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How And When Automation May Affect Long-Haul Trucking

The Horizons Tracker

In Oxford’s Michael Osborne and Carl Benedikt Frey’s hugely influential 2013 paper looking at the likelihood of automation for various professions, truck driving was one of the professions that were projected to be automated in double-quick time. Our results suggest that the impacts of automation may not happen all at once.

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The IT Project That Brought a Bank to Its Knees

Harvard Business Review

s Co-operative Bank in June 2013. hedge funds. One section highlights the problems the bank encountered as it attempted to replace its core banking systems, a program that was cancelled in 2013 at a cost of almost £300 million. billion capital shortfall announced by the U.K.’s

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Robo-Advisers Are Coming to Consulting and Corporate Strategy

Harvard Business Review

These numbers represent more than three times as much as was invested in 2013. Create your own internal robo-advisory service : Companies could develop their own robotic or semi-robotic advice for key decision domains. . $4 to $5 billion was invested by VCs in AI in 2016. There are likely to be corporate equivalents of these functions.

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Universities Are Missing Out on an Explosive Growth Sector: Their Own

Harvard Business Review

Still, most colleges are lucky if they can afford even a small team charged with developing new lines of business and new business models. The National Association of College and University Business Officers Study on Endowments reveals that endowments are performing enviably — with returns of near 12% in 2013. a better place to be.

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How Company Culture Shapes Employee Motivation

Harvard Business Review

Business leaders believe a strong organizational culture is critical to success, yet culture tends to feel like some magic force that few know how to control. One 2013 study illustrates this well. In one hedge fund, the highest performing portfolio managers had higher total motivation. Insight Center.