Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2018

Telecom operators often provide the backbone communication networks required to run systems and applications. The technology and media company Intersection builds on revenue from advertisers to offer cities free “Links” kiosks to expand public Wi-Fi. Pharmacies are adding telemedicine kiosks. That mandate is worth keeping.

Real Estate 9

Real Estate Company Transportation B2C 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2015

Between ticket sales, sponsorships, merchandising, and media rights, Price Waterhouse Coopers estimates global sports revenues will grow to total roughly $145 billion. These aren’t mom and pop operations anymore. We now have entire conferences dedicated to the analytics of our business and our basketball operations.

Price 8

Price Team Sports Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2013

It's the growing fidelity demands of today's internet population, as they transition from text, image, and standard-definition media-sharing, to high-definition (and even 4K) file transfer. Today, billions of people are increasingly using the same pipes to deliver billions of HD media files. We're facing a congestion crisis.

Fixed Costs 15

Fixed Costs Technology Efficiency Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2016

You can’t read the pages of the mainstream or business media without being impressed by the opportunity. Second, data confers insight and advantage. The incentives of individual teams are unlikely to encourage data sharing as a primary requirement. Predictive analytics, data science, artificial intelligence, bots.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Software CIO Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2013

It's the growing fidelity demands of today's internet population, as they transition from text, image, and standard-definition media-sharing, to high-definition (and even 4K) file transfer. Today, billions of people are increasingly using the same pipes to deliver billions of HD media files. We're facing a congestion crisis.

Fixed Costs 8

Fixed Costs Technology Efficiency Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2016

Standing on stage on September 9, 2014 at Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference (WWDC), Tim Cook announced, “We’ve created an entirely new payment process, and we called it Apple Pay.” She paid in the blink of any eye. An Apple press release claimed the new service would “transform mobile payments.”

Retail 8

Retail Business Model Press Release Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2018

And yet there is also an evident other side to Musk, which has recently manifested — rather often — in his combative engagement with investors , the media , employees , and social media and in his seeming difficulty with accepting criticism. Narcissism.

Succession 14

Succession Armstrong Self-aware Wilde 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Others lack the processes and operational capabilities to target them with personalized communications and experiences. At Hootsuite, the social media management platform, marketing and human resources executives collaborate to do this. The volume, velocity, and variety of customer data that now exists overwhelms many organizations.

Short-term 12

Short-term Learning-by-Doing Participative Human Resources 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2017

media has come under intense scrutiny, with analysts , politicians, and even journalists themselves accusing it of bias and sensationalism — of having failed us — in its coverage of the presidential election. The media did exactly what it was designed to do, given the incentives that govern it. A caveat is in order.

Media 11

Media Advertising Fixed Costs Content 11