Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2014

Google’s Android surpassed Apple’s iPhone in units sold precisely because it is sold by many players, such as Samsung, HTC, and Motorola. Here are some tests questions: What will “an exclusive partnership” mean, concretely? In particular, their main competitor is following a distinctly “open” model that welcomes multiple partners.

Press Release 8

Press Release Software Technology Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2014

The central battle pits Apple against everyone and everything involved with Android, Google’s open source operating system. Android’s release, for Apple’s late founder and CEO Steve Jobs, was the ultimate heresy. “I I’m going to destroy Android, because it’s a stolen product. That may sound like a simple test.

Outsourcing 9

Outsourcing Software Industry Construction 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2015

heard arguments in a case pitting Apple against Samsung , one of hundreds in the all-consuming patent war that has plagued the smartphone and tablet industries since the late Steve Jobs famously declared “thermonuclear war” over the release of Google’s Android operating system. In the last U.S.

Innovation 8

Innovation Technology System Consensus 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 18, 2015

Outlook’s market share still lags behind the default mobile email clients on iPhone, iPad, and Android. Test the waters. While a product-based strategy might have worked for Outlook on PC in the past, it may take a more platform-based model to be profitable in the future. Grow mobile.

First-mover Advantage 8

First-mover Advantage Advertising Business Model Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2015

Most are skilled in the more ubiquitous programming languages and producing iOS and Android apps. Because of the ubiquity of English, product managers have found it relatively quick and easy to use the Philippines as a test market to deploy and iterate new applications without the need for translation into a non-English language.

Outsourcing 8

Outsourcing Technology B2B GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2012

Nokia and RIM have watched as Apple and Android have wiped away their leading position; each attempted to respond, but neither could execute. How can you adapt management systems that are used to managing short-term performance to become capable of supporting a "test and learn" approach to innovation?

Short-term 15

Short-term Long-term Franchising Maturity 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2014

Teams are presented with a box of pieces and simple programs that can run on iPads, iPhones, or Android tablets and phones. They use software to plan, test, and modify sequences of instructions for a variety of robotic behaviors. In training courses that use robotics, the program leader sets problems to be solved.

Education 13

Education Human Resources Participative Training 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2017

Once again, several companies decided to test the waters. A few years later they were caught napping when online upstarts disrupted industries such as music, travel, news, and video, while transforming scores of others. In the mid-2000s, the buzz was about cloud computing.

Insurance 10

Insurance Video Long-term Project 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2016

For instance, the market reacted quickly and negatively when Google announced its purchase of Android in 2005, even though the deal eventually turned into a great success. We tested our ideas using a sample of roughly 800 acquisitions in the U.S., and the results were recently published in the Academy of Management Journal.

Marketing 8

Marketing Company Sample CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2011

But deploying tools and technologies explicitly designed to test their veracity? The App and Android stores now offer — for entertainment purposes only, of course — real-time "voice stress analyzers" offering insight into whether the person you're talking with is telling the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Technology Software Video 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2012

Nokia and RIM have watched as Apple and Android have wiped away their leading position; each attempted to respond, but neither could execute. How can you adapt management systems that are used to managing short-term performance to become capable of supporting a "test and learn" approach to innovation?

Short-term 10

Short-term Long-term Franchising Maturity 10

Rajesh Setty

DECEMBER 4, 2008

compliant and has been tested to ensure cross-browser compatibility. We had offshored our development team but when we did a rightshoring exercise, we found that a dual-shore approach works better. The user-interface and logo were crowdsourced and is XHTML 1.1 We are excited about this new release.

Blue Ocean Strategy 30

Blue Ocean Strategy CPM Licensing Open-book 30

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Building businesses and creating jobs in America during the twentieth century was like taking a test with an answer key. And Microsoft may have avoided disruption from Android and iOS if it had been bringing on entrepreneurs from the mobile space. It was our not-so-secret formula for success.

Entrepreneur 14

Entrepreneur Licensing Telecommunications Incubator 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2011

As BusinessWeek described it : When he asks how many people in the crowd use an iPhone or Android device, few hands go up. In a talk earlier this year to employees, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop asked a question that many were probably afraid to answer truthfully, given how Nokia is struggling to combat the iPhone.

Software 13

Software Wireless B2B Library 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

They spent a lot of time "testing the waters," "experimenting," and "building prototypes," while younger, nimbler companies took to the web with ease, shattering established business models along the way. AllStays has an app (website, iOS, and Android) that guides RV travelers to Wal-Mart stores where they can park overnight.

