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What the Companies on the Right Side of the Digital Business Divide Have in Common

Harvard Business

billion, including most major firms in the manufacturing, consumer packaged goods, financial services, and retail industries. The broad deployment of digital technology requires rethinking both business and operating models. Our research focused on 344 enterprises* listed on U.S. exchanges with a median company revenue of $3.4

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How One Clothing Company Blends AI and Human Expertise

Harvard Business

A five-year-old online clothing retailer, its success in this area reveals how AI and people can work together, with each side focused on its unique strengths. Second, companies can use machines to supercharge the productivity and effectiveness of workers in unprecedented ways. Some upheaval is to be expected.

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How the Water Industry Learned to Embrace Data

Harvard Business

Its managerial team first formed a working group of personnel from business units across the organization — from retail and asset management to planning and maintenance crews. The group met weekly and by doing so they recognized that the software detected faulty incidents and provided a focal point to collect information (e.g.,