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- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Democratizing Data to Favor Farmers
struggled to determine if they were getting good deals,” Baron says. “They had to take their dealer’s word for it.” Years later, after spells at Google and HBS, Baron is now using modern tools—from cloud computing to machine-learning—to... View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Plunging Into the Net
latest technological buzz, what some people are calling a revolution, centers on the Internet. Even neo-Luddites must admit that this network of wires that links computers all around the globe is changing the world. Still, given that the... View Details
- 20 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 20
problems, hence the potential improvements from our framework come at essentially limited extra computational cost. We perform numerical experiments drawn from three di erent application areas (portfolio optimization, inventory... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 11 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
The New International Style of Management
At Dell Beijing, Andy Klump (HBS MBA '03) was excelling at his job—selling computer hardware and services solutions to multinationals—when the company's 360-degree performance-review process underwent a change. As part of the new... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
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Educating Leaders - Georges F. Doriot:Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
publications. For example, "Making the Automatic Factory a Reality," written by a team led by John Diebold (HBS MBA '51), forecasted the role of computers in business and turned into a published classic. "Masers and Lasers," written by a... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
A Conversation with Dean Clark
important initiatives. BULLETIN: There have been a number of obvious manifestations of progress on the technology initiative, including the shift to an Internet-based communications system at the School, the availability of full-motion video in electronic cases, and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Do You Speak Business?
At Dell Beijing, Andy Klump (MBA ’03) was excelling at his job — selling computer hardware and services solutions to multinationals — when the company’s 360-degree performance-review process underwent a change. As part of the new... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 14 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog
and with limited financial resources.” Skills needed now: Empathy; maintaining self-control and focus. Let’s build your new executive toolkit The skills needed to conquer these challenges are not possible without good mental hygiene. You don’t download a big... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 19 Dec 2006
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First Look: December 19, 2006
difficult to compute. Yet these customers generate value to the firm because their presence attracts fee-paying sellers. In this paper we consider the value of a customer in these types of networked setting. We compute the value of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
The Biggest Industry You’ve Never Heard Of
Bjerg is staring blankly at his computer screen. He adjusts his two monitors and fiddles with the speakers as he awaits the start of his next League of Legends battle. As he does many days, Bjerg will sit here playing the popular video... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Classroom Legend
Of all the great HBS professors, Chris Christensen was unequaled as a champion for case-method teaching. He elevated the School’s signature method of instruction to an art form and then devoted much of his career to helping other teachers develop extraordinary... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
An American Odyssey
He’s got a superhero’s name, and he’s shining a light on enduring wrongs here at home while confronting challenges in the Third World as well. Meet Richard America, who sees policy analysis and quality management as keys to development and economic justice. America... View Details
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computer equipment or network(s) connected to any of the Services or to disrupt or interfere with any Program or any other user's use and enjoyment of any of the Services; (b) attempt to gain unauthorized access to any of the Services,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
AI Enhances Diagnostic Care
changing the field of medicine. In the past several decades, the growing use of artificial intelligence in the health care sector has made it possible for computer systems and diagnostic machines to learn and problem solve, mimicking... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 16 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Resolving Patent Disputes that Impede Innovation
Land Rover, for instance, while the Universal Serial Bus (USB) helps standardize the connection of countless computer peripherals. Intellectual property owners often strive to have their patents included in these standards, such that in... View Details
- 18 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Beyond Heroic Entrepreneurs
and more in terms of fostering growth. For those used to a venture-capital model of funding fast-growing software start-ups, it will mean realizing that a socially focused company may grow slower than, say, a cloud computing firm, but... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Angels Face the Innovator’s Dilemma
expectations were." Tips For Aspiring Disrupters Just like other industries, computers and brokerage among them, the venture capital industry itself is also ripe for disruption, he said. While odds always favor the incumbent when a... View Details
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Field Course: Field X - Course Catalog
Doing so while on campus has several advantages, including access to resources (faculty time and attention, library and computer access); advice from your peers in a structured environment; and devoted blocks of time during your EC year... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Ann S. Moore, MBA 1978
the Time & Life Building, she was given what were then state-of-the-art tools: an adding machine and an IBM Selectric typewriter. But soon desktop computers were introduced, and they revolutionized the way business was done, helping the... View Details
- 01 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Slow, Steady Battle to Fix Cancer Care
observation: In 1969, there was information technology that put people on the moon. But we didn't have computers in the intensive care unit until 1982 or 1983. We had a computer that calculated cardiac flow... View Details