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      • September 2018 (Revised April 2019)
      • Case

      Sigfox: Building a Global IoT Network

      By: Rajiv Lal, Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej and Emilie Billaud
      In 2018, Ludovic Le Moan and Christophe Fourtet, co-founders of the French tech startup Sigfox, reflected on the evolution of their venture and the way forward. Founded in 2009, Sigfox was a company that provided a global connectivity network for devices connected to... View Details
      Keywords: Internet Of Things; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Transition; Information Technology; Business Strategy; Internet and the Web; Technology Adoption; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; France; Europe
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      Lal, Rajiv, Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej, and Emilie Billaud. "Sigfox: Building a Global IoT Network." Harvard Business School Case 519-032, September 2018. (Revised April 2019.)
      • August 2017
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      PTC: A Transformation to IoT (B)

      By: Rajiv Lal and Sarah McAra
      In 2013, manufacturing software company PTC Inc. entered the Internet of Things (IoT) market under the leadership of CEO Jim Heppelmann, but the company’s culture was not fully aligned with the new strategic direction. Historically, PTC's culture was defined by... View Details
      Keywords: Internet Of Things; Corporate Culture; Human Resources
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      Lal, Rajiv, and Sarah McAra. "PTC: A Transformation to IoT (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 518-021, August 2017.
      • July 2017
      • Teaching Plan

      PTC: A Transformation to IoT

      By: Rajiv Lal and Sarah McAra
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      Lal, Rajiv, and Sarah McAra. "PTC: A Transformation to IoT." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 518-022, July 2017.
      • November 2016
      • Case

      ShotSpotter

      By: Mitchell Weiss and Sarah McAra
      SST, Inc. offered a subscription-based gunfire detection service, ShotSpotter Flex, to cities across the United States in addition to a few abroad. Over its 20-year history, SST had mostly honed a reliable business-to-government sales model, and the company had been... View Details
      Keywords: ShotSpotter; SST; Internet Of Things; IoT; Smart Cities; Public Entrepreneurship; Enterprise Sales; Scaling And Growth; Government; Public Sector; Innovation; Ralph Clark; Entrepreneurship; Sales; Innovation and Invention; Public Administration Industry; California; United States
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      Weiss, Mitchell, and Sarah McAra. "ShotSpotter." Harvard Business School Case 817-034, November 2016.
      • October 2016 (Revised January 2020)
      • Case

      All Traffic Solutions

      By: Rajiv Lal and Scott F. Johnson
      All Traffic Solutions traditionally sold traffic signs that collected vehicle data to cities. In recent years, the firm connected their signs to the internet and began selling software that enabled cities to operate their signs remotely and collect data in a more... View Details
      Keywords: IoT; Internet Of Things; Smart Connected Products; All Traffic Solutions; Traffic; Internet and the Web; Information Technology; Digital Platforms; Information Infrastructure; Applications and Software; Transportation; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Manufacturing Industry; Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; United States
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      Lal, Rajiv, and Scott F. Johnson. "All Traffic Solutions." Harvard Business School Case 517-011, October 2016. (Revised January 2020.)
      • October 2016 (Revised February 2019)
      • Case

      PTC: A Transformation to IoT

      By: Rajiv Lal and Sarah McAra
      In the 2010s, PTC, a leading provider of software for discrete manufacturers, faced maturing markets and changing customer needs as smart, connected products took hold—the rise of the Internet of Things (IoT). PTC saw a first mover advantage in entering the IoT space... View Details
      Keywords: Internet Of Things; IoT; Smart; Connected Products; Business Organization; Transformation; Customer Relationship Management; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Leading Change; Marketing; Product Development; Service Operations; Strategy; Competition; Technology Industry
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      Lal, Rajiv, and Sarah McAra. "PTC: A Transformation to IoT." Harvard Business School Case 517-033, October 2016. (Revised February 2019.)
      • September 2016 (Revised September 2016)
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      Spectio: A Digital Lighting Company

      By: Rajiv Lal and Sarah McAra
      Spectio Tech, founded in 2005, developed and implemented intelligent LED lighting solutions for the industrial market. Sensors and wireless connectivity embedded in its LED fixtures not only significantly reduced lighting-related energy use—by up to 90% in some... View Details
      Keywords: Internet Of Things; IoT; LED Lighting; Start-up; Energy Efficiency; Information Technology; Technology Adoption; Technological Innovation; Business Startups; Internet and the Web
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      Lal, Rajiv, and Sarah McAra. "Spectio: A Digital Lighting Company." Harvard Business School Case 517-002, September 2016. (Revised September 2016.)
      • October 2015
      • Case

      Bigbelly

      By: Mitch Weiss and Christine Snively
      To accelerate Bigbelly's sales growth and its "smart cities" positioning, its CEO planned to shift his company from equipment sales to a subscription service. Jack Kutner hoped to re-position Bigbelly's solar-powered trash compacting stations beyond trash and recycling... View Details
      Keywords: Public Entrepreneurship; Smart Cities; Government Innovation; Internet Of Things; IoT; Anything As A Service; Platform As A Service; Infrastructure As A Service; PaaS; Xaas; Bigbelly; Jack Kutner; B2G; Civic Innovation; City Innovation; Government Technology; Govtech; Civic Technology; Entrepreneurship; Sales; Innovation and Invention; Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web; Information Technology Industry; Public Administration Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Web Services Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Massachusetts; United States; Boston; Chicago; Philadelphia; New York (city, NY)
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      Weiss, Mitch, and Christine Snively. "Bigbelly." Harvard Business School Case 816-005, October 2015.
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      By: Rajiv Lal
      Developing a course for our MBA students on the opportunities and challenges in Building a Business around Smart Connected Products/IoT View Details
      Keywords: IoT; Smart Connected Products
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