Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2016

Since 2011, General Electric has publicly stated it would spend more than $1 billion on developing sensors, wireless devices, and related software to install on its aircraft engines, power turbines, locomotive trains and other machinery. This truth could be very different from what the company thought it was or was marketing it as.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2012

As companies struggle to develop a new generation of internationally competent leaders, many are turning to localization instead. And don’t make the mistake of viewing expatriation as being solely about sending people from headquarters to emerging markets. The Wireless Industry's Growing Pains (Knowledge@Wharton).

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Wireless How To McKinsey Globalization 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2012

Further, we'll see a roll-out of 4G wireless services across the country in 2012. As unit economics enable ever cheaper smart phones (the lowest price in the market is now $65), their penetration will rise. As unit economics enable ever cheaper smart phones (the lowest price in the market is now $65), their penetration will rise.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2013

Given the forecasts of uncertain global economic growth, we might expect companies to hold off from hiring new employees and to limit whatever international hiring they do to emerging markets. We also find that companies in developed areas plan to hire in other developed regions (e.g., Asia into North America).

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Telecommunications Health Care Talent Management Biotechnology 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2016

Accenture surveyed nearly 5,000 men and women in 31 countries, exploring their use of technology, including access to devices like smartphones and wireless wearable devices, and the frequency with which they use them. At the current pace such equality won’t be achieved until 2065 in developed nations and 2100 in developing countries.

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Technology Globalization Education Wireless 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Sensors, the cloud, mobile and broadband wireless, and other such technologies are increasing the flow of digitized information exponentially. The result is the reconstitution or destruction of industries, creation of new market spaces, and reshaping of old industry ecosystems. This is not guesswork.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2013

Many wonder why an academy company like P&G, historically known for developing talent, did not, or was not able to, promote a successor from within its ranks. Is the problem that P&G produces outstanding specialists in marketing but not general managers who can run the business? Where was its leadership bench? Succession planning'

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2013

Consider the market for smartphones. It is from the app store on which external developers create value. Apple needed to attract both developers and users. They must also leverage social media to harness the network effect for rapid growth. This ability to "plug-and-play" is a defining characteristic of Platform Thinking.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2012

Initially, these innovations are adopted only by the least demanding industry consumers or those who couldn't afford to participate in existing markets (like the college students who use Reddit to find entertaining Youtube videos instead of paying for HBO). The ecosystem will develop. Bundling good. Internet expensive.

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Rogers Telecommunications Disruptive Innovation Innovation 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2012

After certain blogs, social media outlets, pundits, and talk shows whipped themselves into a self-reinforcing frenzy , many people were stunned by the election outcome. It's also important to encourage employees to use competitors' products, so they don't develop tunnel vision. How could so many "experts" have gotten it so wrong?

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Real Estate Wireless Industry Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2017

The more specific and feasible the plan you develop, the less daunting the situation will seem when it comes. Stay connected – but not on social media. For most of us, using Facebook, Twitter, and other social media services has become as natural as breathing. Take turns with your partner covering at home? Telecommute?

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

However, outside North America they tend to be more optimistic about emerging economies: 36% of directors in Asia, 24% of directors in Australia and New Zealand, and 23% of directors in Africa predict faster growth in emerging economies than in developed countries in the next three years.

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Politics Telecommunications Policies Biotechnology 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2015

AT&T, for example, had to switch its focus from traditional telecom services to wireless services, and this shift required employees with different skill sets. The speed at which those problems happened was exponentially increased because of the ability of people to communicate through social media.” Ken Powell of U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2012

The rise of big data is an exciting — if in some cases scary — development for business. Opportunities will arise for new forms of information brokering and new types of brokers that address new unstructured, often open data sources such as social media, chat streams, and video.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2018

The pervasive adoption of mobile devices has driven an explosion of contextual user information, including geolocation data, which has become a valuable resource for marketers. However, a lack of technical skill sets among marketers has made it difficult for them to use this data (when they have access to it) effectively.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

On the other hand, you have the media pointing out the country’s shallow middle class, growing inequality and joblessness, and a trail of multinationals frustrated by the lack of China-like success in India. In two short years, Kwid gained 15% of the market.

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Women on Business

MARCH 18, 2013

Guest Post by Elizabeth Dillon of Digital Marketing NOW (Learn more about Elizabeth at the end of this post). If not, you could be throwing away significant money on ineffective marketing initiatives. To maximize your marketing and, ultimately, your revenue, you must understand your customer’s lifetime value (CLV).

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2014

I have had a front row seat as companies have struggled to enter the emerging world of the Internet of Things — first, 10 years ago as a vice president at Ambient Devices , an MIT Media Lab spinoff that was a pioneer in commercializing IoT devices, and then as a consultant. It also took into account their roles in changing patient behavior.

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Productivity Products Company Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2013

When one person with a wireless connection can be an agency, a media company, or even a manufacturer, traditional advertising organizations have to change their culture, processes, structure, talent policies, resources, and even their business and revenue models in order to embrace the power of open systems being fueled by digital connectivity.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2013

Academics and practitioners have built on Christensen's work to develop robust frameworks that can help leaders to spot disruptive developments early and respond appropriately. Sifting through this work highlights three seminal moments in any disruptive innovation's development: Conception. New healthcare business models.

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