Internet Of Things - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2015
News

The Business of Love

percent of Americans believed online dating was a good way to meet people, a 15 percent increase from a 2005 survey.) All of these online dating companies were selling similar View Details

Keywords: April White

26 Feb 2021
News

Harvard professor: Focusing on time instead of money can make you happier ― here’s how

22 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

Pulling Campbell’s Out of the Soup

get things done." Conant put together a two-year leadership development program that he personally ran, requiring leaders to attend five major sessions of two or three days each, giving them homework... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage

04 Nov 2013
Research & Ideas

The Real Cost of Bribery

reports in his paper. One thing that didn't seem to matter: the size of the bribe. Thirty-five percent of the bribes reported in the survey fell under $100,000, and they had... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

13 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

The Tricky Business of Nonprofit Brands

decent wages. Even strictly humanitarian organizations are now calling for changes in the underlying structures of the societies in which they operate. This complicates things somewhat for nonprofit... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

25 Jan 2010
Research & Ideas

A Macroeconomic View of the Current Economy

result, we separate macro and micro. Someday, if we ever figured everything out, these things would come together. That's true in many areas of study. Q: What will executives and other business readers learn... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

March 2011 (Revised July 2011)
Case

Vestas' World of Wind

By: Thomas J. Steenburgh and Elena Corsi

The wind turbine manufacturer Vestas launched the industry's first highly localized and customized new product launch campaigns which used also new tools such as web 2.0 platforms. Used to operate in a market where demand exceeded supply, Vestas had lost contact with... View Details

Keywords: Customer Focus and Relationships; Marketing Channels; Internet and the Web; Product Launch; Demand and Consumers; Advertising Campaigns; Global Strategy; Customization and Personalization; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Finance; Product Marketing; Technology Adoption; Energy Industry

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05 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: iPads, Kindles, and the Close of a Chapter in Book Publishing

media products, there's the perception that all things digital should be less expensive, or free. So I think this most recent skirmish has resulted in a truce at most." "The odd thing is that no... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Information; Publishing; Entertainment & Recreation

April 2008 (Revised May 2010)
Case

Visions of Web 3.0

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and David Andrew Vivero

Explores the Semantic Web, a vision for the next generation of the World Wide Web in which information is stored in machine-readable formats. While the Semantic Web would make information more easily accessible, barriers to its adoption are very high because website... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Strategy; Technology Adoption; Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web

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21 Aug 2019
News

What to watch for now that CEOs have rewritten the purpose of the corporation

Open Content, Linus' Law, and Neutral Point of View

The diffusion of the Internet and digital technologies has enabled many organizations to use the open-content production model to produce and disseminate knowledge. While several prior studies have shown that the open-content production model can lead to... View Details

25 Apr 2014
News

A model of service

private schools, enabling students to volunteer on a regular basis. "Students come away from the experience realizing that we are all alike, but sometimes bad things happen to people and they are forced to live off View Details

11 Jul 2019
Blog Post

Meet the MBA Class of 2020

BREAKTHROUGHS PEOPLE THOUGHT IMPOSSIBLE A YEAR AGO.” HOME REGION Wayne, PA UNDERGRAD EDUCATION College of William & Mary, Economics, 2014 PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE Verily, Google, Symplivety HBS ACTIVITIES Digital Impact Initiative, The... View Details

19 Nov 2014
News

The Power of Yes

topic. “I didn’t feel like I had developed that muscle of saying ‘yes’ enough,” he explains by phone from Acumen’s New York office. “One of the things I learned is how... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Mar 2007
News

The Joy of Work

creativity was supposed to take place, but our questions were not overtly focused on creativity. In fact, respondents were told just that we were interested in looking at the kinds of things that can help... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises

01 Dec 2011
News

Crazy Days of Summer

the Boston Herald (August 5, 2011) described as “jumping into a body of water, fully clothed, while striking a lounging pose midair.” “When you get guys together in their spare time, these kinds of stupid... View Details

Keywords: fads; memes

11 May 2022
Blog Post

MoMBAs: The Inspiring Student Mothers of HBS

things I need (like moving my exam so I can deliver a baby). It can be done. It’s not easy, but it’s worth the effort. I would love to see more mothers and more families in general at HBS, because you deserve to be here. The families here... View Details

25 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

The Dark Side of Fintech Borrowing

he says. “Fintech lenders that give you these types of unsecured debt are not forced to do something like this.” What consumers can do As for consumers, Di Maggio advises to watch spending carefully, or View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services; Banking

01 Jul 2013
News

The Nature of Business

afraid of the private sector, we're non-partisan, and we like very much to get things done on the ground and in the water. Those are the qualities that have allowed us to grow." Tercek (MBA 1984) shares his... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

25 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles

the value of HR to people who don’t necessarily understand it.” She decided to pursue an MBA because, “I need to meet people where they are – understanding people’s worlds is the most important thing I need... View Details

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