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July 01, 2019
When I first graduated, the job market was very bad. I ended up getting a job at a computer learning and education center. My job was to help fix PCs, but I actually spent most of my time...
July 01, 2019
Fintech is fast becoming a global phenomenon, led by innovators and followed closely by academics, and now drawing the attention of regulators. Broadly, fintech is an umbrella term for innovative...
July 29, 2019
What are your open innovation challenges? How are you improving your team's technical capabilities? Step 1: Logged in IRI Members click here for credential verification (only needed once per logged...
July 01, 2019
Many years ago when I was an MBA student at the University of Chicago, I heard the famous Roman Weil, professor of accounting, tell a large gathering of students, “Accounting is the language of...
July 01, 2019
I’ve spent the last 15 years working on ideas for delivering artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to several industries focused on associative memory–based learning and reasoning. My primary work,...
July 01, 2019
Manufacturers moving to service-based business models are generally advised to provide total-care solutions to their customers in order to boost profits and strengthen customer relationships. To...
July 01, 2019
Corporate venture capital (CVC) units help their ventures flourish by offering value-adding services. Effective CVC initiatives offer services that help ventures design, implement, and manage...
July 01, 2019
The view of time that dominates conventional management thinking, including the Lean Startup movement’s “fail fast and pivot” approach, often leads to failure in the business model evolution of new...
July 01, 2019
The Business Model Canvas has become an integral part of the practice of Lean Startup and also a tool for established companies seeking to strengthen their business models against disruption. In this...
July 01, 2019
The next industrial revolution—after mechanization, mass production, and digitization—will merge technology with physical products to create cyber-physical systems that connect people with the...
July 01, 2019
In 2018, the UN panel on climate change updated its estimate for how quickly the world needs to move to reduce the increase of CO2 in the atmosphere, from the 80 percent reduction by 2050 pledged in...
July 01, 2019
Neal Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s landing on the Moon on July 20, 1969, seemed to open up a new era of human exploration that could lead to both a fresh scientific understanding of the universe and...
July 01, 2019
Critics claim that the European Union is behind the ball when it comes to artificial intelligence. But the bloc may actually be ahead of the pack when it comes to the fuel that powers this technology...
July 01, 2019
If everything seems under control, you’re not going fast enough. —Mario Andretti On February 17, a 21-car pileup interrupted the final laps of the Daytona 500. A mega-wreck like this one is known in...
May 01, 2019
Logged in users click here for credential verification (only needed once per logged in session) Perspectives The Growing German-Chinese Tech Divide Peter Gwynne Autonomous Trucks Creating New Freight...