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4 Models for Using AI to Make Decisions

Harvard Business Review

At some of the world’s most successful enterprises — Google, Netflix, Amazon, Alibaba, Facebook — autonomous algorithms, not talented managers, increasingly get the last word. Elite MBAs (Management by Algorithm) are the new normal. Top management would have to trust its computationally brilliant bidding software.

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Only Half of Companies Actually Use the Competitive Intelligence They Collect

Harvard Business Review

We recently conducted a survey of CI managers and analysts who’ve been through our training program to see how much their findings influenced major company decisions, and why. We found that 55% of our respondents said that their input on major management decisions made enough difference to improve the decision.

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What You Should Know About Dodd-Frank and What Happens If It’s Rolled Back

Harvard Business Review

His bottom line: “For a manager running a nonfinancial business, the proposed reforms to Dodd-Frank are probably a bad trade-off.” The size and influence of U.S. And not very much capex , not very much innovation. For more on what the law does, go here. This is better in the U.S.