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When Companies Want to Innovate, But Investors Won’t Let Them

Harvard Business

We measured digital innovation based on the number of digital patents the firm had secured from 1998 to 2010. To do this, we compared the market valuations between 1998-2010 of companies that were similar in terms of their digital status (leader or laggard) and their growth trajectory (based on our model estimate).

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The Tragic Crash of Flight AF447 Shows the Unlikely but Catastrophic Consequences of Automation

Harvard Business

In fact, they are the most prevalent cause of fatalities in commercial aviation today, accounting for 43% of fatalities in 37 separate incidents between 2010 and 2014. Commercial aircraft fly on autopilot for much of the time. Pilots spend much of their time managing and monitoring, rather than actively flying, their aircraft.

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