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The Internet of Things Needs Design, Not Just Technology

Harvard Business Review

” will be difficult for many companies to achieve — not for lack of technological expertise but because they’ll fail to recognize the value of design in connected product development. applications pushed technology to address B2B market requirements. This evolution to “Internet of Things (IoT) 2.0”

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How Industrial Systems Are Turning into Digital Services

Harvard Business Review

Yet even though SKF has a century-long track record of keeping the wheels of industry turning, this new vision of bearings with brains by no means assures that SKF will prosper in the changeover in technology represented by the internet of things, in which every conceivable object can become a node on the net. Growing Digital Business.

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Is Your Company Ready for the Rise of Smart Cities?

Harvard Business Review

For companies, smart cities represent major business opportunities — and not only for tech firms selling systems to government agencies. Technology is reconfiguring traditional roles and divisions of labor. Telecom operators often provide the backbone communication networks required to run systems and applications.

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The Industries That Are Being Disrupted the Most by Digital

Harvard Business Review

As digital technologies continue to transform the economy, many leaders are struggling to set a digital strategy, shift organizational structures, and remove the barriers that are keeping them from maximizing the potential impact of new digital technologies. They are often brought in to disrupt traditional thinking and business models.

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Focus on Your Customer's Customer

Harvard Business Review

Much of the conversation about customer-centricity focuses on business-to-consumer (B2C) firms. And while these companies were the first to acknowledge the business benefits of delivering a great customer experience, business-to-business (B2B) organizations are increasingly getting in on the game.

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How to Give Your Business Model a One-Two Punch

Harvard Business Review

But instead of adopting multiple martial art styles, more B2C companies are using mixed business models, or MBM, to win. We are not talking about the classic conglomerate model, in which the main purpose is diversification. Technology companies have done this particularly well. Tiffany is next at $3,085.)

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How B2B Companies Can Grow with Ecosystem Orchestration - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM ACCENTURE STRATEGY

Harvard Business Review

Read more from Accenture Strategy: How to Become a Future-Ready Business. How Technology Is Changing M&A in the U.S. An ecosystem mindset looks beyond the interactions and transactions that have characterized indirect channel models of the past. The good news is that there is plenty of opportunity for them to catch up.

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