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Can We Quantify the Value of Connected Devices?

Harvard Business Review

And this addresses the commercial value creation question – P&G’s mindset was to create operational efficiencies that would contribute to healthy EBITDA margins. While not historically dedicated to connected devices, these companies are good case studies for the commercialization and valuation of their data assets.

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What It Really Takes to Listen to Patients

Harvard Business Review

Michael Porter and I recognized this limitation in our work studying the organization and structure of cancer-care delivery and published a case study that aims to track the complexities of navigating the healthcare system. Customer service Customers Health Operations'

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The Changing Role of Global Leaders

Harvard Business Review

It recognizes this new reality will spell decline for some commercial activities, but growth for others who find better ways of operating. Witness Chris Lazslo's work on sustainable value , and Michael Porter's theorizing about shared value. So in one sense, Polman is only being a good businessman.

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Case Study: Is a Promotion Worth Hiding Who You Are?

Harvard Business Review

The division had just won a big contract with a major mobile operator in Qatar and needed to customize a smartphone system for the client’s Middle East–wide network in the next six months. There was one in particular who did quite well — Mr. Ryan Porter. Mark might even return to San Francisco after his stint at HQ.

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18 of the Top 20 Tech Companies Are in the Western U.S. and Eastern China. Can Anywhere Else Catch Up?

Harvard Business Review

In many cases, as with Skype, the size of the European operation shrank after the acquisition. Meetic, the French dating site, offers a case study in the difficulties of managing across digital borders. Of course, in the absence of appropriate policy changes, a push to reduce e-friction could solidify the hold of U.S.