internet of things - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy

matter? A: Absolutely. It's a very interesting paradox. In a global economy where it's easy to move goods and information around the world, these things become givens available to any enterprise. As a result, they are no longer a source... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter

Profile

Enrico Ferrari

grocery delivery venture in Germany and Australia, which was backed by Rocket Internet, the largest European internet incubator and investor. Although that founder's journey ultimately came to an end, Rocket recruited Enrico as the... View Details

Keywords: Tech

Profile

Mark McNeill

had in me. It was close... but I won! What is the best thing about your home town? The collective spirit of Japan which manifested itself in the wake of the Great East Japan... View Details

Portrait Project

Siddhartha Yog

dreams; a doer of deeds dare mighty things, and have no regrets. Such that when all things come to pass; and time may ask, who was Sid? it will not have been a life half lived. View Details

27 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

Want a Happy Customer? Coordinate Sales and Marketing

Financial performance is the result of operating performance. Operating performance includes all the things that a company must do to win the competitive battle in its industry to attract, retain, and... View Details

Keywords: by Benson Shapiro

03 Dec 2014
What Do You Think?

Can the Brilliant Jerk Be Managed Effectively?

"make sure he is upsetting things for the wrong reason rather than for the right reason." Joseph Seiler recalled that in growing companies where he worked, "I came across a few of these Type 4... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

15 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

Women Leaders and Organizational Change

way things are, like water to a fish or the air we breathe. What's to notice? What's to change? To make progress on this problem, people must take risks, learn new ways, experiment. The notion that the basic organizing principles that... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

26 Mar 2018
Research & Ideas

To Motivate Employees, Give an Unexpected Bonus (or Penalty)

iStock In the 1992 film Glengarry Glen Ross, an executive played by Alec Baldwin presents a unique motivational scheme to a trio of down-on-their-luck real estate salesmen. There will be a new contest, he tells them, to see who can bring... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing

Profile

David Velasquez

Why did you choose this path at this point in time? I want to be better prepared to lead and improve the delivery of health care in our country. Patients cannot wait for our systems to be more accessible, effective, and equitable – now is... View Details

13 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Do Private Equity Buyouts Get a Bad Rap?

was published in October 2019. Simply put, the issue is complicated. “The regulations under consideration are all essentially a one-size-fits-all solution,” Lerner says. “But one of the things that comes out... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services; Banking

26 Jan 2022
News

Making Peace with Anger

separated and I want to get divorced,” what I was confronted with was not only the reality that the most important thing in my life was moving away from me, which was my nuclear family, but that I had no control to stop it. And so I think... View Details

Web

Strategy & IT - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

resource planning. See below for “How Information Gives You Competitive Advantage.” The rise of the internet unleashed the second wave of IT-driven transformation in the 1980s... View Details

Portrait Project

Mike Laffin

felt like the “right” thing to do. The Marines promised leadership through stories about Marine legends and commercials of Marines bravely charging into battle. I learned it wasn’t just about that. It was... View Details

28 Feb 2023
Blog Post

Celebrating Socioeconomic Diversity and Inclusion at HBS (Part 1)

The week of February 27 to March 3 is the inaugural Socioeconomic Inclusion (SEI) Week. HBS will be participating in events that highlight and celebrate socioeconomic diversity and inclusion on campus. This week is a powerful reminder... View Details

07 Feb 2019
Book

How Big Companies Can Outrun Disruption

is prepared for the fact that with all the great things like tolerance for failure and so forth, there is an equally important set of behaviors required that may be a lot less pleasant for some people.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

Blog

Is the Digital Transformation Certificate Right for You?

pursuing executive education, thinking to themselves, "I'll just do it next year when things settle down." But commitment to a certificate is a great way to ensure you keep moving forward in your career even when life gets busy. As... View Details

January 2009 (Revised July 2009)
Case

Alibaba's Taobao (A)

By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Julie M. Wulf

This case examines the decision of Alibaba Group to diversify from an international business-to-business (B2B) exchange (Alibaba.com) into a B2C and C2C exchange (Taobao.com) for Chinese retailers and consumers. In China, Taobao had managed to displace the once... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Demand and Consumers; Market Transactions; Service Operations; Diversification; Internet and the Web; China

Citation

Educators

Purchase

22 Feb 2021
Book

Reaching Today's Omnichannel Customer Takes a New Sales Strategy

flounders in the early-stage firm. Those people didn’t suddenly get stupid or lose individual capabilities. In business, there’s no such thing as performance in the abstract. There is only performance in a given context—here, not... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

10 Aug 2009
Research & Ideas

High Commitment, High Performance Management

With many companies battered by the economy, commitment from leaders and employees might seem like increasingly precious resources. Yet commitment and performance are essential elements of any successful firm no matter the health View Details