AI & Machine Learning
The Best of This Week
Must-reads for managing in a digital age: tech giants on privacy, influencer marketing done right, climate change.
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AI & Machine Learning
The Best of This Week
Must-reads for managing in a digital age: hacking inequality at home, the AI jungle, and why you should kill your favorite meeting.
The MIT SMR editors
AI & Machine Learning
The Best of This Week
This week’s must-reads for managing in the digital age.
The MIT SMR editors
Global Strategy
Where China Is Leading the Mobility Revolution
China is taking the lead on developing new technology focused on mobility.
Heiko Rauscher
AI & Machine Learning
Learning to Love the AI Bubble
Unlike the housing bubble, the effects of a bursting AI bubble wouldn’t cause great harm.
Philipp Gerbert and Michael Spira
Business Models
How Digital Platforms Have Become Double-Edged Swords
The authors of The Business of Platforms outline the myths and pitfalls of platform strategy.
Michael A. Cusumano, Annabelle Gawer, and David B. Yoffie, interviewed by Allyson MacDonald
Technology Implementation
Will Blockchain Transform Emerging Markets?
The MIT SMR Strategy Forum examines how blockchain and cryptocurrency might impact developing countries in the global economy.
AI & Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence Brings Out the Worst and the Best in Us
As AI develops better decision-making skills, leaders may feel threatened and push back.
Lisa Burrell
Technology Implementation
Five Categories to Focus Your KPIs
Research shows greater KPI transparency and clearer alignment are key to overall KPI effectiveness.
Michael Schrage
Technology Implementation
Is the Right Group Leading Your Digital Initiatives?
Companies shouldn’t bottle up digital transformation in any one function.
Gerald C. Kane
AI & Machine Learning
Get the Most Out of AI Today
A conversation with Airbnb’s Theresa Johnson highlights three tangible ways AI can help companies.
Sam Ransbotham
AI & Machine Learning
Global Competition With AI in Business: How China Differs
AI’s largest and most enduring contributions will be in non-technology sectors, and many of them will come from China.
Philipp Gerbert, Martin Reeves, Sam Ransbotham, David Kiron, and Michael Spira
AI & Machine Learning
Humanizing Tech May Be the New Competitive Advantage
Technology leaders need to take a new approach to regain user trust.
Bala Iyer, Kristen Getchell, and Fritz Fleischmann
Global Strategy
The Changing Face of Innovation in China
Foreign companies must retool their R&D strategies to keep pace with newly innovative Chinese enterprises.
Dan Prud’homme and Max von Zedtwitz
Business Models
Three Signals Your Industry Is About to Be Disrupted
Disruption rarely comes out of nowhere — so if you see these key signs, take action to limit your risk.
Megan Beck and Barry Libert
Executing Strategy
Building the Right Ecosystem for Innovation
Companies seeking tech alliances to stay competitive may benefit from an adaptive ecosystem model.
Nathan Furr and Andrew Shipilov
Developing Strategy
Five Strategies for Getting the Most From AI
This MIT SMR webinar offers strategies for how to get the most out of AI’s potential.
Jacques Bughin and Paul Michelman
New Product Development
Implement First, Ask Questions Later (or Not at All)
Competitive speed and cheaper apps spell the end to requirements gathering and testing for new tech.
Stephen J. Andriole
Innovation Strategy
The Hybrid Trap: Why Most Efforts to Bridge Old and New Technology Miss the Mark
Mature companies often lack the vision and the commitment to fully commit to new technologies.
Fernando F. Suarez, James Utterback, Paul von Gruben, and Hye Young Kang
AI & Machine Learning
The End of Scale
New technology-driven business models are undercutting the traditional advantages of economies of scale.