Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Startups and major tech companies, notably Alphabet’s Google X division , are investing heavily in smart car technology, as are network ride-sharing companies such as Uber and Lyft. “Self-driving” or “smart” cars will simply become whatever we call the next generation of transportation technology.

Transportation 8

Transportation Technology Software Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Every few years the same piece of technology gets re-announced, and it's as important as ever. It was for the just-released IBM personal computers whose MS-DOS software was primitive and prone to data disasters. It's telling us that software as a service just blinked into being mainstream in 2010. The feature? It was a big deal.

Early Adopters 14

Early Adopters Norton Wilde Software 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Lines of business are now getting their own official technology budgets for non-standard software products. Departments can automate a business process in the time it would take to enter IT's development pipeline. Shadow IT has been freshly-labeled "departmental IT.". It's not as if IT departments aren't busy.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain CIO Budgeting Project 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2014

That suggests that they may be trying to persuade firms to buy the device and develop applications for it. Sure enough, in April Google announced “ Glass for Work ,” an initiative aimed at developing more work-related apps on the Glass platform. Glass may yet turn out to be a great consumer success. Glass is different.

Strategy 10

Strategy Early Adopters Innovation Proposal 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2011

I'm fairly confident that while Obama may be the one that hits the "Tweet" button, it's highly unlikely that his tweets will go out into the wild without planning and, for the lack of a better word, design. As further evidence to the shift, one can look to technology for yet another clue. He's no Anthony Weiner.

Media 15

Media Business Intelligence PR Software 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2013

In a recent HBR article, Paul Nunes and I introduced the term Big Bang Disruption to signify innovations that, thanks to rapidly advancing technology, come out of the box both better and cheaper than alternative solutions already in the marketplace. How big a deal is this “democratization” of finance?

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Finance Venture Capitalist Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2015

Surveys indicate that more than 30 percent of the top 300 largest global brands are now using or evaluating 3D printing (often with printing technology in-house) whether for prototyping and other innovation projects or in actual production of what they sell. Wild cycles, for sure.

Technology 8

Technology Learning Curve Tips Objective 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2012

They're bad at innovation by design: All the pressures and processes that drive them toward a profitable, efficient operation tend to get in the way of developing the innovations that can actually transform the business. However, in the process of unleashing this potential, leaders must make sure their innovators develop sustainability.

Innovation 15

Innovation Company ROI Disruptive Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2015

Technology is changing every facet of work, including how companies profile and select their employees. The development of different apps, software, and algorithms has produced many novel methodologies for screening job candidates and evaluating their potential fit for a role or organization. That is not enough. Not at all.

Human Resources 8

Human Resources Technology Wilde Document 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2014

Winning Friends and Influencing People How Advanced Socialbots Have Infiltrated Twitter MIT Technology Review Ah yes, those pesky Twitter bots. John describes a start-up, Crowd Comfort, whose software allows human beings to talk to their buildings via smart phones about such things as heat, light, and air flow.

Engineering 8

Engineering Welch Media Wilde 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2011

The key is to manage your multiple partners and not let your relationships run wild. Long term commitment in a world where the technology is advancing almost on a daily basis is difficult to maintain. PDF) But that would leave you out of the game for many new technologies and markets, where alliances are essential.

Management 11

Management Airlines How To Pharmaceuticals 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2015

Changes in enterprise IT over the past decade mean that every company is now a technology company. vulnerability intelligence (what is being exploited in the wild?), Two trends account for this: the rapid convergence of enterprise IT architectures, and the proliferation of increasingly sophisticated adversaries.

Company 8

Company Supply Chain Tactics Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2015

Just as it’s hard to remember what life was like before the iPhone, it can be hard to remember business before there was CRM software — back when you still had to explain that it stood for “customer relationship management.” The technologies and trends shaping tomorrow’s businesses. Steven Moore.

CRM 8

CRM Management Taylorism Taylor 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

It looked like a stuffed animal — a cartoonish plush bird with a beetling brow and goofy eyes — but it contained a microphone, tiny speaker, headphone jack, computer chip, and enough speech-recognition and voice-generation technology to engage in sassy banter in Mandarin. When product-development companies in the U.S.

Case Study 8

Case Study Retail Learning-by-Doing Education 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

Also known as “token sales,” this new fundraising phenomenon is being fueled by a convergence of blockchain technology, new wealth, clever entrepreneurs, and crypto-investors who are backing blockchain-fueled ideas. How technology is transforming transactions. Insight Center. Business in the Era of Blockchain.

Venture Capitalist 11

Venture Capitalist Due Diligence Finance Long-term 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2018

In the spirit of becoming more adaptive , organizations have rushed to implement Agile software development. Agile software development. Frameworks for adaptive software development like Agile, have been around for a long time, and have manifested in many forms.

Agility 8

Agility Engineering Software How To 8