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Does Facial Recognition Tech Enhance Security? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Gentile, Mary C.; Danks, David; Harrell, MaraleeArticle HBS-R2206M-EInformation TechnologiesThe new system in a day-care center is producing biased results--setting off an alarm when some dark-skinned parents enter the lobby. The director of the center must decide whether improving security is worth the possible legal ramifications. This fictional case study by Mary C. Gentile, David Danks, and Maralee Harrell features expert commentary by Joseph Steinberg, Cedric L. Alexander. This HBR Case Study includes both the case and the comment...Starting at €8.20
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Information Technology System That Couldn't Deliver (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Reimus, Byron; Sims, James K.; May, Thornton; Nolan, Richard L.; Distefano, Robert A.; King, JohnArticle HBS-97308-EInformation TechnologiesDiana Sullivan, CEO of Lenox Insurance, thought she had done her job when, after three years of hard work, she had delivered Lifexpress on time and on budget. A sophisticated computer-aided system, it enabled Lenox's 10,000-plus agents to do everything from establish a prospect's financial profile, to select the most appropriate products from the company's myriad policies, to generate all the paperwork needed to close a sale. But now Sullivan's b...Starting at €8.20