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How Smart, Connected Products Are Transforming Competition

By: Michael E. Porter and James E. Heppelmann
Information technology is revolutionizing products. Once composed solely of mechanical and electrical parts, products have become complex systems that combine hardware, sensors, data storage, microprocessors, software, and connectivity in myriad ways. These "smart,... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Competition; Information Technology; Transformation; Information Technology Industry
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  • March 2011
  • Case

Valuation of AirThread Connections

By: Erik Stafford and Joel L. Heilprin
This case can be used as a capstone valuation exercise for first-year MBA students in an introductory finance course. A senior associate in the business development group at American Cable Communications, one of the largest cable companies in the U.S., must prepare a... View Details
Keywords: Communication; Present Value; Tax Accounting; Capital Costs; Synergy; Telephony; Wireless Technologies; Communication Technology; Assets; Cost of Capital; Valuation; Cash Flow; Capital Structure; Accounting; Wireless Technology; Communications Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry
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  • 7 PM – 8:30 PM -03, 16 Mar 2015

Connect with HBS in San Francisco

HBS Career & Professional Development is headed to San Francisco! Connect with current HBS students interested in pursuing West Coast opportunities and fellow HBS alumni at a networking reception on Monday, March 16th from 7:00-8:30 PM. View Details
  • October 2015
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How Smart, Connected Products Are Transforming Companies

By: Michael E. Porter and James E. Heppelmann
The evolution of products into intelligent, connected devices is revolutionizing business. In a November 2014 article, "How Smart, Connected Products Are Transforming Competition," Harvard Business School professor Michael Porter and PTC president and CEO James... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Technological Innovation; Information Technology; Organizational Structure; Operations; Business Strategy
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Connect with Clubs - Recruiting

Hire Talent Connect with Clubs Hire Talent Connect with Clubs Partner with a HBS Student Club Reach targeted groups of students by connecting with over 50 career-related... View Details
  • 16 Nov 2015
  • News

Connecting with Indigenous Traditions

resident healers. A board member at Blue Deer for 10 years, Sprinkles offers healing sessions, hosts monthly fires, and heads up an initiation program for young men. “I’m 67, and one of the ways I connect with the culture that raised me... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services
  • Research Summary

The Unexpected Effects of Workplace Connectivity

By: Ethan S. Bernstein

While investigating how workplace transparency and privacy shape organizational behavior and performance, I wondered about the related effects of workplace connectivity. As new digital tools and organizational forms make it far easier for employees to communicate... View Details

Keywords: Human Behavior; Performance; Virtual Work; Hybrid Work; Office Space; Workplace Design; Organizations; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Groups and Teams; Networks; Behavior; Social and Collaborative Networks; Communication
  • March 1989
  • Article

Connecting the Research-Teaching-Practice Triangle

By: Robert S. Kaplan
Keywords: Research; Teaching; Practice
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  • 07 Jan 2019
  • News

Busting the Refugee-Crime Connection

  • 19 May 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Connecting School Ties and Stock Recommendations

influence of social networks for a while. We noticed that every time we met people at conferences, an immediate starting point in conversations was to ask where one went to school. Educational connections seemed to be the first way people... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services
  • 06 Sep 2016
  • News

Connecting Past and Present

eastern European country. Funded exclusively by donations and with an army of volunteers, the online database can help find family ancestry dating back more than 200 years. It is also a critical resource in connecting people with... View Details
  • 01 Nov 2014
  • News

Smart Connected Products: Killing Industries, Boosting Innovation

  • 24 Apr 2014
  • News

Connecting past to present

Tim Sullivan (MBA 1991) helps millions of people reconstruct their families’ past and connect it to their present. As president and CEO of Ancestry.com, the world’s largest online family-history resource, Sullivan leads a company that has... View Details
  • 24 Apr 2014
  • News

Creating connections among consumers

allow anonymous reviews, and we invest significant resources, both human and technological, in our accountability process.” Hicks enjoys helping consumers take care of business by being able to connect not only to the best-reviewed local... View Details
  • 19 Jun 2019
  • News

Connecting Patients and Providers

facilitates digital consultations, reducing the cost and travel demands on ill patients. And it allows doctors and other medical experts to collaborate on complex cases in a virtual clinical environment. Jarzabek had seen the value of digital View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 26 Aug 2016
  • News

Connecting with the Past

Poland. The index, now the largest online database of Jewish vital records, can help genealogists quickly trace family ancestry back many generations, often to the 1700s. The site has been particularly invaluable in connecting people with... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
  • 03 Jun 2020
  • News

Keeping a Community Connected

Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010) Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010) At the end of most days, Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010) feels like he hasn’t done enough. As executive director of East Boston Social Centers (EBSC), a century-old grassroots organization that provides... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • 15 Jan 2019
  • News

Busting the Refugee-Crime Connection

  • 27 Nov 2017
  • News

The NBA-HBS career connection

  • Jun 06 2018
  • Testimonial

Building Connections and Careers