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- 23 Oct 2019
- News
A Bid for the Future
dramatically expanding Virginia’s investment in computer-science education. That was the moment the Amazon RFP arrived. A $1.1 billion investment in the tech-talent pipeline, with a goal of more than doubling the annual number of degrees awarded in View Details
- 23 May 2019
- News
Michael R. Bloomberg, MBA 1966
computerize financial data and provide investment professionals with real-time market information and analysis. The computer terminal he and his partners created, which became known as the Bloomberg Terminal, transformed the buying and... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 02 May 2016
- News
Creating Common Ground in Communities of Conflict
them realize that dream,” she says. A volunteer network sustains the San Francisco–based organization, which has helped facilitate peaceful relations in India, Pakistan, Colombia, and Rwanda. In India, for example, the Dreamfly built a high school View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Case Study: Gazelle's New Predators
Illustration by Istvan Banyai Since 2006, Gazelle has offered consumers an answer to the question of what to do with their old electronic devices when they upgrade: Sell them to us. Customers can go to Gazelle's website; get a price for their used smartphone, tablet,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Where Conservation Means Business
Photos by Webb Chappell Related Links Who Was George F. Baker? Priscilla Anderson demonstrating photo conservation techniques. Stepping into the workaday world of Priscilla Anderson is like taking a step back in time. While most professionals spend their days tethered... View Details
Keywords: Roger thompson
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
@Soldiers Field
arm might lift a barbell.” The 229 RCs who signed up for lunch roulette were connected with three perfectly randomized HBS classmates. Hosted by the Student Association and the Digital Initiative, the project used an open source computer... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Covering the Issues
modern life." As computer technology emerged in the 1950s, initial reactions in the Bulletin were mixed. "One of the most dramatic developments in the business world is the growth of automatic data processing," wrote a faculty member in... View Details
- 16 Nov 2011
- News
Are Humans Cost-Effective?
English. But it needed all synapses firing to fend off the flesh-and-blood HBS team (MIT finished a distant third). Named after IBM patriarch Thomas J. Watson, this Watson is endowed with a canned male voice that recalls the creepy View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Technology for Learning's Sake
replacement of most faculty and administrative desktop machines, the introduction of a single electronic-mail system, and the construction of a 100-machine personal computer lab in previously unfinished space in the basement of Shad Hall.... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
How Business Schools Lost Their Way
by Roger Thompson A spate of business scandals — from Enron’s spectacular collapse to stock option backdating — have put business schools on the spot to explain what, if any, responsibility they might have for what’s gone wrong in America’s executive suites. Two... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Editor's Note
Worth the Wait HBS plans a memorable Centennial year The first centennial I remember happened in my North Carolina hometown in the late 1950s. The men grew beards, wore funny hats, and puffed on awful-smelling cigars. The town held a parade and put on a grand fireworks... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
From A to Z
ABEREOJE AND ZOTOVA: Two of the new faces (and new friends) of the Class of 2009. Class of 2009 Class Size 901 Yield 89% Women 36% Minorities 24% International 33% Total Countries 67 Undergraduate Majors Humanities and Social Sciences 36% Engineering 28% Business 25%... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Wells to Lead IMD
HBS Professor of Management Practice John Wells (MBA ’79, DBA ’84) has been named the new president of the International Institute for Management Development (IMD), in Lausanne, Switzerland, effective this spring. Beginning in the 1980s, Wells served as a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Creativity from Many Angles
Upbeat, collaborative, and engaged.” That’s how Professor Teresa Amabile describes a gathering of 85 scholars and 15 business leaders held on the HBS campus in early December. The two-day Centennial conference, “Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and Organizations of the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Centennial Goes YouTube
What’s the first adjective that comes to mind when you hear the word centennial? Be honest. I bet it’s not fun, or entertaining, or cool. Now get ready for a surprise. The Knowledge and Library Services folks at the Baker Library | Bloomberg Center have launched a fun,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Join in the Centennial
You don’t have to be on campus to tap into HBS Centennial events. The School’s yearlong celebration now has a Web home — www.hbs.edu/centennial/. The site gives the Centennial 21st-century global reach tailored for an alumni audience on which the sun never sets. On the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Community Partners Program Honored for Service to Nonprofits
The HBS clubs' Community Partners program, which provides free consulting services to nonprofits, has received the Volunteer Service Award from the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation. Several clubs have strong Community Partners programs, including... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Highly Energetic
The fourth annual Energy Symposium at HBS in October brought together industry executives, venture capitalists, and consultants to discuss the sector’s challenges and opportunities. Winds of change are turning hearts and minds as well as turbines: While demand for coal... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
Is There a Disconnect? Thanks for some interesting commentary in the December issue. I note in particular the preamble to the review of John Kao’s (MBA ’82) new book, Charlie Williams’s observations in “The Wise Men” feature, and Professor Rakesh Khurana’s insights in... View Details