Since its original publication 1979, Harvard Business School professor Michael Porter's Five Forces of Competitive Strategy shaped a generation of academic research and business practices. In HBR's November issue, Porter upends his theories to consider how smart, connected products are transforming competition. Read More

MarketWatch staffer Amy Hoak reports that despite decreasing affordability for houses next year, expect more home sales in 2015—in part due to increased purchases by millennials, who are expanding their families supported by jobs and wage growth. Read More

U.S. News & World Report contributor Joel Cone asserts that real estate investors should look to cities with an upsurge in millennials for new investing opportunities. Read More

South Florida Business Journal staffer Brian Bandell reports that celebrity architect Zaha Hadid’s first condo tower in the Western Hemisphere broke ground in Miami on Friday. Read More

Houston Chronicle staffer Erin Mulvaney reports that a new townhome model by Trendmaker (TRI Pointe) Homes opened in Imperial Sugar Land master-planned community. Trendmaker's one'and two-story homes range from 1,900 to 2,900 square feet. Read More

South Florida Business Journal staffer Brian Bandell reports that K. Hovnanian Homes has obtained a 167.8-acre site in Parkland, one of the last remaining large single-family home projects in Broward County. Read More

New York Times Upshot contributor Tyler Cowen comments that new and cheaper services could effectively increase wages, while easier-to-use computers could create new opportunities. Read More

From the Wall Street Journal staffer Nick Timiraos, here are 10 charts that break down the latest employment report. What they don't include is the progress we're seeing in hiring and wages among Millennials. Read More

Real estate columnist Kenneth R. Harney explores the Dec. 1 effective data changes in policy around both down payment sizes and credit ratings that many expect will open the "credit box" to a greater number of aspiring home buyers. Read More

Don't miss this report from Fortune's Erin Griffith, who writes that experts agree that products connected to the web will be huge. but cashing in on that trend isn't simple. A guide to putting money into the biggest opportunity since wireless technology made devices mobile. Read More

New Geography demographer, whose past livelihood includes time in California's public transportation system, looks at success rates (or their opposite) of large metro rail systems at their primary purpose. That is, how many people ride the train who would have been driving their cars? Read More

Washington Post staffer Jonnelle Marte taps into an exclusive Post analysis on Millennials' job behavior, exploring what today's low job churn tells us about the economy. Read More

Two of the major housing-related energy tax credits are known by their tax code sections, and this analysis from National Association of Home Builders tax and policy expert Rob Dietz looks consumer demand trends and payments for 25C and 25D. Read More

HousingWire staffer Ben Lane reports that the Federal Housing Administration announced its 2015 conforming loan limits. Spoiler alert: Not much changed. Read More

Wall Street Journal staffer Josh Mitchell reports that U.S. consumers racked up debt at the slowest pace in almost a year in October, a sign of cautious spending that could limit the economy’s growth in the year’s final months. Read More

Wall Street Journal staffer Heidi Mitchell reports on a life-imitates-art-imitates-life case in point, the Bisazza Wears Emilio Pucci collection of tile mosaics debuting as we speak at Design Miami. Read More

The Economist's editors consider how the East can learn lesson's from the West's short, lumpy history of urban sprawl. It seems that even as urban centers revive, more Americans move from city to suburb than go the other way. Read More

MarketWatch staffer Ruth Mantell notes that a report on retail sales will be in the economic spotlight this week as the holidays approach and markets look for clues about whether holiday-driving consumer merriment translates into shopping. Read More