Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2013

Few industries illustrate the Big Data wars better than the media business. Using their treasure troves of information on online customer viewing habits, they''re designing new TV series that their data tells them will win. The Big Data wars are hardly limited to the media industry.

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Big Data Data Company Survey 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 25, 2014

In their best-selling 2013 book Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work and Think , authors Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and Kenneth Cukier selected Google Flu Trends (GFT) as the lede of chapter one. Last year, Nature reported that Flu Trends overestimated by 50% the peak Christmas season flu of 2012.

Big Data 11

Big Data Data Trends Underperforming Technical Team 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2012

They're already good at analyzing structured data from previous incidents and real-time oceanographic conditions — and they're definitely seeing some results. But travelers and businesses still face a big challenge from pirates. Maritime agencies need to be able to respond to new data in real or near real time.

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Meeting Big Data Data Trends 18

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2012

They're already good at analyzing structured data from previous incidents and real-time oceanographic conditions — and they're definitely seeing some results. But travelers and businesses still face a big challenge from pirates. Maritime agencies need to be able to respond to new data in real or near real time.

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Meeting Big Data Data Trends 18

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2012

For people selling in a B2B context, Big Data can be extremely useful — but amid all the celebration over this powerful new way of doing business, it's important to keep in mind its limits. In other words, beyond the data, what do your customers say when you are not around? BIG DATA INSIGHT CENTER.

Data 17

Data Tools Big Data Trends 17

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2012

For people selling in a B2B context, Big Data can be extremely useful — but amid all the celebration over this powerful new way of doing business, it's important to keep in mind its limits. In other words, beyond the data, what do your customers say when you are not around? BIG DATA INSIGHT CENTER.

Data 17

Data Tools Big Data Trends 17

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2014

Not a week goes by without us publishing something here at HBR about the value of data in business. Big data, small data, internal, external, experimental, observational — everywhere we look, information is being captured, quantified, and used to make business decisions. Why data matters.

Data 21

Data Management Big Data Analysis 21

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Six years ago, the primary focus of questions and answers in the survey was big data, which was relatively new on the business scene. There is both a stronger feeling that big data and AI projects deliver value and a greater concern that established firms will be disrupted by startups.

Data 15

Data Artificial Inteligence Culture Big Data 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2014

Starting in 2012, my colleagues and I began taking a closer look at the hands-on experience of data scientists. At Stanford, I conducted 35 interviews of data analysts from 25 organizations across a variety of sectors, including health care, retail, marketing, and ? IT management Technology'

Big Data 15

Big Data Analysis Underperforming Technical Team Change 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Time magazine just published a fascinating account of how President Obama's campaign team used data to microtarget voters. At HBR, we've been tracking the rise of Big Data in the private sector for some time, and see this as a useful case study of how one organization actually implemented those analytic principles to get results.

Data 18

Data Big Data Case Study System 18

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 25, 2013

But what really fueled #GivingTuesday was not technology tactics or whiz-bang applications; it was a mindset built around four principles, ones that can apply to many organizations seeking to use social media to create change. Can Technology End Poverty? A New Type of Philanthropy: Donating Data.

Change 19

Change LEAN Big Data Groups 19

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2015

This is the most frequent complaint I hear from the competitive intelligence analysts in my certification classes: their marketing bosses are exceedingly tactical in their requests for competitive data. The rise of Big Data seems to have only exacerbated this tendency. And I understand the appeal. The New Tools of Marketing.

Marketing 15

Marketing Data Underperforming Technical Team Big Data 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2015

What, another clarion call urging executives to fundamentally rethink their business models through digital technology? Yet huge opportunities exist in using digital technology to evolve your business model by rethinking your existing products, economic models, and digital assets. Thus, in 2012, Luminar was born. Insight Center.

Technology 14

Technology Data Policies Survey 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2012

HBR's editors have compiled a list of some of our — and your — favorite of the nearly 2000 blog posts we published in 2012. Big Data's Management Revolution. Gianpiero Petriglieri. How to Attend a Conference as Yourself. Peter Bregman. Just How Powerful Are You? Nilofer Merchant. Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee.

Disruption 15

Disruption Big Data Conference Data 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2013

workers say they are "not engaged" or "actively disengaged" with their work, according to Gallup''s ongoing study of the American workplace from 2010 through 2012. In 2012, according to U.S. Department of Commerce data, online spending reached almost $200 billion. Redesign processes with sales tasks, not the technology, in mind.

Big Data 10

Big Data Data Strategy Strategy 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

The strategic underpinnings of most companies’ workforce plans should change dramatically as a result of technological innovation. ” Beyond the skills required to perform specific jobs, technology will also determine which jobs matter most in the years to come. Harnessing this data requires new skills and capabilities.

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Artificial Inteligence Software Engineering Company Software 16

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2012

But no less planned or executed than another viral blockbuster — the OMGPOP team's March 2012 breakout of Draw Something , a Pictionary-like game. The result : by late March 2012, Draw Something had 15 million daily players and was the Apple AppStore's #1 word game in 84 countries. The Invisible Children, Inc. Emergent, yes.

Design 15

Design Collaboration Video Big Data 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

For some time now we’ve been living into a smarter world filled with Big Data and analytics, and a more connected one that’s been described as “ the internet of things.” ” In this world, customers expect their suppliers to surround their products with data services and digitally enhanced experiences.

Software 14

Software Software Engineering Data Software Developers 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2018

The first thing they should know is that not all technological change is “disruptive.” Importantly, the research landscape we mapped out suggests that disruption is not about technology alone, but rather the combination of technologies and business model innovation. A prime example is Netflix.

