IoT in Vietnam and Cambodia

Austin Groves and Paul Schulte

Chapter 7 in The Race for 5G Supremacy:Why China Is Surging, Where Millennials Struggle, & How America Can Prevail, 2020, pp 115-135 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: When we got back to the Accenture Atlanta office, to Joseph and Fabio’s credit they did not hold a grudge and went right to work to arrange the Vietnam trip (a shining example of good leadership, no ego). Aiden didn’t directly control Coke Europe, but he was on the board, so a successful Vietnam pilot was key for this RFP and our other deals with the whole Coke system. From the very beginning, it was clear that Joseph and Fabio didn’t want to ride around Vietnam on a motorbike for 6 weeks installing Internet of Things (IoT) devices on Coke coolers, so they left this largely up to me. Now the question was how do we get someone who holds the rank of analyst (me, the lowest rank) at Accenture to get internally approved to go live in Vietnam and Cambodia for 6 weeks? The Vietnamese division also managed Cambodia operations at the time and wanted to test both markets simultaneously, which made my life a lot more complicated…

Keywords: AI; 5G; Alibaba; Ecommerce; China; Trade War; Smart Cities; Millennials; Mental Health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F02 L26 O14 O30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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