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- 08 Jan 2014
- What Do You Think?
Do Productivity Increases Contribute to Social Inequality?
in his book, The End of Work. More recently, Jaron Lanier concluded that job-destroying productivity leading to inequality occurs when all of us contribute information about ourselves gratis on the Internet to a few high-tech... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 20 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 20, 2016
Nation Israel enjoyed the highest concentration of technology start-ups in the world per capita. Despite regional instability, the country maintained strong economic growth and was considered a high-tech powerhouse. But not all Israelis... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 7
case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/817019-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 815-082 Silicon Fen The region around Cambridge, England (known colloquially as Silicon Fen), is home to a cluster of high-tech startups and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 28
high-tech entrepreneurship from three path-breaking entrepreneurs who emerged as CEOs of huge global companies. Their approaches to formulating strategy and building organizations offer unique insights for start-up executives as well as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
in-depth look at a single organization, the high-tech giant Rakuten, in the five years after its English lingua franca mandate. Her behind-the-scenes portrayal explores how language shapes the ways in which employees who work in global... View Details
- 03 May 2016
- First Look
First Look, May 3, 2016
ambitious goal of creating a showcase high-tech city from scratch. The collaboration brought together software entrepreneurs, real estate developers, city government officials, architects, builders, and technology corporations. Taking a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Feb 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
Delivering Information Services: A 30-Year Perspective
into the high-tech companies' use of technology to see what lessons may apply, and then we examine the differences that the grocery chain, manufacturing firm, or other type of organization, might engender. EE: How have companies like H.E.... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Real World Issues Aired at Student Led Conferences
wide range of experiences, opinions, and practical knowledge about cultivating leadership, entrepreneurship, and empowerment. Six panel discussions presented on the second day of the gathering stimulated dynamic conversation about career management in the View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
- 16 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Can Applied Economics Save Homeless Puppies?
of dogs and interested families, Exley and Battles have begun designing an accessible, up-to-date list of families looking for dogs. And there are plans to update the site. (At the risk of making a bad dog pun, the site is pretty bare bones right now, in terms of View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Deep Dive
conservation. It currently has two high-tech submersibles rated to 1,000 meters and an elaborate new scientific vessel under construction. OceanX recently partnered with Michael Bloomberg’s (MBA 1966) Bloomberg Philanthropies on a... View Details
- 03 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 3, 2006
the world's most populous country has turned old convictions on their heads, emerging from decades of isolation to become a hive of high-tech manufacturing, a major diplomatic and military power, and one of the world's largest holders of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Look at Globalization Now
emerged. Some (relatively rich) emerging countries now exploit the economic advantage of relatively low labor costs to move quickly into the manufacture of high-tech products, such as wireless phones, microprocessors, personal computers,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Life in Lockdown
get people who had different backgrounds and interests than us to make a diverse group.” Shin, a Korean-born mechanical engineer who has worked in high-tech finance, and Behrens, a software engineer from Illinois with finance experience,... View Details
- 15 Nov 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Connecting Goals and Go-To-Market Initiatives
have synchronized their strategies and field sales activities? What are they doing right? A: An important thing to understand about companies that are successful in aligning strategy and sales, and driving long-term profitable growth, is that you find them across... View Details
- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
business plan vision of Finale hasn't happened yet, which doesn't mean it never will," Conforti adds. "The journey itself has been very rewarding. I've had the opportunity to stretch myself and the organization in ways I didn't expect." The ability to pivot is... View Details
- 18 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 18, 2009
of gaming console industry leadership, how should Sony respond to the overwhelming success of competitor Nintendo's user-friendly Wii over Sony's high-tech PlayStation 3? It was August 2008 and Kazuo Hirai, chief executive of Sony... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
adds. “The journey itself has been very rewarding. I’ve had the opportunity to stretch myself and the organization in ways I didn’t expect.” The ability to pivot is obligatory in high-tech ventures like EyeView, winner of the 2008... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019
activism. In fast-paced tales about life as a high-tech entrepreneur, adjunct professor, civic leader, and environmental advocate, Walker conveys the importance of creative thinking and communal effort in all his endeavors. Handicap... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
sites and perform other labor-intensive high-tech work. A year later, that company is up and running. CitySoft (www.citysoft.com), which harnesses the computer skills of young adults from low-income Boston neighborhoods, has just... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Next Normal
world’s largest organizations. As Reimert puts it, she is in the “thank-you” business. Before starting at Workhuman, in the two decades she spent focusing on employee compensation, rewards, and benefits in the HR department of a high-tech... View Details