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A Survey of 3,000 Executives Reveals How Businesses Succeed with AI

Harvard Business

And AI success stories are becoming more numerous and diverse, from Amazon reaping operational efficiencies using its AI-powered Kiva warehouse robots, to GE keeping its industrial equipment running by leveraging AI for predictive maintenance. Investment in AI is growing and is increasingly coming from organizations outside the tech space.

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How Companies Are Already Using AI

Harvard Business

My own firm released a survey recently of 835 large companies (with an average revenue of $20 billion) that predicts a net job loss of between 4% and 7% in key business functions by the year 2020 due to AI. In stark contrast, very few of the companies we surveyed were using AI to eliminate jobs altogether. Related Video.

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Retail Sales Rise in Germany and France, Decline in Italy

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Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. German retailers pointed to a reduction in their gross operating margins for the thirty-second consecutive month, with the rate of decline little changed since June. Mish Audio Video. Dollar Collapse News on the Dollar's Death Spiral. up from 55.3 Key Points.

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Obsess Over Your Customers, Not Your Rivals

Harvard Business

Related Video. See More Videos > See More Videos > Once you’ve redefined your competition as your customers’ obstacles, it’s relatively easy to stop propagandizing the war with another product or company. The Explainer: Marketing Myopia. Theodore Levitt's classic theory -- in under two minutes.

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Blockchain Will Help Us Prove Our Identities in a Digital World

Harvard Business

Related Video. See More Videos > See More Videos > Globalization and population growth increase the pressure to find cost-effective solutions to prove identity. Tellingly, since 2007 Estonia has been operating a universal national digital identity scheme using blockchain.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: China Manufacturing.

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Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. In what should be no surprise to Mish readers, the HSBC China Manufacturing PMI™ shows Operating conditions deteriorate at quickest pace since last September, and new export orders plunge. Operating conditions have now worsened for two successive months.

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Your Customers Still Want to Talk to a Human Being

Harvard Business

The rise of the internet has opened up new possibilities for communicating, from emailing and blogging to mobile video chatting and exchanging GIFs over messaging apps. The study also found that consumers are more likely to call a business when making a high-value purchase in verticals such as auto, finance, or travel. Insight Center.

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