Includes index.

Articles previously published in Harvard Busines Review.

Artificial intelligence for the real world / by Thomas H. Davenport and Rajeev Ronanki -- Stitch Fix's CEO on selling personal style to the mass market / by Katrina Lake -- Algorithms need managers too / by Michael Luca, Jon Kleinberg, Sendhil Mullainathan -- Marketing in the age of Alexa / by Niraj Dawar -- Why every company needs an augmented reality strategy / by Michael Porter -- Drones go to work / by Chris Anderson -- The truth about blockchain / by Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani -- The 3-D printing playbook / by Richard D'Aveni -- Collaborative intelligence: humans and AI are joining forces / by H. James Wilson and Paul Daugherty -- When your boss wears metal pants / by Walter Frick -- Managing our hub economy / by Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani.

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