Computers - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

01 May 2012
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First Look: May 1

paper we draw on two of the most important historical episodes in the history of the computing industry, the introduction of the PC and of the browser, to develop a third hypothesis. Both IBM and Microsoft, having been extremely... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

31 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Improving Fairness in Flight Delays

decision-making process. "When you have severe disruptions, how do you decide whether to cancel or delay a flight—and which flights do you cancel?" he explains. "I like using statistics and computational methodologies to... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Entertainment & Recreation; Air Transportation

10 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

Homers: Secrets on the Factory Floor

industries, the concept of a homer might take on other forms (e.g., an office worker typing a personal letter on his or her computer while at work). Q: Since the practice of employees using company time and resources to create personal... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing

23 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part Two

roast beans—becoming one of only a small group of people in Starbucks' history to be judged qualified to do so. As a teenager, Michael Dell enjoyed taking complex computers apart, repairing or upgrading them, and putting them back... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

09 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Chance Encounters: What's at Stake in Return-to-Office Decisions

where people spend both their social and their professional lives by themselves, at home on their computers or mobile devices. We’re losing aspects of our culture as a consequence of not being together. To use the analogy of a DJ concert:... View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint, HBS Alumni Bulletin

13 Jul 2020
News

The First Five Years: Meaghan Fitzgerald (MBA 2016)

Courtesy Meaghan Fitzgerald How did you become interested in virtual reality (VR)? “I have always been a fan of sci-fi and future tech. VR seemed to hold this promise of being something between a teleportation machine and a future View Details

16 Nov 2017
News

The Business of Social Justice

corporate world, taking on the role of director of community relations for John Hancock Financial Services. “It was a huge shift for me, learning that, in a big, bureaucratic corporate culture, anytime you wanted to get your computer... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

01 Mar 2015
News

Faculty Q&A: Less Risk, More Reward

Your research explores entrepreneurship and the social safety net. What is the connection between those two things? I look at whether stronger social safety net benefits make it more likely for people to start a business. For instance, there’s this large public health... View Details

Keywords: April White; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

01 Apr 2001
News

Big Deals: Project Finance Helps Mitigate Risk in Large-Scale Investments

Forget millions; think billions. That’s what HBS associate professor Benjamin C. Esty does in Large-Scale Investment, a new MBA elective course he has developed that examines how companies structure, value, and finance large, first-of-a-kind projects. “Most of these... View Details

09 Aug 2011
First Look

First Look: August 9

that the most popular rule is rational choice; it is used in about half the cases. To participate in the competitions, researchers are asked to email the organizers models (implemented in computer programs) that read the incentive... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2020
News

Effective Communication in the Age of Zoom

what most people think, I don't think that virtual meetings are as effective. There are a couple reasons. People are simply more distracted and multitasking behind the screen. You know, they're secretly texting on the side of the computer... View Details

Keywords: Zoom

01 Sep 2014
News

All For One

The first thing Linda Hill noticed when she walked into Pixar Animation Studios was the energy. Pixar’s cavernous office in Emeryville, California, is totally open and organized around a huge central atrium, allowing a diverse group of artists, animators, View Details

Keywords: Michael Blanding; faculty; research; Market Research, Photo, Translation, Veterinary and Other Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2000
News

Latin America's Decade

DeRemate.com has founded an industry-wide nonprofit to advocate for the Internet. The company is also involved in supporting a government program that places computers in schools, with a goal of reaching eleven million young people by... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Julia Hanna; Latin America; research; infrastructure; Hospitality; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

11 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 11

http://www.emeraldinsight.com/ August 2013 Computer Applying KISS to Healthcare Information Technology By: Herzlinger, Regina E., Margo Seltzer, and Mark Gaynor Abstract—Current public and private healthcare information technology... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2009
News

The Fab Four

to unplug. Decker Susan Decker (MBA ’86) came straight to HBS from Tufts University, where she majored in economics and computer science. As an analyst at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Decker covered Yahoo!, a company she would join as... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; contests; Technical and Trade Schools; Educational Services; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

19 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers

the University of California, San Diego. The researchers used computer software to analyze the tone of each columnist's writing, determining whether they wrote with a generally bearish or generally bullish perspective. "Some authors... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports; Information; Publishing

24 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 24, 2009

Working PapersRunning Out of Numbers: Scarcity of IP Addresses and What to Do About It (revised) Author:Benjamin Edelman Abstract The Internet's current numbering system is nearing exhaustion: existing protocols allow only a finite set of View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

13 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 13, 2007

We did so by presenting them with different parameters of the task, having them compare and contrast these different parameters, giving them full feedback on their history of choices and resulting outcomes, and allowing them to interact with a human opponent instead of... View Details