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The Sectors Where the Internet of Things Really Matters

Harvard Business Review

Early adopters in these verticals are using the IoT to pioneer new product areas and to find efficiencies that save money or reduce demand for resources. In Europe there is a target for 80% of households to have smart meters by 2020. The repercussions span industries and regions.

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Do Your Customers Actually Want a “Smart” Version of Your Product?

Harvard Business Review

Consider some of these numbers: In 2010, Ericsson set the bar for much of the subsequent IoT hype by predicting there would be 50 billion internet-connected devices by 2020. We began selling this new smart fan option and had several thousand excited early adopters. appeared in an IBM investor briefing.

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How Blockchain Can Help Marketers Build Better Relationships with Their Customers

Harvard Business Review

Like digital platforms, social media, martech, fintech, and numerous other innovations, the spoils of blockchain may go to early adopters who commit to ruthless innovation. By 2020, it is estimated that ad-blocking adoption will cost publishers $35 billion. Related Video. Whiteboard Session: How Does Blockchain Work?

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60 Countries’ Digital Competitiveness, Indexed

Harvard Business Review

Retail e-commerce sales worldwide are expected to hit $4 trillion by 2020 , about double of where it is now. that help propagate new products, ideas and business models?). Around the world, digital access itself is far from uniform: Barely 50% of the world’s population has access to the internet today.

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Interview with Sramana Mitra on 1M/1M Program

Rajesh Setty

One Million by One Million is a global initiative that aims to nurture a million entrepreneurs reach a million dollars each in annual revenue and beyond by 2020, thereby creating a trillion dollars in global GDP and ten million jobs. By November 2010, we launched the 1M/1M website, including an early version of the premium program.