internet of things - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Feb 2016
News

Creating Common Ground in Communities of Conflict

helped create tens of thousands of products representing more than 150 countries. The designers share in the revenues and the company offers literacy programming to its manufacturers. “For me, what I wanted... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

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

10 Jul 2007
What Do You Think?

How Much of Leadership Is About Control, Delegation, or Theater?

theater and control is required to make people feel comfortable when fundamental operating systems change ." Narendar Singh Raj Purohit adds that " when things are getting out of control someone... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

21 Dec 2021
Blog Post

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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20 Dec 2019
Blog Post

Top 10 MBA Voices Blogs of 2019

My Time at HBS After 500 cases over two years though, I’ve realized that the most important thing for me is the idea of service driven leadership - those are the types of case... View Details

18 Nov 2013
Op-Ed

Twitter IPO: Overvalued or the Start of Something Big?

opportunities for real-time conversations and engagement to people around the world. The company has accomplished this by taking advantage of the modular nature of today's ubiquitous communications... View Details

Keywords: by Chet Huber; Technology

02 Jan 2013
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Should We Rethink the Promise of Teams?

that rely on managers' abilities to form and lead them. Leading business schools honor such behavior. At Harvard Business School, one of the first things new MBA candidates experience is introduction to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

05 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

The Hidden Benefit of Giving Back to Open Source Software

workforce training initiatives might also be viewed as public goods. “What this study and others that are at the cutting edge now are starting to show is that, as a result of technology, the boundaries of... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Computer

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

23 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

How the Giants of Enterprise Seized the Future

different from that perspective than from the way it looks to more average folks. Some things a giant can see clearly because he has a higher vantage point. Others he can not see at all. His vision is further distorted by spending a lot... View Details

Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow

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

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

05 Nov 2014
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Are We Entering an Era of Neuromanagement?

such things are implemented." Kapil Kumar Sopory speculated, "The very idea of scanning someone's brain before employing him/her is mind boggling. And at present it may be illegal too it is all so... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

26 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

7 Leadership Principles for Managing in the Time of Coronavirus

in which to communicate decisions and priorities, but also have rapid communication to the entire body of constituents—not delays over hours or days or, even worse, weeks. Silence is absolutely the worst possible View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Health

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

11 AM – 12 PM EST, 25 Jan 2018
Webinars: Trending@HBS

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

31 Mar 2002
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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

July 7, 2022
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Are Online Prices Higher Because of Pricing Algorithms?

By: Zach Y. Brown and Alexander J. MacKay

This article reviews recent work examining pricing strategies of major online retailers and the potential effects of pricing algorithms. We describe how pricing algorithms can lead to higher prices in a number of ways, even if some characteristics of these algorithms... View Details

Keywords: Pricing Algorithms; Online Marketplace; Digital Strategy; Internet and the Web; Retail Industry

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