Computers - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Aug 2022
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Labs Enable Large-scale Research

potential. Research output will include papers in economics, finance, and computer science, and new case studies, data, and white papers. DIGITAL RESKILLING LAB As companies think about preparing their workforce for the digital age,... View Details

04 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

Should You Outsource Your Marketing?

benefit considerably by outsourcing, for example, analytical functions to qualified suppliers if those skills are lacking in-house. But some aspects of marketing are less amenable to outsourcing—those that directly drive marketing strategy. While View Details

Keywords: by Poping Lin

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Sebastian Vargas

to take. Ultimately, it is up to you to embark on and complete the journey. As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? From an early age, I was good with computers and loved gadgets, so I wanted to be a software engineer. Growing... View Details

22 Mar 2023
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Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in Los Angeles

Starting this past fall and continuing through the coming year, Dean Srikant Datar is traveling to meet with alumni around the world. On Tuesday, March 21, more than 100 alumni in Southern California gathered to celebrate and connect with each other at "HBS in Los... View Details

01 Feb 1997
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Merton Discusses Risk Management at Dean's Seminar

areas of capital markets, financial services, and corporate finance. "New financial product and market designs, improved computer and telecommunications technology, and advances in finance theory during the past quarter century have led... View Details

Keywords: Elizabeth McNair

01 Oct 1997
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Meeting the Challenges of Third-World Development

environment, however, was not familiar to the typical MBA. Based in the northern Tanzanian city of Arusha, Lu spent half of her time in an office on a street she shared with roving chickens and cows and the other half traveling to field sites located in even more... View Details

20 Aug 2013
First Look

First Look: August 20

problems, hence the potential improvements from our framework come at essentially limited extra computational cost. We perform numerical experiments drawn from three di erent application areas (portfolio optimization, inventory... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

11 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

The New International Style of Management

At Dell Beijing, Andy Klump (HBS MBA '03) was excelling at his job—selling computer hardware and services solutions to multinationals—when the company's 360-degree performance-review process underwent a change. As part of the new... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

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Educating Leaders - Georges F. Doriot:Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

publications. For example, "Making the Automatic Factory a Reality," written by a team led by John Diebold (HBS MBA '51), forecasted the role of computers in business and turned into a published classic. "Masers and Lasers," written by a... View Details

01 Apr 1997
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A Conversation with Dean Clark

important initiatives. BULLETIN: There have been a number of obvious manifestations of progress on the technology initiative, including the shift to an Internet-based communications system at the School, the availability of full-motion video in electronic cases, and... View Details

01 Jun 2005
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Do You Speak Business?

At Dell Beijing, Andy Klump (MBA ’03) was excelling at his job — selling computer hardware and services solutions to multinationals — when the company’s 360-degree performance-review process underwent a change. As part of the new... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Jun 1997
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HBS Cyberposium Brings Online Future into Focus

people who are gaining access everyday," Davis noted, "it's making the personal computer revolution in the early 1980s look tame." Titled "The Digital Field of Dreams," Cyberposium '97 was cochaired by Mike Dodd and Thomas Hoegh (both... View Details

Keywords: Meg Gardner

22 May 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018

for FY2019. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/718041-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 718-433 Note on Blockchain and Bitcoin, 2017 Blockchain was a self-sustaining, peer-to-peer ledger technology with an integrated set of View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

02 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

The Success of Persistent Entrepreneurs

property position. Within the study, the computer and Internet, telecommunications, and life sciences industries are disproportionately represented because they have those characteristics. When we look at the more recent years in our... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

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Terrance McGuire

meet the legendary venture capitalist and learn firsthand about ARD’s investment in Digital Equipment Corporation. At the time, Digital was the computer industry’s hottest company and ARD was proud to promote Doriot’s role in launching... View Details

21 Mar 2024
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OC Alumni Get Clarity on AI; Inequality and Climate Change Explored in DC

consumer needs. “It would be awfully nice to be able to use data and predictive power to get computers to say ‘we recognize this pattern, we’ve seen this before, we should do x instead of y.’ It would get us there faster, more... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

08 Dec 2015
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Living the Legacy

Indiana University in Bloomington majoring in computer science with minors in business and math. As his interests in business crystallized, he realized he couldn’t switch to a business major and still graduate in time. “I knew HBX CORe... View Details

14 Apr 2008
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Right Fit for Software Testing

If there is one job that many software analysts and programmers cannot stand, it is testing software on the path to launch. The grinding concentration and repetitive nature of the tasks serve to drive many techies around the bend. Testing—due in no small part to the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Computer; Computer; Computer