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For much of the modern economy, business strategy was built around a simple assumption: the more efficiently companies could connect different parts of the world, the better. Manufacturing could move to lower-cost locations, components...
For a long time, business growth was measured in familiar terms: more customers, higher revenue, new markets and larger teams. Expansion was often treated as proof that a company was moving in the right...
For decades, business decisions followed a familiar rhythm. Managers collected reports, analysts examined spreadsheets, executives debated forecasts, and only then did a company decide what to do. Artificial intelligence is beginning to compress that...