Massoud Amin
From telecom's 5G frenzy to finance's blockchain bandwagon and from artificial intelligence (AI) dreams in healthcare to green tech zeal in energy and smart factories, many industries have misallocated capital under the spell of trendy innovations. This chapter examines how hype-driven Golden Hammer investments have played out across these sectors, drawing on case studies, hard data on investment vs. returns, and cautionary tales of technology misalignment. It also highlights how savvy companies avoided these pitfalls by aligning tech adoption with economic reality. The telecommunications industry's embrace of 5G provides a textbook example of Golden Hammer thinking. Few technologies in recent years have been as imbued with transformational hype as AI in healthcare. The energy sector's encounter with “green tech” hype – from solar and biofuels to wind and hydrogen – illustrates Golden Hammer's misalignment on an industry-wide scale.