Internet Of Things - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Jun 2021
Op-Ed

When Your Nerves Get the Best of You, Change the Narrative

than in areas where we are weak. This is in part because we are more motivated to put effort into our development when we are confident that things will turn out well—and this is more likely with our strengths. In the face View Details

Keywords: by Francesca Gino

24 Jul 2019
Blog Post

Growing the Seeds of an Early-Stage Startup

couldn’t afford, especially when Aaron’s baby was due a week after my start date. Yet, the lean experience has proven to be a blessing. The first thing I saw is that all of us have a deep belief in Brass... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Consumer Products / Retail

18 Mar 2014
News

The Oz of Data Opens the Curtain

"Longer term, people who visit the site should get something else of value — better experiences with brands and companies they respect. Ethically, the site was the right thing to do, but from a relationship... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information

11 AM – 12 PM EST, 25 Jan 2018
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Becoming Effective Change Makers: The Power of Networks

Instituting change in an organization or in a sector of society has always been the bane of leaders. However, some leaders do succeed--often spectacularly--at transforming their organizations and even whole sectors of society. What makes some change makers triumph in a... View Details

21 May 2024
Research & Ideas

What the Rise of Far-Right Politics Says About the Economy in an Election Year

see how many things [Denmark has] in place to redistribute income and wealth. I was curious to understand how we got to this point, and how do we build a society that can redistribute more and have such a robust safety net. This led me to... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

15 Jan 2019
News

Working to Improve the End of Life

say they feel enormously reassured. A third of those who get the prescription never actually use it, but they feel enormously comforted that if things get rough, they will have that ability to gather their... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

22 Feb 2010
Research & Ideas

Manager Visibility No Guarantee of Fixing Problems

Motions: An Empirical Test of Management Involvement in Process Improvement," HBS professor Anita L. Tucker and Harvard School of Public Health professor Sara J. Singer show that communicating with... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health

25 Apr 2022
News

Unicorns and Explosives: A Burning Ship Off Victoria’s Coast Hints at the Dangerous Secrets of Cargo Carriers

31 Mar 2002
What Do You Think?

Is This the Decade of the Investor?

influx of foreign capital helped finance investments in new technology, one might also conclude that U.S. employees and consumers benefited to a significant degree at the expense of foreign investors. This... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

22 May 2020
Blog Post

Remembering Well and Making Meaning of Memorial Day

As Memorial Day approaches, it’s natural for our minds to drift to summer – thoughts of firing up the grill, getting a boat in the water, or vacation travel would (at least in normal times) tantalize us through workdays that seem to grow... View Details

September 1999 (Revised January 2000)
Technical Note

Last Mile of Broadband Access, The: Technical Note

By: Jay O. Light, Lynda M. Applegate and Daniel J. Green

Provides an overview of broadband access technology. Includes technical overviews of cable, DSL, fixed wireless, and satellite systems, and suggests the technical suitability of each to accommodate broadband applications. View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Infrastructure; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology

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27 Nov 2017
Research & Ideas

Beware the Lasting Impression of a 'Temporary' Selfie

social channels before hiring candidates. “These temporary-sharing technologies are supposed to solve this problem of the internet never forgetting,” says Leslie K. John, the Marvin Bower Associate Professor... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

01 Jun 2024
News

Decoding the Promise and Perils of Generative AI

2023, Google and Bing both launched their own versions of a chatbot for search. The AI boom was underway—and so was the AI research boom. Many predict that GenAI will change the face of business as... View Details

Keywords: April White

11 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

A World of Difference: What Keeps Companies from Becoming More Inclusive

Frances Frei, the UPS Foundation Professor of Service Management, is an expert in the intersection of leadership and inclusion. Francesca Gino, the Tandon Family Professor of... View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint

01 Dec 2000
News

New Economy Theme of HBS African-American Alumni Conference

partner at Andersen Consulting, and Paula A. Sneed (MBA 1977) of Kraft Foods. Ronald Goldsberry, a former auto industry executive and now a dot-com entrepreneur, described the rewards of joining a growing... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

20 Aug 2016
News

The Business of Improving Health Care Delivery

didn’t know much about HBS at that point. But when I heard about the option to actually do a combined degree, I started thinking that might be a really interesting thing to do. “I’m interested in revamping how we deliver health care. I... View Details

27 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

The Coffee Economy That Bloomed Out of Nowhere

ideas, and one of these ideas was figuring out how [the Soconusco] could leverage Mexico's competitive advantage in export agriculture. So why not try coffee? Coffee for the masses had been a thing for a... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Food & Beverage; Agriculture & Agribusiness

21 Nov 2017
News

Alumni Peer into the Future of Energy

exciting thing they’ve seen in recent years, where you have the entire grid changing and the demand curve changing with the electrification of transportation. It’s also happening in rail and in other forms... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; solar power; wind power

June 2011
Teaching Note

PatientsLikeMe: An Online Community of Patients (TN)

By: Sunil Gupta and Jason Riis

Teaching Note for 511093. View Details

Keywords: Internet and the Web; Social and Collaborative Networks; Health Disorders; Growth and Development; Product Launch; Web Services Industry