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"After years of studying countless winners and losers, Pip Coburn has come up with a simple idea that explains why some technologies become huge hits, but others never reach more than a tiny audience. As he explains in The Change Function: People are only willing to change and accept new technologies when the pain of their current situation outweighs the perceived pain of trying something new. Most potential users are afraid of new technologies, and...
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"Digital transformation is an ongoing process of the marketplace and one that requires continual strategic planning, reflection, and action. Organizations must constantly reconsider their digital transformation strategies in order to leverage new technologies and access to new data sets, as new competitors continue to emerge. In this environment, successful managers will constantly ask: how are you going to competitively position your organization...
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"Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been an exciting field of study and research in educational institutions and research labs across the globe. Technology giants and IT organizations invest heavily on AI technologies and tools with the aim of precisely automating a variety of simple as well as complicated business operations across industry verticals. This book covers the latest trends and transitions happening in the futuristic AI domain. The book...
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Without adopting new technological developments, a company's profits will lag; with them, they can soar. This program uses two case studies-Ford and Australia Post-as they introduce very different types of technology in their respective organizations. Can these companies hope to maintain sales, market share, and profit if they are not in a position to exploit the latest technological advancements?
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With a softening economy reducing revenues and stiffening competition in the high-tech sector, a time comes when even the most successful business plans must be adjusted. This program filmed at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, brings together Carly Fiorina, chairman and CEO of Hewlett-Packard, and John Chambers, president and CEO of Cisco Systems, to confront the challenges of leadership during times of change....
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Airbnb, Social Dining and Sidecar: swapping instead of buying - we take a look at how this new form of economic activity, the so-called "sharing economy", is developing in different countries around the world. What is the secret behind the success and appeal of the "sharing economy"? With underlying motives ranging from sustainability to economics, new business models and - potentially - an alternative culture of consumption and community are emerging...
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Irrepressible, irascible, and iconic, Steve Jobs reigned as the undisputed king of Silicon Valley for the better part of three decades. From his parents' California garage he launched the personal computer revolution and built Apple into the most envied and valuable technology company in the world. From the Macintosh and the iPod to the iPhone and iPad, Jobs personally presided over the creation of dozens of transformational devices-while battling...
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From Facebook to YouTube, savvy entrepreneurs know that the next big thing could be just a click away. This program focuses on ChickAdvisor, a Web site where women can rate a range of products and services, and its struggle to attract more users and pay staff while hoping for a big-time buyout. Also profiled on the show is millionaire Albert Lai, a Web entrepreneur who created his first Internet company while still in his teens-and then sold it for...
10) The New York times management reader: hot ideas and best practices from the new world of business
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A collection of articles and essays about today's leading companies and business leaders shares business strategies for today's managers, covering such topics as how to bring together two corporate cultures, retain a top workforce, and utilize new technologies effectively.
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High tech is big money-as Facebook, Apple, and other digital superbrands have demonstrated so well. What factors enable technology companies to rule today's global economy? Is it all about marketing, or are other forces at work when the latest smart phone stirs consumers into a frenzy? This program goes inside the technology industry for answers. Viewers will learn about Sony's Blu-ray give-away strategy and how it hastened the fall of the HD-DVD...
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In Los Angeles, a remarkable experiment is underway; the police are trying to predict crime, before it even happens. At the heart of the city of London, one trader believes that he has found the secret of making billions with math. In South Africa, astronomers are attempting to catalog the entire cosmos. These very different worlds are united by one thing - an extraordinary explosion in data. Horizon meets the people at the forefront of the data revolution,...
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Biotechnology and telecommunications define, in part, the cutting edge of research, as William Haseltine, founder and CEO of Human Genome Sciences, and David Huber, founder and CEO of Corvis Corporation, well know. In this program, business meets science as Drs. Haseltine and Huber stress the rewards of working at the forefront of technology. In addition, MBA students and faculty from Cornell University's Johnson Graduate School of Management ask...
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This program, filmed at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, links two innovators who really know e-commerce: Amazon.com's Jeff Bezos, standard-bearer for all companies operating solely online, and David Dyer, president and CEO of Lands' End, who expanded his brand into cyberspace as well as into the clothing department of Sears to make his business a leader in the apparel arena. Together they address the challenges of e-tailing in...
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In part one of this program, filmed prior to the foundering of the Internet economy, NewsHour correspondent Paul Solman examines the methodology of Amazon.com's founder Jeffrey Bezos and Drugstore.com's CEO Peter Neupert, who faced stiffening retail and online competition by innovatively adapting their business plans. In part two, correspondent Margaret Warner analyzes the meteoric rise of dotcoms and their impact on society with Anitesh Barua, co-author...
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Robotics has become a formidable force in the workplace. Some of your students may already use robots on the job or work with someone who does. This video takes a look at the changes that have occurred since robotics was first introduced. Students are given a refresher of the basics: terminology, concepts, system components, classification of robots. But then, new applications and work tasks are overviewed. They see how far robotics has advanced industry-wide....
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Compact and portable, digitized information is an attractive alternative to bulky books, analog media, and emulsion-based photographs-but can it stand the test of time? In this program, Stewart Brand, co-inventor of the TCP/IP Internet protocol, and others in the know assess the rapid proliferation of digitization; confront the alarming risk of massive data loss through technology obsolescence, platform incompatibilities, and storage media degradation;...
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Introduces the proven rules that a company can use to promote innovation, arguing that the corporate world should hire misfits and encourage them to defy the existing culture and actively consider ideas that appear ridiculous or impractical.
Creativity, new ideas, innovation -- in any age they are keys to success, but in today's whirlwind economy they are essential for survival itself. Yet, as Robert Sutton explains, the standard rules of business...
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This behind-the-scenes look at IT in action showcases three exciting e-commerce initiatives. By analyzing the growth, revenue, and future of MP3's Web site, visiting Ford's online "showroom," and showcasing the customer benefits of Coronet-Fashion at Work's online planning system, this program presents compelling case studies of the Internet's use to capture and exploit new markets.
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