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- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle
self-confidence, sophisticated analytical skills, and the ability to make decisions quickly. And unlike the top-down hierarchy found in the U.S. military, the IDF is a ground-up organization where local commanders are responsible for... View Details
- 10 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
How Numbers Talk to People
has a PhD in volcanology, or the study of volcanoes, is capable of some pretty sophisticated mathematical analysis. However, she and her colleagues initially relied on what she calls "napkin math" to explore other ways to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Health-Care Forum's Rx for US System
Experience," HBS professor Clay Christensen analogized that just as the computer industry evolved from massive mainframes to customer-friendly personal devices, "We need to bring technology to outpatient clinics and patients' homes so they can provide more and more... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 06 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Supersmart Manufacturing Tools are Lowering Prices on TVs, Bulbs, and Solar Panels
What the paper points out is the level of sophistication of this knowledge embodiment has increased dramatically, making it easy to make things that have long been very difficult or even impossible to produce otherwise. All you need is... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Raymond A. Baxter: Sweet Smell of Success
radically different company today," he says. "It's small enough that my fingerprints are everywhere -- you can get your arms around this place." Interbake's smaller size allows it to turn on a dime when it comes to supplying products to meet fickle consumer demand. Its... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Nov 2013
- News
Selling Crafts with a Story
turned into Brika.com, an online marketplace featuring everything from handmade tea towels and dishes to tote bags and "Mr. T" onesies for baby. Brika, which takes its name from the Spanish word for factory, fabricá (they just loved the irony), is what bloggers have... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Elevator Pitch: Dress Code
around each user. Leveraging AI and machine learning, the app uses a sophisticated algorithm to streamline and personalize a dynamically adaptive online feed of potential purchases based on yes or no responses to simple questions, getting... View Details
- 09 Apr 2024
- News
To Serve and Protect the Markets
she says. “We have a critical mass of Americans—around 60 million—who don’t even actively use a bank account. So, in addition to monitoring and regulating these sophisticated entities and markets, we try to educate people about the basic... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
Discovery Process
South and the British West Indies. I describe how all kinds of sophisticated quantitative management practices thrived under the circumstances of slavery. Before my year at HBS, I thought of my audience as primarily one of professional... View Details
- Web
Data for Impact: Impact Measurement from Startup to Fortune 500 C-Suite - Course Catalog
the potential to change the world. But to deliver on these new, multifaceted obligations, managers and investors must be sophisticated in how impact is measured. Impact measurement is critical for assessing which initiatives to leave by... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Faculty Q&A: The Cup Runneth Over
right to outfit and sponsor individual teams? Sophisticated sports marketing outfits, often subsidiaries of the top marketing services firms, conduct detailed assessments to help companies like Nike and Samsung determine what value to... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 15 Feb 2017
- Op-Ed
What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects
conditions in the world today: the declining capabilities of government, the massive size and increasing sophistication of the global financial markets, and the impacts of new technologies that leapfrog large centralized projects and put... View Details
- 09 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
Warring Algorithms Could Be Driving Up Consumer Prices
that is freely available online—as an input for calculating price changes. In a given industry or category, the most technologically sophisticated company is able to continually undercut its rivals by updating prices more frequently than... View Details
- 15 Aug 2007
- Op-Ed
3 Steps to Reduce Financial System Risk
Regulatory authorities face 2 challenges that need to be addressed forcefully if they are to contain a new source of systemic risk in international finance. First, the increasing migration of complex market activities to supervisory bodies that lack the necessary View Details
- 17 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Venture Capital: Hot Markets and Current Industry Trends
sophisticated understanding of that market, said Wiersma. One reason the TV recorder company TiVo ran into difficulty, she said, was the company didn't understand that consumers don't want to have to get another box for their television.... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- Fast Answer
Industries: financial analytical data and tools
sites typically don't have near the amount of equity, debt and fund market data coverage or analytical features of the licensed services such as Bloomberg and LSEG Workspace. LSEG Workspace Bloomberg Professional Vast array of stock, debt, funds and other market... View Details
- Web
Living in Boston - MBA
herbal tea? From four-star bistros to neighborhood restaurants, American Repertory Theater to Fenway Park, Boston Pops to a hole-in-the-wall nightclub—whatever your pleasure, you'll find it in Boston. A cosmopolitan and sophisticated city... View Details
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
How the U.S. Army Develops Leaders
peacekeeper?" We take thousands of young recruits every month and train them to operate some of the most sophisticated equipment in the world under some of the most challenging conditions imaginable.— Scott A. Snook Such an identity... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Research Brief: Lost in Translation
language barriers.” Yu and her coauthors arrived at this conclusion after looking at spontaneous Q&A sessions in more than 11,000 conference call transcripts from firms based outside the United States. Using sophisticated software, the... View Details
Keywords: Erin Peterson
- 21 Jul 2010
- News
Mad Men, the Early Era
viewed online. Fans of Don and Betty Draper’s suave sophistication will find much to enjoy here, even if the exhibit’s “Mad Men” were working thirty years before the AMC show and its 1960s sense of modishness. Looking at these photos is a... View Details