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Security & Privacy
MIT for Managers: How Insecure Is The Internet of Things?
Our biweekly exploration of new business ideas from the corridors of MIT.
AI & Machine Learning
What AlphaGo Means to the Future of Management
AI-supported management; how to buy your digital capabilities; videocasting for transparency.
Business Models
Is It Time to Build Your Own Platform?
Preparing for the platform-business revolution; how to optimize distribution networks with big data.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Where Digitization Is Failing to Deliver
Digitization has not resulted in increased productivity growth. A University of Chicago economist explains why.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Free Webinar: Foundations of Analytics Strategy
Authors of a new 2016 report explain why competitive advantage from analytics is declining — and what to do about it.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Now That Your Products Can Talk, What Will They Tell You?
Products connected to the Internet of Things are providing unprecedented levels of information.
AI & Machine Learning
Just How Smart Are Smart Machines?
Managers today expect computing technology to augment rather than replace the work of humans.
Organizational Transformation
When to Hire a Robot
Putting robots to work; the state of digitization in the U.S. middle market; a yellow flag on gamification.
Business Models
Crowd-Based Capitalism? Empowering Entrepreneurs in the Sharing Economy
Peer-to-peer businesses are shaking up fundamental assumptions about how the economy works.
AI & Machine Learning
Cognitive Technologies: The Next Step Up for Data and Analytics
This on-demand webinar highlights research from “Only Humans Need Apply: Winners and Losers in the Age of Smart Machines.”
Collaboration
Halting the Corporate Brain Drain
Digital tools can reshape the relationship between organizations and retiring employees.
Data & Data Culture
Tech Savvy: March 3, 2016
What’s happening in wearables at work, virtual reality in hiring, and enhancing big data ROI.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Tech Savvy: February 26, 2016
This week: using mobile to reduce supply chain risk; reengineering with machines; a data science primer for execs.
Technology Innovation Strategy
GE’s Big Bet on Data and Analytics
An MIT SMR case study looks at GE’s challenges in becoming a leader of the Industrial Internet.
Data & Data Culture
Will the Internet of Trees Be the Next Game Changer?
Is the forestry industry ready for an industry-specific Internet of Things?
Analytics & Business Intelligence
What the Internet of Things Could Mean to Consumers
From wearables to hotel desks that remind us to move around, connected objects are becoming a bigger part of consumers’ lives.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Pushing the Boundaries of Predictive Analytics and the IoT
What will happen to predictive analytics once everything is connected?
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Free Webinar: Leveraging Smart Data for Mass Customization
Research looks at how applying smart data to transportation ecosystems is launching new business models.
Managing Your Career
What Companies Should Learn About Social Media From American Politics
Companies looking to social media for guidance in decision making should be wary of the “filter bubble” effect.