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Ethics for Technologists (and Facebook)

Harvard Business Review

I recently finished writing a book about business experimentation and its future. In retrospect, if I had to write it again, I’d include a section or chapter on ethics. The ethics of innovative experiments are better and healthier when they’re open and shared rather than concealed and departmentalized.

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Big Data Means More Than Big Profits

Harvard Business Review

million downloads of accessible books through its online library, to over 200,000 people with disabilities such as blindness and severe dyslexia. We already collect a great deal of information like which books are downloaded most, but our delivery model has been similar to that of print textbooks: "Here it is; hope it's useful!"

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What Is Management Research Actually Good For?

Harvard Business Review

It features a number of architectural details that serve no purpose: doorways that open onto walls, labyrinthine hallways that lead nowhere, and stairways that rise only to a ceiling. There are many ways to assess the impact of scientific work , from book sales (where Who Moved My Cheese? do nice guys finish last?).

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The Industrial Era Ended, and So Will the Digital Era

Harvard Business Review

Still, it wasn’t until 50 years later that Edison opened his first power plant, and then 40 years after that, during the 1920s, electricity began to have a measurable impact on productivity. Every technology follows a similar path of discovery, engineering, and transformation.