Brand 11

Brand B2C Market Segmentation Travel 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

The top 250 apps on Android and iOS have a total audience of 52 million people — equivalent to the reach of three primetime shows on broadcast television. In the meantime, marketers should drive deeper engagement across the consumer decision journey, test and learn, and build the capabilities needed to thrive in a mobile world.

Advertising 8

Advertising Loyalty ROI Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

The top 250 apps on Android and iOS have a total audience of 52 million people — equivalent to the reach of three primetime shows on broadcast television. In the meantime, marketers should drive deeper engagement across the consumer decision journey, test and learn, and build the capabilities needed to thrive in a mobile world.

Advertising 8

Advertising Loyalty ROI Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

There is a simple test you can perform to start an honest conversation about strategy and organizational effectiveness where you work. Its microprocessors are used in over 95% of the world’s smart devices, including iOS and Android smartphones and tablets.

Banking 14

Banking Strategy Film Operations 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2015

The sophistication and efficiency of these sensors are advancing rapidly, as you might expect given that their makers are supplying them for the manufacture of 60 million iPhones and even more Android phones each quarter. Finally, connectivity will assume a bigger role in the functioning and differentiation of products.

Software 8

Software Engineering Efficiency Productivity 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2015

Send a test message just to be sure.) TapeACall , which is available for both iPhone and Android, makes it really easy: just install the app and then conference the TapeACall number into your call. Note that in many jurisdictions it’s illegal to tape a call unless everyone consents.).

Tools 8

Tools Productivity Products Document 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Smartphones have become the testing ground for clever use of sensors. Innumerable apps on iPhones and Android phones take advantage of the motion, location, and image sensors built into those devices, often combining the outputs from the various sensors in highly imaginative ways for fun (Angry Birds) and utility (tape measure).

Technology 15

Technology Wireless Short-term Long-term 15

The Practical Leader

JULY 7, 2011

Once the 300,000 applications (apps) are available through Google’s Android system for the PlayBook , it will be even more useful. RIM has been losing market share in the smart phone market to Apple and sellers of Google’s Android system. It seamlessly runs multiple programs at once.

Leadership 51

Leadership Airlines Collins Price 51

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 9, 2015

This online tool allows any individual to create a mobile application for uploading to any operating system including Android, Apple, BlackBerry, and Windows. This free technology is by far one of the greatest inventions created for businesses, students, and any individual who has the desire to create a technological artifact.

Tools 50

Tools Document Restructuring Software 50

Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 18, 2013

He blogs for Ever Accountable because he believes their accountability software for Android phones will keep users honest and open in their relationships. You might be tempted to test the limits of the car, but is that what you want to do when you know your actions will be brought to light? 5 Steps to Take if You’re Addicted to Porn.

Software 77

Software Edmondson Morale Follow-up 77

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2010

If you explore their websites, you'll find American Express , Google , Intuit and scores of others have "labs" — not-quite-ready-for-prime-time alpha and beta versions of apps to explore and test. A few of these test-tube innovation babies are quirkily weird; others have the glimmer of interactive genius.

Innovation 16

Innovation Supply Chain Business Simulation Advertising 16

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2013

In just five years, almost 100B apps have been downloaded from the Android and Apple marketplaces. And because developers can test and iterate to optimize their experiences quickly, there are millions of pricing and payment experiments playing out in this space every day.

Trends 9

Trends Download Business Model Price 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2015

We also pressure-test the ideas borne out of the trends we identify. How do people want to be perceived? The Five Questions help us qualitatively and quantitatively assess whether or not that pattern is actually a trend that will stick in the future. And it did all of this inside a single mobile application.

Trends 8

Trends Retail Learning-by-Doing Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2013

On the day Instagram launched on Android, for example, Virgin Mobile could have simply announced its arrival on our Facebook page. At Virgin Mobile, we made the decision to learn from platforms that thrive in this environment — and who in turn need brands to help fund their innovation through paid media.

Marketing 9

Marketing How To Brand Storytelling 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2014

One person interviewed for the article bought an Android phone because he felt he was missing out on "late-night notices of meeting changes and other information." More and more companies require workers to be connected when they leave the office, though that doesn''t necessarily mean the employers are providing phones to be connected on.

Company 8

Company Human Resources Diversity Follow-up 8