Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

In 1933, General Motors President and CEO Alfred Sloan established the automobile industry’s first full-time consumer research department under the direction of Henry “Buck” Weaver, a pioneer in market-based decision making. Because of the exponential growth of social media in recent years, and the fact nearly half of U.S.

Media 8

Media Automotive Globalization Active Listening 8

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. If, in addition, companies are managing their underperformers out poorly, the costs rise even further. Global business Talent management'

Telecommunications 8

Telecommunications Health Care Talent Management Biotechnology 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2017

From the target’s point of view, the logic of this deal depends on whether Whole Foods can present its offerings attractively through Alexa, integrate its stores and supply chain with Amazon’s growing logistics business, and, down the road, put to use Amazon’s powerful data analytics engine. How long will all this take?

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Real Estate Wireless Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2017

Given that this intervention could prevent more suffering than many wonder drugs, one would expect that there would be zero market for a breathing machine that didn’t make lung-preventive ventilation as easy as possible. When health systems insist on interoperable technologies, the market will respond.

Technology 8

Technology Health Care Wireless System 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2013

What kind of signal did this choice send to P&G''s top managers? Is the problem that P&G produces outstanding specialists in marketing but not general managers who can run the business? Using data from the 2012 survey, we also found that boards gave their companies'' very poor grades on talent management.

Succession 8

Succession Telecommunications Biotechnology Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2013

Each research area has a unique focus: Business Unit Laboratories focus on specific markets, with near-term products; Sector Laboratories, on applications with 3-to-10 year time horizons; and Corporate Laboratories, on basic research with a time horizon of as long as 20 years. Richard Drew is just such an engineer.

Innovation 8

Innovation Engineering Wireless Resources 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2017

This collaborative approach is no longer optional: No single company, deploying only its own products or services, can capture IoT’s value by itself, and certainly not with the speed required in today’s digital market. They Update Their Talent Management Strategies. Insight Center. Crossing the Digital Divide.

Succession 8

Succession ROI Technology Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Consider the recent phenomena of shoestring 3D design labs or the biofabrication labs at MIT , which are taking the plunge into synthetic biology with far fewer resources than the genetic engineers at government labs. But when it does come, it will not demand costly breakthrough innovation either in wireless technology or digital marketing.

Cost 8

Cost Innovation Wireless Disruptive Innovation 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.

Short-term 8

Short-term How To Venture Capitalist CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2013

The old way was information management; the new way is information intelligence. The old way was IT systems management; the new way is platforms that enable new value chains and integrated ecosystems. The old way was cost management; the new way is driving business transformation and accelerating growth. IT management'

CIO 8

CIO Innovation Technology Wireless 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2014

Now it’s time for the law to play serious catch-up with a market that has continued moving quickly in unexpected directions. Conducting limited and carefully managed trials will unearth the remaining engineering and policy obstacles to a smooth transition.

Technology 8

Technology Information Technology Wireless Proposal 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

And 43% cited technology expertise, HR-talent management, international-global expertise, and succession planning as the skills missing most on their boards. The industry with the greatest skills gap was IT & telecommunications, whose boards are in serious need of international-global expertise and HR-talent management.

Telecommunications 8

Telecommunications Biotechnology Health Care Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2015

Talent Management. 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. So the challenge was to have the broad marketing strategies with local adaptations.” Operating in a Global Marketplace.

CEO 8

CEO Stephenson Pharmaceuticals Globalization 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.

Advertising 8

Advertising Brand Innovation Creativity 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2017

At heart, the algorithms and computation are dedicated to unearthing novel patterns, which is what science, technology, markets, and the humanistic arts have done throughout the story of humankind. CAMP3 is a 26-person company, headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, that deploys and manages wireless sensor networks for agriculture.

Company 9

Company Training Technology Wireless 9