Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2012

For example, Tesco uses vast data sets culled from decades of customers' Clubcard use to make pricing decisions, influence shoppers to buy specific items, and build loyalty. Leading proponents of this approach use the data-talks-to-data concept developed by IBM's Jeff Jonas and his team in the Entity Analytics group.

Retail 12

Retail Wireless Loyalty Chemicals 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Only 13% of directors in the energy and utilities industry consider innovation to be a major strategic challenge, but the swift growth of renewable energy companies and such developments as the use of drones for monitoring oil and gas production suggest that no industry is impervious to the forces of innovation.

Innovation 10

Innovation Short-term Telecommunications Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Steve Jobs, influenced by Christensen, was keenly aware of the innovator's dilemma. In 1997, speaking just before his return to Apple at the WWDC , Steve Jobs ranted in response to a question about whether he used a Newton as a wireless device: To me, what I want, is this little thing I can carry around with me that's got a keyboard on it.

Christensen 8

Christensen Disruptive Innovation Mass Marketing Wireless 8

You're Not the Boss of Me

JANUARY 4, 2010

Some of us are totally immersed and intrigued by what can be accomplished in a wireless world, (including all the cool toys that come along with it). If more of us had, or could develop, the ability to make the larger connections to familiar systems first to determine where we might put new information it would indeed be easier to absorb.

Learning-by-Doing 41

Learning-by-Doing Media Blog Technology 41

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2017

The iPhone roared into the marketplace 10 years ago today, and overwhelmed the wireless world. Wireless is the same, but without the cat. The political interest in influencing public opinion and the incumbents’ desire to silence competitive threats had merged. Armstrong’s Killer App. Then he paused.

Armstrong 8

Armstrong Wireless Succession Licensing 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

If you make health care too easy to get — and it would certainly be easier to get if it were just a phone call or an app away — then you’d have to develop tighter controls to ensure that the care that was delivered was actually necessary. Consider the power of mobile devices in such loops.

Health Care 8

Health Care How To Insurance Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2013

In one of the most comprehensive global surveys of corporate directors to date, we found that they were very worried about developing and enacting strategic plans that will enable their organizations to succeed. We might expect the regions with the lowest overall averages to be those dominated by developing or emerging economies.

Talent Management 8

Talent Management Company Telecommunications Management 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

In many cases, the decision was influenced by the platform’s incentives, success in attracting a following, and technological superiority — something that should happen in the IoT ecosystem as well. In bids to gain developers, these companies are opening up their IoT platforms and programming interfaces.

Software 8

Software Industry Incentives System 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2012

Presidential elections, the choice of a running mate can influence voter views of the candidate and shift the dialogue, as happened following Mitt Romney's naming of conservative budget-chopping congressman Paul Ryan as his vice presidential pick in the race for the White House. Differentiation: What skills are you missing?

COO 16

COO Wireless Ryan Chief Operating Officer 16