Harvard Business

APRIL 3, 2017

Sponsored by Accenture. The autonomous economy is where intelligent machines, robots, artificial intelligence, big data, and high-speed digital communication power production. The autonomous economy is extremely labor and capital efficient, sometimes so much so that the prices of its products decline to close to zero.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 18, 2017

A few years later they were caught napping when online upstarts disrupted industries such as music, travel, news, and video, while transforming scores of others. Sponsored by Accenture. Related Video. Once the dot-com bust happened, these companies shut down or significantly downscaled their online efforts. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 30, 2016

Last week I wrote an article about Tribune Publishing’s reincarnation as Tronc and the poorly thought-out video that the company released, describing its efforts. There are four things I think publishers need to know to compete in the digital age: The product drives the business. Sponsored by Accenture. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business

MAY 31, 2017

Related Video. See More Videos > See More Videos > Machine learning is enabling companies to expand their top-line growth and optimize processes while improving employee engagement and increasing customer satisfaction. Automated programs can recognize products, people, logos, and more. Sponsored by Accenture.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 24, 2017

Sponsored by Accenture. Related Video. See More Videos > See More Videos > Further, computers cannot always fill in the gaps in our lack of understanding for how things work. Phone case makers dropped many encased smartphones on hard surfaces before selling their products. ” Insight Center.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 10, 2017

What is our product or service expected to do? Sponsored by Accenture. 2016: Video game NPCs (non-player characters, or any character that is not controlled by a human player) designed unauthorized superweapons. Video description software will misunderstand movie plots. What happens if it fails to do so? Insight Center.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 14, 2017

Sponsored by Accenture. IT was using AI to resolve employees’ tech support problems, automate the work of putting new systems or enhancements into production, and make sure employees used technology from approved vendors. What about the automation of the production line? Related Video. Insight Center. The Age of AI.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 13, 2017

From self-driving cars to drones to automated business operations, this technology has the potential to enhance productivity, direct human talent on critical issues, accelerate innovation, and lower operating costs. Sponsored by Accenture. Related Video. Insight Center. The Age of AI. The Upside of Automating Part of Your Job.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 22, 2017

Sponsored by Accenture. The technologies I’ve mentioned for analytics thus far are primarily separate from other types of systems, but many organizations today want and need to integrate analytics with their production applications. Related Video. Insight Center. Putting Data to Work. </span> Save.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 7, 2016

Conventional wisdom would seem to suggest that companies have no incentive to lengthen the life cycle of their products and reduce the revenue they would get from selling new goods. Sponsored by Accenture. For the most part, consumers control what happens to a product. Insight Center. Operations in a Connected World.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2017

home marketers (Fox, HBO), cable and satellite services (Comcast, DirectTV), video syndicators (PMI, TVS), film libraries and archives (Eastman House, Getty Images), and talent agencies (WME, CAA, ICM), each with its own contracts and accounting systems. Sponsored by Accenture. That’s a staggeringly long list. Insight Center.

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Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

In the 90s, ZS evolved by developing a new sales force effectiveness and productivity framework, data warehouses for clients, as well as a range of analytical services, data-handling capabilities, and rigorous analytics to the marketing research function. Medical Products and Services. Industrial Products & Services.

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Harvard Business

MAY 14, 2018

At OpenMatters, we spend a lot of time studying network orchestration —business models where companies facilitate relationships and interactions, rather than serving up all the products, services, and pieces of content themselves. Sponsored by Accenture Strategy. Insight Center. Competing in the Future.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Our research at the Agile Talent Collaborative reinforces findings from Accenture and other consulting and research firms: the use of freelancers — or agile talents as we call them — is growing, and for reasons that go well beyond cost efficiency. So does ScanDisk and Shire. Development, not deficiency, is motivating learning.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 28, 2017

In the fictional world of the video game Watch Dogs , you can play a hacktivist who takes over the central operating system of a futuristic, hyper-connected Chicago. Sponsored by Accenture. Smart cities can increase productivity and efficiencies for citizens, but they have a serious problem when security is underestimated.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 14, 2017

Related Video. See More Videos > See More Videos > All loyalty programs are vulnerable to a blockchain revolution, but the travel industry is perhaps the most at risk. Sponsored by Accenture. The Explainer: Disruptive Innovation. Clay Christensen's landmark theory -- in under two minutes. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business

JULY 22, 2016

Organizations that manage digital networks (we call them network orchestrators) are different from traditional product and service providers. Action camera manufacturer GoPro maintains a much-followed Instagram account where it, and its users, share exciting photos and videos created with GoPros. Sponsored by Accenture.

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Harvard Business

MAY 22, 2018

Sponsored by Accenture Strategy. About two-thirds of agile practitioners report higher team morale, increased productivity, greater ability to manage changing priorities, and faster time to market than they were experiencing before. I watched videos and took certification courses. Insight Center. Competing in the Future.

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Harvard Business

MAY 12, 2017

Sponsored by Accenture. Such a significant M&A haircut and risk to Yahoo’s core product, all because of a cyber intrusion, should motivate businesses to double down on proactive efforts to improve cybersecurity before incidents occur. Related Video. See More Videos > See More Videos > Tactics.

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Harvard Business

JULY 13, 2016

For product development, the offering needs to evolve constantly to meet members’ needs – changes only every year or two won’t cut it. Love their members more than their products. Today, streaming is a more efficient way for me to access professionally created video content, and Netflix provides me with streaming.

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Harvard Business

MAY 24, 2018

Ostensibly, young companies are “acqui-hired” more for their best people than for any real interest in their products, services, or ongoing operations. Sponsored by Accenture Strategy. Talent acquisition is acqui-hiring’s main purpose, say innovation pundits — everything else matters less.

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Harvard Business

MAY 19, 2016

The results helped mobilize a significant part of the organization: people at all levels and functions teamed up to generate new revenues, cut costs, increase productivity, and enhance quality. Sponsored by Accenture. They spread the word through videos and other means. Kotter’s book Accelerate.). Insight Center.

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Management Consulted

APRIL 6, 2014

An ERP system is an enterprise business management software program that organizes and tracks large company’s resources (cash, raw materials, production capacity, etc.) It helps facilitate error-free transactions and production (before ERP, people actually used odd things like pens, paper and ledgers to keep track of their stuff).

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CaseInterview.com

JUNE 13, 2019

Let's say that your client has this technical problem with your products. Interviewer-led case interviews are typically used by McKinsey, Oliver Wyman, Strategy&, and Accenture. It started many decades ago and has since been broadened to be adopted in other industries as well. What factors would you consider?

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