Internet Of Things - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2015
News

Golden State of Mind

alone. They’re doing it to make an impact.” And sometimes, they’re doing it because they see an opportunity that their employer doesn’t. Draper followed the development of peer-to-peer file-sharing technology and tracked down the founders... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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

23 Oct 2014
News

Why We Need to Outsmart Our Smart Devices

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

25 Feb 2015
HBS Seminar

Jeffrey Schnapp, Harvard Graduate School of Design

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

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 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

The Business of Global Poverty

Every night on the outskirts of Manila, thousands of people lie down to sleep amid acres of rotting food and industrial detritus in a vast urban dumping ground called Payatas.... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

01 Dec 2016
News

Alumni Books of 2016

authors have helped scale hundreds of hypergrowth Internet sites through their consulting practice. Drawing on their experience, they present 50 clear, proven, and up-to-date scalability rules and practical... View Details

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

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

01 Oct 2000
News

Laura Scher of Working Assets

Most of the money is taken from revenues generated by the Working Assets credit card, long-distance telephone, and Internet businesses, whose customers sign on for these services because they support the... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

13 Apr 2009
Research & Ideas

Kind of Blue: Pushing Boundaries with Miles Davis

limits of their technical mastery. He gave them some slack to work with, and asked them to do unusual things with it. It's interesting to think about and look at examples of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Music

30 Jun 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

The Role of Emotions in Effective Negotiations

high-stakes player contracts involving millions of dollars. He intuitively understood that emotions were an important factor in dealing with people as passionate as athletes. "The last thing I wanted to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Entertainment & Recreation; Sports

August 2018 (Revised February 2023)
Case

Hubble Contact Lenses: Data Driven Direct-to-Consumer Marketing

By: Jill Avery and Ayelet Israeli

As its Series A extension round approaches, the founders of Hubble, a subscription-based, social-media fueled, direct-to-consumer (DTC) brand of contact lenses, are reflecting on the marketing strategies that have taken them to a valuation of $200 million and debating... View Details

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02 Jan 2007
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2006

looks like a "win-win" answer to the scarcity of good managers and the predominance of low-involvement entry-level jobs. But are sufficient numbers of entry-level... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

09 Nov 2021
Research & Ideas

The Simple Secret of Effective Mentoring Programs

Old-fashioned mentoring may be one of the most effective ways to improve job performance, but many mentorship programs don’t reach new hires who need guidance most, new research suggests. Newly hired employees at a United States call... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

May 2005
Exercise

Forecasting the Adoption of E-books

By: Elie Ofek

Gives students an opportunity to understand the challenges inherent in forecasting the diffusions of innovations. Provides data for forecasting the adoption of electronic books. Students are encouraged to use the Bass Model framework, while being cognizant of its... View Details

Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Framework; Books; Analytics and Data Science; Product Launch; Internet and the Web; Technology Adoption