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- 16 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Has Apple Reinvented the Watch?
computer ended the use of typewriters, or how electronic fuel injection systems replaced carburetors. It's probably more accurate to say the Apple Watch introduces several impressive incremental innovations that improve and combine... View Details
- 26 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 26
individuals within the organization. Using unique data on lending decisions made by employees in a highly decentralized financial services organization, we show that a monitoring system that captures soft information for vertical... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Kraft Accelerator
unmet need: Extracting, cleaning and codifying the data stored in dozens of electronic medical record systems in an attempt to understand how patients experience cancer care. Concerto HealthAI has been tasked with improving these care... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Robots Are Coming to Save Your Job
robot, meant for simpler jobs like unpacking boxes; Sawyer is a one-armed robot designed for more precise tasks like placing memory cards into motherboards. The humanizing is intentional and essential to integrating the bots into a... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Q&A: Camille Tang Yeh of the Asia-Pacific Research Office
[see sidebar] further reflects the wide range of issues covered by our faculty. What can we learn from this region? The Asia Pacific, where 2,000 languages are spoken, is home to 60 percent of the world's population. The region's diverse economic, cultural, legal, and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sizing Up Social Impact
difficult to clearly integrate with MCC's precise directive of focusing on activities that lead to poverty reduction through economic growth. "The MCC has been explicit in setting boundaries around initiatives that it believes will lead... View Details
- 03 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
Van den Ende Rozen
source: the authors. Sustainability Throughout the tour, the Van den Ende brothers touched upon multiple aspects of sustainable agriculture that have been integrated into their greenhouse. Within the past year, 50% of their greenhouse... View Details
- 03 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Business History around the World
management systems and practices that might work well in one country but can be disastrous in another. Q: What are some of the most important similarities and differences you found in comparing British and Dutch business history? How do... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Vision: A Unicorn Evolves
market fit.” In the beginning, Outreach didn’t have a pricing model: “We just kept upping the price, and people kept paying.” Yet the software, while powerful, was unstable. The team had built it quickly and on a budget, because fundraising was still slow. “People kept... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Building a Movement
social, and financial performance. Those societal pressures are absolutely critical. Look at the level of inequality and the impacts of climate change—the system is not sustainable, it has to change. Maybe decades ago people thought of... View Details
- 13 Apr 2017
- News
Solving Nigeria’s Skilled Workforce Challenge
be poor, unappreciated, frustrated.’ He painted a very unappealing picture, but it didn’t add up. Mrs. Gbayisomore helped me to learn things that made me smart in school. I knew I wanted to fix the system someday. I didn’t know whose job... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 10 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 10
economic harm that system operators could prevent or mitigate. Although the legal system can respond, regulations have mixed results. I examine the applicable legal rules that constrain online fraud and the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 17
Platform Competition, Compatibility, and Social Efficiency (revised) Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Francisco Ruiz-Aliseda Abstract Katz and Shapiro (1985) study systems compatibility in settings with one-sided platforms and direct... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
New Releases
vision has resulted in many financially driven companies becoming more mission-oriented. In this changing climate, HBS professor Robert Kaplan and David Norton (DBA '73), president of Renaissance Solutions, offer a performance measurement View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Covering the Issues
recruiting women, and lobbying for updating the School's literature "to reflect the fact that MBAs are not all men." By the 1980s women were a fully integrated part of the School, and the pages of the Bulletin reflected this new era. As... View Details
- 15 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 15, 2008
product design, production, distribution, and system integration may be split up among hundreds or even thousands of firms. Different firms will design and produce the different components of a complex... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
2024 Summer Internships in Business & Environment
What are the career opportunities in business and environment? In Summer 2024, over 100 MBA students found internships at the intersection of business and the environment. This post provides a sample of some of the types of companies that students worked at this summer... View Details
- 21 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 21, 2006
previous work that beliefs are also correlated with several features of the economic system (taxation, social insurance, etc.). Our objective is to study the joint determination of these three features (beliefs, punitiveness and economic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Impact Stories - Business & Environment
will be brought to market by a combination of pure start-ups and large multinational energy corporations." Charley Cummings MBA 2011 | Addressing Climate Change through Agriculture "The great thing is that in addition to making systems... View Details
- 15 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
Post-CrowdStrike, Six Questions to Test Your Company's Operational Resilience
to crucial functional systems is not just a one-time task, but an ongoing process. This approach fosters a culture of continuous improvement and preparedness, ensuring that the company is always ready to respond to potential disruptions.... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Anita Lynch