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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
Lal, Rajiv, and Scott Johnson. "Amazon, Google, and Apple: Smart Speakers and the Battle for the Connected Home." Harvard Business School Case 518-035, February 2018.
- 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
Yoffie, David B., Liang Wu, Jodie Sweitzer, Denzil Eden, and Karan Ahuja. "Voice War: Hey Google vs. Alexa vs. Siri." Harvard Business School Case 718-519, June 2018. (Revised January 2020.)
- 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
Yoffie, David B., and Daniel Fisher. "The Voice War Continues: Hey Google vs. Alexa vs. Siri in 2022." Harvard Business School Case 722-462, May 2022. (Revised July 2022.)
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
- Web
Live from Klarman Hall - Alumni
early November, over 600 HBS alumni came back to campus for the Women’s Leadership Summit. For the full list of speaker bios, visit the conference website . Thursday, November 7 Video Recording Welcome Address 10:00–10:30 a.m. EST... View Details
- Web
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
- Web
HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni
perspective of collaboration. But this becomes a delicate balance between anti-competitive legal territory and the benefits of the collective development of standards and crystallization of emerging demand signals, all paving the way for 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 24 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Watsons: IBM’s Troubled Legacy
upon which to dramatize the advantages of the American system of free enterprise." Foremost among the more than forty company exhibitors was the nation's largest industrial corporation, General Motors. Still smarting from the... View Details
Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow
- 25 May 2015
- Blog Post
RapidSOS Wins the HBS New Venture Competition
work in over 135 countries globally – putting first responders one touch away regardless of where you travel and what language you speak. For the 60 million Americans that are non-native English speakers or the 8 million Americans that... View Details
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Angels Face the Innovator’s Dilemma
The venture capital industry is ripe for disruption: just like other leading mainstream companies have been for years, according to HBS professor Clayton M. Christensen. As a keynote speaker at the conference and author of the managerial... View Details