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- 23 Oct 2019
- News
After the Storm
what these changes really, really meant. Those conversations have been enlightening and powerful in lots of ways, and I think helped us get better as an organization. Skydeck is produced by the External Relations department at Harvard Business School and edited by...
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- August 2013
- Technical Note
Raising the Level of Abstraction
By: Willy Shih
This technical note discusses abstraction as a way of generalizing a process or component for wider application. By hiding complexity inside a module, abstraction enables system designers to think at a higher level. This lowers entry barriers to using (and reusing) a...
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Abstraction;
Modularity;
Commercialization;
Information Technology;
Information Infrastructure;
Information Technology;
Applications and Software;
Digital Platforms;
United States;
Asia;
Europe
Shih, Willy. "Raising the Level of Abstraction." Harvard Business School Technical Note 614-019, August 2013.
- November 2015
- Case
Upwork: Reimagining the Future of Work
By: Feng Zhu, Rory McDonald, Marco Iansiti and Aaron Smith
Upwork, the world's largest freelance talent platform, was the result of a merger between the two leading online freelancing companies in 2014, Elance and oDesk. After the merger, the company operated as Elance-oDesk and continued to manage two online...
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Platforms;
Employment;
Digital Platforms;
Market Transactions;
Business Processes;
Information Technology;
Internet and the Web;
Job Search
Zhu, Feng, Rory McDonald, Marco Iansiti, and Aaron Smith. "Upwork: Reimagining the Future of Work." Harvard Business School Case 616-027, November 2015.
- 18 Nov 2011
- News
A Gift to Honor Professor Arthur Segel
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
The FBI Makes Its Case
FBI Director Robert Mueller and three high-level bureau executives spent a day on campus in late April talking with first-year students about the bureau’s transformation since 9/11 to focus on domestic intelligence gathering and prevention of terrorist attacks. The...
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- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Commemorating a Milestone
STYLE SHIFT: Women brought a new look to the campus. A half-century ago, women were first admitted to the two-year MBA Program at HBS. Over the coming months, the School is highlighting this event—and focusing on women leaders in business and society—with public and...
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Meta
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
We Invest in HBS Because...
Suzan and Terry Kramer (MBA 1986). Terry is a former Vodafone executive and US Ambassador to the World Conference on International Telecommunications. "We invest in HBS because we want to create opportunity. At HBS, you learn so much—how to think about problems and...
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- January 2024
- Case
The Financial Times (FT) and Generative AI
By: Andrew Rashbass, Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Jordan Mitchell
In September 2023, John Ridding, CEO of the Financial Times, was considering the possible impact of Generative AI on the industry and his business. Having navigated successfully the seismic shift from print to digital, and reporting record results, the company...
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Keywords:
AI and Machine Learning;
Technology Adoption;
Change Management;
Journalism and News Industry
Rashbass, Andrew, Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, and Jordan Mitchell. "The Financial Times (FT) and Generative AI." Harvard Business School Case 724-410, January 2024.
- March 2022
- Article
How to Prioritize the Improvement of Open-Source Software Security
By: Frank Nagle
Nagle, Frank. "How to Prioritize the Improvement of Open-Source Software Security." Brookings TechStream (March 2022).
- 2021
- Working Paper
The Value of Data and Its Impact on Competition
By: Marco Iansiti
Common regulatory perspective on the relationship between data, value, and competition in online platforms has increasingly centered on the volume of data accumulated by incumbent firms. This view posits the existence of "data network effects," where more data leads to...
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Keywords:
Online Platforms;
Data Network Effects;
Analytics and Data Science;
Value;
Competition;
Digital Platforms
Iansiti, Marco. "The Value of Data and Its Impact on Competition." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-002, July 2021.
- April 1999 (Revised May 1999)
- Teaching Note
Innovation and the General Manager: Managing Innovation: Introductory Teaching Note for Instructors
By: Clayton M. Christensen
Provides instructors with an overview of the entire Managing Innovation course. It lists the cases that are recommended to be taught in each class session and summarizes the key concepts students should learn in each of the course's five modules.
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- 2002
- Book
Winning through Innovation: A Practical Guide to Leading Organizational Change and Renewal
By: Michael L. Tushman and Charles A. O'Reilly
Tushman, Michael L., and Charles A. O'Reilly. Winning through Innovation: A Practical Guide to Leading Organizational Change and Renewal. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 2002.
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Making Dreams Attainable
Illustration by David Vogin HBS believes that leadership talent is more evenly distributed than opportunity across society and the world, and takes the approach that preparing future leaders for today’s challenges depends on having a broad range of perspectives shared...
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- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Historic HBS Photos Online
To mark the School’s Centennial, archivists at the Baker Library | Bloomberg Center compiled significant collections of historical photographs. The Institutional Memory project’s more than 400 images can be accessed at: http://institutionalmemory.hbs.edu/photogallery....
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- 23 Jan 2020
- News
Bringing Education Back Home
Edgar Kelly-Garcia (MBA 1998) is founder and dean of Universidad of San Sebastian in Mexico. In this interview from June 2018 he discusses the origins of the idea to launch a school in one of the poorest areas of his country along with cofounder and Kennedy School...
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Educational Services
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni Are Integral to HBS
Engaging with Students to Share Insights About Africa On the final day of Africa Rising, a course about business in Africa taught by Professor Caroline Elkins, Hakeem Belo-Osagie’s (MBA 1980) emotions were running high. “I had that sense of accomplishment when you know...
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- 24 Oct 2016
- News
Health Care Pioneer Giusti Named McCance Senior Fellow at HBS
Kathy Giusti (MBA 1985) (photo courtesy of Kathy Giusti) Henry McCance (MBA 1966) (photo by Susan Young) Kathy Giusti (MBA 1985) (photo courtesy of Kathy Giusti) Henry McCance (MBA 1966) (photo by Susan Young) Kathy Giusti (MBA 1985), a health care pioneer, has been...
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Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
HBS Philanthropy Report Online
This year, the School’s annual donor report will be published online. The change from a print publication reflects a cost savings consistent with a School-wide effort to contain expenses, as well as a desire for environmentally sustainable communications. The new...
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- 03 Apr 2015
- News