How Smart, Connected Products Are Transforming Competition
Harvard Business Review, 92 (11):
64--88 (November 2014)Abstract
Information technology is revolutionizing products. Once composed solely of mechanical and electrical parts, products have become complex systems that combine hardware, sensors, data storage, microprocessors, software, and connectivity in myriad ways. These 'smart, connected products'---made possible by vast improvements in processing power and device miniaturization and by the network benefits of ubiquitous wireless connectivity---have unleashed a new era of competition.