Business Value

Using values to guide decisions can benefit customers and improve operations and the bottom line.

Unit economics can help entrepreneurs determine if scaling their business will make it profitable.

Tom Davenport and Laks Srinivasan share findings from a recent Return on AI Institute study for which they interviewed more than 45 executives about their organizations’ uses of artificial intelligence.

Ecosystem success requires that both leaders and followers avoid the trap of egocentric thinking.

To be a technology leader, a CTO needs both tech and business knowledge, explains Two Sigma’s Camille Fournier.

First-generation blockchain applications are delivering value by removing friction in shared ecosystems.

Transforming a company into a truly data-driven business involves fundamental organizational changes.

Leaders must focus on quality, build organizational capabilities, and put data to work in new ways.

Platform companies should act quickly to temper regulation that erodes network effects.

Risk mitigation is an important new priority for business operations during the pandemic.

#MITSMRChat participants shared ideas about best practices for organizations implementing AI.

Analytics can help NBA teams make better draft pick decisions.

Five capabilities and four practices help companies generate business value from AI applications.

Unlike the housing bubble, the effects of a bursting AI bubble wouldn’t cause great harm.

Technology changes quickly, but organizations change much more slowly.

MIT SMR takes a look at whether disruptive market forces necessarily doom some players to failure.

Three questions can help inform how network interactions drive value for platform companies.

Getting started with AI means understanding its capabilities, its limitations, and the ethics of its use.

B2B companies can seize new sales by charging for services they’ve been giving away.

Blockchain is poised to help media and entertainment companies rethink their business models and monetize value.