As part of the 2024 ESCP Impact papers series, my colleague Howard Zhong and I were happy to contribute with a piece pleading for augmentation over automation.
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As part of the 2024 ESCP Impact papers series, my colleague Howard Zhong and I were happy to contribute with a piece pleading for augmentation over automation.
Technologies tilt the balance of power in markets in particular because they change the sources of competitive advantage: some previous sources are no longer relevant and new ones appear. Artificial Intelligence is no exception to this history. How do sources of competitive advantage change with AI? Which are outdated? Which are new?
Creative processes have been traditionally highly intuition-based, leaving little room for data analysis. However, this changed with the digital transformation of creative industry and companies in this industry made their creative decision process more evidence-based, while retaining the best features of artistic intuition and human creativity. How did this transformation happen? How to leverage the...
It’s been one year since the public release of ChatGPT and since then a lot of discussions have taken place about the impact of the technology in the workplace. Some of the discussions were triggered by research. In this post, I offer 5 insights from the research published this year and conclude with 5 implications...
Big data and Artificial intelligence technologies have been described as major performance improvement drivers and many research have quantified their impact. However, these technologies could paradoxically have a negative effect on corporate performance. In which situations could they decrease performance? What are the strategic implications?
In a recent research, 30 years of chess games are analysed and authors conclude on the effect of AI on training for decision making. On one side, practising with AI helps some players to get better and on the other side, it fails at teaching one particular aspect of strategic thinking: exploiting an opponent’s failure....
With the development of Internet of Things technologies (sensors, connectivity, data storage) a lot of product manufacturers changed their business models from product provider to ecosystem orchestrator. It’s definitely not an easy transformation, the road being paved with significant hurdles. Research conclude on 3 changes to succeeed in this journey and highlight the role of...
With AI, algorithms are able to perform tasks much better, faster and with less errors than humans. A recent research concludes in a more subtle way: under certain conditions, humans perform better than machines when it comes to decision making. In which context humans beat the machines? What are the implications for strategy and resources...
Like any relationship, the one between data/AI and environment is complicated. The news is full of examples of how AI is used to preserve resources but is also full of news of the every day bigger energy consumption of data and AI. Are those technologies more beneficial than harmful when it comes to preserving the...
It’s common to say that platforms aggressively compete with incumbents on value capture in non-digital-native markets. A recent research sheds light on the process by which big tech companies enter regulated markets and the role data play in this entry strategy. How do big tech use data to enter markets?