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 platform allows the exchange of digital information, services, and products across the power grid, allowing much greater efficiencies industrywide. This is not guesswork. Tom Watson, Jr.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2015

Their concerns fell into three broad categories: talent, operating in a global marketplace, and regulation and legislation. 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. Operating in a Global Marketplace.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2012

More tragically, the group has actually come up with something powerful and novel, but — whoa — someone senior realizes that this could have a disruptive or cannibalizing effect on existing cash cows. Resources flow where there is power; they signal what is important. So, the innovation efforts get shut down.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Zimbabwe’s new leadership faces a challenging task. The situation stabilized somewhat after the government abandoned the Zimbabwean dollar in favor of a multi-currency system in 2009 and entered a power-sharing deal with the opposition party. Years of economic mismanagement.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Combining the second-largest wireless carrier with the fourth-biggest entertainment company — one whose impressive assets include HBO and CNN — is likely to create an unassailable mobile-entertainment business. You gain market power, allowing you to price the asset higher than you could otherwise. That leaves synergy.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

We saw a similar trend in the software industry, where Microsoft’s strong position in operating systems helped it dominate the web browser market. For personal computers, this meant that the operating system had to be developed before the explosion of applications could occur.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

It follows in the footsteps of Vodafone ( M-Pesa mobile payment service in Africa ), Dow Corning (Xiameter online channel), and Hilti (tool fleet management services) as a market leader using a new model to power growth. And, of course, it would have to learn how to operate in India, a notoriously complex market.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2012

political system, the business world has no rules requiring that every leader have a backup, or that every corporate chief executive has a chief operating officer. Indeed, some leaders prefer to consolidate power rather than name a second-in-command. Succession: Can you hand over power? Unlike the U.S. Except for one thing.

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