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  • February 2018
  • Case

Amazon, Google, and Apple: Smart Speakers and the Battle for the Connected Home

By: Rajiv Lal and Scott Johnson
Amazon, Google, and Apple all offer their own smart speaker. The devices represent each firm's entry point into the connected home market. All three companies come into the space with their own strengths and weaknesses. Who will win? View Details
Keywords: Apple; Apple Inc.; Google; Amazon; Amazon.com; Google Home; Homepod; Echo; Smart Home; Connected Home; Voice; Artificial Intelligence; Machine Learning; Internet Of Things; Smart Speaker; Connected Speaker; Intelligent Assistants; Virtual Assistants; Voice Assistants; Alexa; Google Assistant; Siri; Technological Innovation; Disruptive Innovation; Competitive Strategy; Business Strategy; Adoption; Information Infrastructure; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Applications and Software; Technology Adoption; Digital Platforms; Household; AI and Machine Learning; Electronics Industry; Technology Industry; United States
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  • June 2018 (Revised January 2020)
  • Case

Voice War: Hey Google vs. Alexa vs. Siri

By: David B. Yoffie, Liang Wu, Jodie Sweitzer, Denzil Eden and Karan Ahuja
By early 2018, voice-controlled intelligent assistants had become a major new front in the battle between the giants of the technology sector. "Voice War" focuses on Alphabet’s strategy for Google Assistant, its entrant in the voice assistant space, and asks how the... View Details
Keywords: Alphabet; Amazon; Apple; Strategy; Technology; Intelligent Assistants; Smart Speaker; Voice Assistants; Voice; Platform; Technology Adoption; Digital Platforms; Competitive Strategy; Product Positioning; Technology Industry
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  • 18 Dec 2019
  • News

Thinking Smart About Numbers

Clubs News Clubs News Clubs Welcome Professor Desai The HBS Club of Toronto was one of several alumni clubs to host HBS and HLS Professor Mihir Desai during his 2019 tour for his latest book, How Finance Works: The HBR Guide to Thinking View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
  • May 2022 (Revised July 2022)
  • Case

The Voice War Continues: Hey Google vs. Alexa vs. Siri in 2022

By: David B. Yoffie and Daniel Fisher
In 2022, after five years of pursuing a new "AI-first" strategy, Google had captured a sizeable share of the American and global markets for voice assistants. Google Assistant was used by hundreds of millions of users around the world, but Amazon retained the largest... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Artificial Intelligence; Deep Learning; Voice Assistants; Smart Home; Market Share; Globalized Markets and Industries; Competitive Strategy; Digital Platforms; AI and Machine Learning; Technology Industry; United States
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    Feng Zhu

    Feng Zhu is the MBA Class of 1958 Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, where he leads the Platform Lab within the Digital, Data, and Design Institute, co-chairs the Harvard Business Analytics Program, and serves as the course head for the... View Details

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    Alumni

    email , or call us at 617.495.6890 Why Your Gift Matters Careers Resume Makeovers Using VMock and Aspire Get instant feedback on your resume and LinkedIn Profile using VMock, a smart career platform that provides instant personalized... View Details
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    Live from Klarman Hall - Alumni

    available below. Women's Leadership Summit: Celebrating and Advancing Women Leaders November 7 & 8, 2024 In early November, over 600 HBS alumni came back to campus for the Women’s Leadership Summit. For the full list of speaker bios,... View Details
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    Curriculum - MBA

    Read More The Business of Smart Connected Products/Internet of Things The attempt in this course is to not only understand what are smart connected products, what technologies are needed for View Details
    • Web

    Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni

    (None of us is as smart as all of us.) L Nadira Lalji (MBA 2015) and Jay Verjee (MBA 2011) Fellowship The Nadira Lalji and Jay Verjee Fellowship was established through the generosity of Nadira Lalji (MBA 2015) and Jay Verjee (MBA 2011).... View Details
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    HBR Classics - Alumni

    thinking and practice. As an exclusive benefit for HBS alumni, 77 of these HBR Classics are now available for free downloading. Please browse the collection below; login is required. Just click on a title to read online or download the case to your computer or View Details
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    Doubling Down on Women’s Health Innovation and Leveraging the Private Sector in a Post-Roe v. Wade Era - Blog: Health Supplement

    Cycles (temperature-based), Clue (cycle tracking) and others in the fertility space pursuing contraceptive indications Other startups are looking to increase access to current methods ( Cadence Health * bringing hormonal birth control over the counter), improve... View Details
    • 19 Jan 2022
    • Blog Post

    From Retail to HBS: How I’m Building a Career Path at the Intersection of Arts, Culture, and Business

    the HBS classroom, debating with and in front of 90+ incredibly smart peers in my section. How did your retail background contribute to your experience at HBS? So many ways! It could be both a blessing and a curse in the classroom.... View Details
    • 06 Aug 2019
    • Cold Call Podcast

    Super Bowl Ads Sell Products, but Do They Sell Brands?

    by these smart devices. There was another theme around women's empowerment, right? I think the women's empowerment theme will quite possibly resonate into the next Super Bowl. Kenny: We have time for one more question, folks. View Details
    Keywords: Advertising; Sports; Entertainment & Recreation; Media & Broadcasting
    • 12 Nov 2021
    • News

    Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

    venture commitments to developing battery technologies to meet the coming automotive demand, as well as the needs of countless smart devices. Truck transport, especially diesel-powered trucks, too are a major focus, opening the door to... View Details
    • 01 Jun 2014
    • News

    3-Minute Briefing: Reza Satchu (MBA 1996)

    guy. Later, everyone said, "You guys knew nothing about technology. Why did all these smart people give you money?" And I said, "You know what? I think they saw two Indian kids sitting across the table and assumed we knew what we were... View Details
    Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
    • 20 Mar 2019
    • News

    Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire

    political community has failed.” These comments were echoed in remarks by guest speaker Roland Hwang, managing director of NRDC’s Climate and Clean Energy Program. Drawing on 10 years of research and her hugely successful MBA course,... View Details
    Keywords: Allison Webster; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation
    • 13 Nov 2018
    • Blog Post

    Leadership Fellow Henry Tsai: Working with City Leadership to Leverage Technology

    city.” In addition to the projects above, Henry worked on a Housing Rent Registry project with the Housing Department and IBM, coordinated a CEO advisory board for the mayor, and orchestrated a speakers series on major technology topics... View Details
    Keywords: Technology; Nonprofit / Government
    • 05 Dec 2018
    • Blog Post

    Leadership Fellow Henry Tsai: Working With City Leadership To Leverage Technology

    work directly with the senior leadership of the city.” In addition to the projects above, Henry worked on a Housing Rent Registry project with the Housing Department and IBM, coordinated a CEO advisory board for the mayor, and orchestrated a View Details
    • 09 Apr 2016
    • Blog Post

    Meet The HBS Sound Society

    managers and agents to campus for several Speaker Series events. These events were open to the broader Harvard community and beyond, and brought in music-loving students from Harvard College, Harvard Law School, Berklee College of Music,... View Details
    Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports
    • 20 Apr 2015
    • Blog Post

    India Conference 2015

    India at the time of the event. This year, the Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School hosted over 75 speakers and 600 attendees over two days in early March. The event was kicked off on the 7th of March with an exciting debate... View Details