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Is China Taking the Lead in AI?
Author Jeffrey Ding , Frieda Klotz
Although some observers have compared the rivalry between the United States and China over AI to the Cold War, Oxford researcher Jeffrey Ding says the analogy is flawed. AI is a general-purpose technology that can be applied across many different domains — including nat....
Release Date 2020/04 -
You Can't Afford to Please Everyone
Author Frieda Klotz
While giving customers what they want — and as rapidly as possible — may be a worthy goal for service organizations, Amy R. Ward at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business notes that businesses can’t always afford to do this. Her research uses probability to ....
Release Date 2019/09 -
Author Frieda Klotz
While flat organizational structures have gained favor in recent years, hierarchies continue to provide many important benefits, says the University of Michigan’s Lindy Greer. Depending on the circumstances, the answer isn’t to eliminate hierarchy but to train lead....
Release Date 2019/07 -
What Tech Pioneers Can Learn From Emerging Markets
Author Frieda Klotz
Technology leaders are not shy about pushing the boundaries of their industries, and sometimes they go further — challenging the prevailing rules of society at large. The eagerness of entrepreneurs to test limits isn’t surprising to Tarun Khanna, the Jorge Paulo Le....
Release Date 2019/06 -
The Perils of Applying AI Prediction to Complex Decisions
Author Frieda Klotz , Susan Athey
While AI is brilliantly placed to solve decisions that are concrete and well-defined, in other contexts it can fail spectacularly, showing connections between facts or events but stumbling when the need to disentangle cause from correlation arises. Human input in t....
Release Date 2019/05 -
Navigating the Next Wave of Blockchain Innovation: Smart Contracts
Author Frieda Klotz , Lin William Cong
Blockchain represents more than just cryptocurrencies and digital cash. The decentralized ledger system provides a platform for smart contracts, which are digital agreements that are fast, secure, and require no third party. Show and hide more ....
Release Date 2018/10 -
How AI Can Amplify Human Competencies
Author Frieda Klotz
The fear of robots eclipsing human power in society, in particular the workforce, has persisted for decades despite the moderate progress of artificial intelligence systems. For professor and robotics researcher Ken Goldberg, a hybrid human-machine workforce is muc....
Release Date 2018/10 -
Manufacturers Can Also Win in the Sharing Economy
Author Frieda Klotz
The sharing economy isn’t all bad news for manufacturers of big-ticket items such as cars. Research suggests that in some circumstances, manufacturers can charge higher prices to customers who are planning to rent out those goods. Show and hide more ....
Release Date 2018/01 -
The Heavy Toll of ‘Always-On’ Technology
Author Larry D. Rosen , Frieda Klotz
Our electronic devices and expectations for immediate responses to communications are degrading our attention, with implications not just for productivity but also for mental health and stress levels in the workplace. That’s according to the 2016 book The Dis....
Release Date 2017/04