Internet Of Things - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Jul 2023
Research & Ideas

Money Isn’t Everything: The Dos and Don’ts of Motivating Employees

In a post-pandemic business world of hybrid work and quiet quitting, companies must rethink how they motivate employees. Good incentive plans and reward structures require a careful analysis of a company’s... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

29 Aug 2018
News

The Value of Valleys

I did. Frank Lorenzo, class of 63'. As a CEO of continental airlines, and before that Texas International Airlines, we faced airline deregulation, which was of course very... View Details

22 Aug 2016
News

The Future of GE

consumer businesses we were in. We’ve exited plastics and things like that. In the last 15 years, we’re one of the few leadership teams in history that’s sold $100 billion in businesses and bought $100... View Details

October 2007
Article

The Art of Designing Markets

By: Alvin E. Roth

Traditionally, markets have been viewed as simply the confluence of supply and demand. But to function properly, they must be able to attract a sufficient number of buyers and sellers, induce participants to make their preferences clear, and overcome congestion by... View Details

Keywords: Market Design; Market Participation; Market Transactions; Information Technology; Internet and the Web

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04 May 2017
News

Who left food in the fridge? The rise of the 'Dark Knight' workplace vigilante

01 Nov 2018
News

The Power of Civility

engaged in the organization. One of the benefits of that is having a network of entrepreneurs around the world, like-minded people who see things... View Details

01 Sep 2012
News

The School of Life

into a book, How Will You Measure Your Life? The following excerpt, adapted for the Bulletin by Allworth, presents a fresh look at what it means to have “the right stuff” at work and draws a parallel to good parenting. Helping your children learn how to do the... View Details

Keywords: Professor Clay Christensen; Educational Services; Management

14 Mar 2019
News

The Merchant of Osaka

included everything from X-rays to endoscopy, and a pharmacy where a person could fill a prescription before heading home—with a printed copy of their electronic medical record in hand. Back in the early View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

01 Jun 1996
News

Keepers of the Flame

she'd been occupied with in the previous couple of weeks, she cited two different activities. "I went to the Super Bowl in Arizona and actually worked as part of their operational team in the set-up and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

25 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

The Economic Cost of Physician Burnout

reason to deal with the issue of doctor burnout. “Organizations have an ethical imperative to take care of their employees,” Goh says. And doing so could help take care of... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

April 2020 (Revised February 2023)
Case

GitLab and the Future of All-Remote Work (A)

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury and Emma Salomon

GitLab is arguably one of the world’s largest “all-remote” companies. Started in 2011 and with more than 1,000 employees at present, it has no physical offices and all employees, including the entire C-Suite, work remotely from all parts of the world. The case... View Details

Keywords: Remote Work; Internet and the Web; Technology Adoption; Value Creation; Business Model; Organizational Structure

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18 Jul 2019
News

The Pursuit of Impact

Michael R. Bloomberg (MBA 1966) is founder and CEO of the financial data firm Bloomberg LP, the former mayor of New York City, and founder of Bloomberg Philanthropies. He is a... View Details

19 Dec 2024
News

The Musts of 2024

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. I love these end-of-the-year lists where you can get recommendations from smart people about things... View Details

01 Jun 2016
News

Taking Care of Business

natural course of things is often upended by someone saying, ‘This is what I really need right now,’” says Mahesh. “That tends to change the priorities of your plan and... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

02 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

The Secret of How Microsoft Stays on Top

experience. Our analysis focused on Microsoft's first two internal browser development projects, comparing their performance to a sample of Internet software projects completed at the same time. We... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

04 Sep 2019
News

INK: Out of Exile

meant two things to me: One, it was permission be a writer, which was really the beginning of it all for me. Second, it was something I had also found with HBS: immigrant security. For my entire life I had... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Dec 2017
News

In Service of Others

discussions,” observes Chad Losee (MBA 2013), managing director of MBA Admissions and Financial Aid. “Veterans are very aware of the fact that we all benefit from this nation—its resources, its history, the... View Details

World Reimagined: The Power of Connection with Dr. Vivek Murthy and Tsedal Neeley

In this episode, host Gautam Mukunda is joined by President Biden's nominee for Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, and Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School and award-winning author, Tsedal Neeley to discuss how humans will thrive in... View Details

22 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Failure Analysis

things I said or did that contributed to the defensiveness of the client?", "Was my presentation of ideas and arguments clear and persuasive?", or "Did my... View Details

Keywords: by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon

04 Jun 2001
What Do You Think?

What’s the Future of the Subscription Model?

Richard Feder maintains that the subscription model will gain momentum on the Internet as the memory of free service fades and the utility of new service increases. The... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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