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MAY 21, 2021

Moral hazards can result from a positive feedback loop: for example, a lender insured by the government against loan default may make very risky, high-interest loans to uncreditworthy customers because it will do no worse than break even, and may realize a very high rate of return.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Harnessing the power of machine learning and other technologies. An examination of the telecom industry , for example, shows that the analytics leaders have posted three to five times higher returns on their big data investment than the typical telecom company. Sponsored by SAS.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 30, 2016

Intelligent technologies are increasingly delivering greater value for less money. Microsoft’s recent Tay debacle is a perfect example of what happens when you don’t take machine learning “training” seriously enough. They learn fast, work hard, and certainly complain less.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2016

But effective security is driven as much by people as it is by technology. The ways those people interact with technology and each other can completely change the effectiveness of your security strategy. Online security often focuses on technical details — software, hardware, vulnerabilities, and the like.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2012

high technology or pharmaceutical) that are investing in projects with uncertain long-range payoffs. Strategic cash provides protection against downsides (such as disruptive technologies, economic recessions, and market turmoil) and also offers the opportunity to capture upsides. Allow for Greater Responsiveness to Future Events.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2014

Wendy Kopp, who founded Teach For America , and Linda Rottenberg, who founded Endeavor are just two well-known examples. Second, changes in technology have dramatically lowered the cost of experimentation and create unprecedented transparency into problems, solutions, and results. Second, technology made Khan Academy possible.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2012

Large pools of capital have been funding risky ventures since antiquity (for example, when the wealthy Marcus Crassus backed an upstart Roman general named Julius Caesar). Bill Ackman's hedge fund Pershing Square, for example, has $9 billion in assets under management and fewer than ten investment professionals.

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