Top stories published by MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy in February of 2016

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Feb 25, 2016

More Pie for All: Introducing the Inclusive Innovation Competition

Online education, telemedicine, smart home devices, self-driving cars, virtual reality… These innovations are already benefitting some members of society, but how will they affect the careers and livelihoods of…

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Feb 24, 2016

Big Data, Small Competitive Advantage?

Money alone doesn’t lead to happiness, and big data doesn’t automatically lead to success

New research by Anja Lambrecht and Catherine E. Tucker raises a provocative question…

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Feb 18, 2016

The Transformation of Work in an On-Demand Economy

What’s tech got to do with it? Plenty.

By Paula Klein

From union leader John L. Lewis to the rock singer Huey Lewis, “workin’ for a living” stirred up strong…

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Feb 7, 2016

The (Uneven) Rise of Data-Driven Decision Making

By Kristina McElheran

Growing opportunities to collect and leverage digital information have led many managers to change how they make decisions — relying less on intuition and more on data. As Jim Barksdale, the former…

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Feb 18, 2016

Are Customers Key to Creating Business Value?

MIT’s Michael Schrage Says Definitely, ‘Yes’

A new paper by IDE Research Fellow Michael Schrage offers divergent insights into platform markets and network effects.

March 2016

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