Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2015

Given the trend to a surveillance society, our deepening embrace of technology, and the emerging Internet of Things, are we right to be afraid? Firstly, and most naïve, is that as we create ever more complex systems there must come a point when they are more complex than us. Such systems are now common.

Simon 8

Simon Proposal Learning-by-Doing System 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2016

I’ve developed this framework based on the experiences that my collaborators and I have had implementing prediction systems over the last 25 years in domains like finance, healthcare, education, and sports. Predictability refers to how much better than random we should expect today’s best predictive systems to perform.

Uncertainty 9

Uncertainty Simon Cost Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 25, 2016

Over the major innovation cycles, the capitalist system has been resilient enough to absorb the effects of the crashes caused by pure speculation and turn them to its advantage. New business models and value propositions are being developed by global teams using web-based tools and communication methods.

Drucker 8

Drucker Long-term Short-term Christensen 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2013

Another team developed a plan to reuse and optimize networking systems in offices, which cut energy costs by $22 million. They also want to be involved in developing sustainability strategy. The projects produced financial and environmental benefits, of course.

Metrics 9

Metrics Chemicals Simon Energy 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2018

Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and computer technology are causing us to think again about some really basic questions: what is a firm? This work is coordinated by a single firm, Amazon, but it often involves third parties (makers of dog food, delivery companies) whose systems interact seamlessly with Amazon’s.

Company 10

Company Long-term Short-term Technology 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

We supplemented our model by using an algorithm and dataset developed by University of Pennsylvania to identify the apparent gender of our subjects and their followers. The energy, finance, and technology sectors tend to tweet using a male-biased tone of voice. The algorithm is able to infer gender based on language.

Company 8

Company Airlines Brand Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2011

Biocon also sources drug molecules from other partners, especially from developing countries, such as the Cuba-based Center of Molecular Immunology (CMI). In this fluid system, Biocon finances CMI's inventive R&D, while using the funds from the Pfizer deal to finance its own R&D and go-to-market activities.

Shaw 13

Shaw Globalization Innovation Entrepreneur 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

What will be the administration’s take on science and technology? Likewise, we know that whatever our historical assumptions have been, many are likely to change as technology advances. Companies are embedded in economic, social, and political systems. How will the Affordable Care Act be repealed? Invest in Resilience.

Strategy 10

Strategy Uncertainty Long-term Politics 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2014

But they can be usefully divided into three groups: technological progress, globalization, and economic policy. Technological progress by favoring highly skilled labor to the detriment of the low-skilled, might have led to the increase in the wage premium (for the highly educated) and to widening inequalities.

Politics 8

Politics Short-term Policies Education 8