engineering Skills Information Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2016

Our limited sample suggests that both groups agree that board leadership should serve as champions of board diversity, but they differ on the policies they advocate to increase board diversity. Both Republicans and Democrats say the most effective board committee is audit/finance. Why does all this matter?

Politics 8

Politics Committee Telecommunications Diversity 8