Radical Innovation 15

Radical Innovation Disruption Technical Review Software Review 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2018

This proliferation of data (both meaningful and meaningless) and the workload created by EHR systems have been key drivers of clinician burnout and, paradoxically, introduced new threats to patient safety. What is more, relying only on EHR data greatly limits the insights derived from artificial intelligence algorithms or big data analytics.

Software Review 13

Software Review Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Data 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2012

According to a 2012 survey by Jobsite, 54% of recruiters use Twitter, 66% Facebook, and a whopping 97% LinkedIn, as recruitment tools. Big data can provide the best answer to the big questions in talent identification, if we ask the right questions of the data.

Artificial Inteligence 15

Artificial Inteligence Data Big Data Survey 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2014

But ongoing changes in policy, technology, and industry culture are now creating unprecedented opportunities for those with just the right kind of crazy. In our group at Merck, we are witnessing this opportunity firsthand as we collaborate with start-ups in the areas of digital health, big data, and health IT.

Entrepreneurship 10

Entrepreneurship Policies Data Big Data 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 25, 2013

But what really fueled #GivingTuesday was not technology tactics or whiz-bang applications; it was a mindset built around four principles, ones that can apply to many organizations seeking to use social media to create change. Can Technology End Poverty? A New Type of Philanthropy: Donating Data.

Change 12

Change LEAN Big Data Groups 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2015

But the advent of Big Data, sophisticated modeling techniques, and robust algorithms are opening a door to cooperation and opportunities that have never been possible before. Both practices have long developed insights into their customers based on data and analytics. Cross-pollinate your talent.

Data 14

Data Marketing Exercises Collaboration 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Using the latest Plan Sponsor Council of America data, 22.8% Assuming the opt-in take up rate of 25.1%, as reported in my 2012 research with Ehud Peleg and Richard Thaler, that’s an under-statement of more than five million participants (75.4 Digital and mobile technology makes this process feasible on a mass scale.

Tools 14

Tools Big Data Data Study 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 23, 2013

It''s time for CIOs to move beyond their roles as chief technology officers, and embrace the name with all of its implications: Chief Information Officer. According to the 2012 IDC/EMC report on the digital universe (PDF) , it''s doubling every two years. Because no one is managing the store. How did we get here?

Fractional CTO 8

Fractional CTO CTO Technology Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

of the GDP on healthcare in 2012. Driven by the need to lower costs, and aided by new technologies, patient care is moving from the hospital to the outpatient setting and ultimately to wherever the patient happens to be located. Disruptive technologies threaten every mission of the academic health center.

Disruption 10

Disruption Technical Review Big Data Groups 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2015

“Consumers want to see investment in technology that prevents power outages and reduces the time it takes to turn power back on,” says John McDonald, director of technical strategy and policy development at GE Digital Energy. The system was already tested by Hurricane Irene in 2011 and Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

Technical Review 8

Technical Review Software Review Survey Big Data 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2018

Procter & Gamble wanted to become “the most digital company on the planet” in 2012, but ran into growth challenges in a difficult economy. This kind of unfortunate decision has happened over and over again, in wave after wave of transformative business technology.

Technical Review 8

Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Technology Software Review 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2014

Grose quotes IbisWorld researcher Jocelyn Phillips as pointing to the high-tech aspects of Clearblue’s test, also noting that young women might be more willing to shell out more money for such technology — the digital version costs about $5 more than the boring old blue and pink line version. Customers Global business Marketing'

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Technical Review Marketing Groups Examples 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 13, 2017

Sponsored by DXC Technology. We started tracking the role of digital in the boardroom in 2012. Insight Center. Crossing the Digital Divide. How the best companies get up to speed.

Artificial Inteligence 8

Artificial Inteligence Disruption Internet of things Culture 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

And tracking has become steadily more prevalent as marketing’s appetite for “big data” and “personalized” ad messages has grown from hunger to gluttony. Google followed in 2012. But that’s what you get when you visit most advertising-supported commercial websites, whether you want it or not.

Marketing 14

Marketing Data Tools Big Data 14

Idea to Value

MARCH 11, 2016

Let’s me outline the technological advances which will lead to the breakthroughs, and then see my predictions of jobs robots will soon steal from creative people: 1. A lot of advances in robot technology have been about making them more independent (able to move in a new space independently, recognising faces and commands etc).

Creativity 100

Creativity Big Data Data Technical Review 100

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Big Data meets travel.in In the hyper-competitive world of technology and consumer Internet, it is hard to find a company that is pound for pound as profitable as TripAdvisor. The chart below shows their financial performance over the last few years, with forecasted 2012 revenue of $767M and EBITDA of $339M.

Software Review 11

Software Review Technical Review Culture LEAN 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2013

For example, how big is the problem of cheating in online games? As of 2012, it had terminated more than 1.5 Valve Corporation's game platform, Steam , developed an anti-cheat solution in 2006 after it detected 10,000 cheating attempts in a single week. million accounts within the 60 games running on Steam.

Data 8

Data Big Data Training Industry 8

Board of Innovation

JUNE 5, 2022

50 what-if questions to reimagine the future We have handpicked a selection of trends & shifts in technology to help you come up with more relevant business ideas. nformation and telecommunication technologies ade the world interconnected. By the end of 2012, users had earned $5m by selling their own designs on the platform.

Artificial Inteligence 52

Artificial Inteligence Data Trends Underperforming Technical Team 52

Board of Innovation

JUNE 5, 2022

50 what-if questions to reimagine the future We have handpicked a selection of trends & shifts in technology to help you come up with more relevant business ideas. nformation and telecommunication technologies ade the world interconnected. By the end of 2012, users had earned $5m by selling their own designs on the platform.

Artificial Inteligence 52

Artificial Inteligence Data Trends Underperforming Technical Team 52