Engineers - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity

of 20 people, competing against each other to solve a complex algorithmic engineering problem. In each room, only 5 participants were declared winners. Rather than sort participants into rooms based on their inherent skills, however, the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

13 Sep 2019
News

Hollywood Ending

had committed to the board at Hewlett-Packard. When she joined in 2011, the third CEO in as many years, the company had lost its edge. Whitman engineered a massive corporate split in an effort to return the tech giant to the forefront of... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photo by Christina Gandolfo

02 Mar 2016
News

The New Space Race

Cornell works for Blue Origin, where she is head of astronaut strategy and sales and supports engine sales for the space exploration company. Along with a few dozen fellow employees, all dressed in royal blue company polo shirts—including... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

25 Feb 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

Scholars and Students Unpack the Digital Business Revolution

data. The emphasis in all of this, Iansiti and Lakhani point out, is on doing, whether in teaching, learning, or research. "There is a direct engagement with the world that is bringing HBS closer to the medical school or engineering... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education; Technology

25 Jul 2024
News

Mentorship Program in Singapore is Still Lighting the Way to Success

Clubs News Clubs News It’s been a decade since the HBS Club of Singapore (HBSCS) launched its signature Mentorship Program, aimed at helping local university and trade school students to prepare for life after graduation, both personally and professionally. The program... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

Web

Data: The Ever-Expanding Frontier - Race, Gender & Equity

isn’t wide enough. When we broaden scope and understand ourselves as actors collaborating in shared workspaces (virtual, hybrid, and on-site), we expand our potential to do work that understands and improves upon the past as we collectively View Details

06 Dec 2021
News

Case Study: Let’s Dance

method teaching and learning She and Mike Kamowski, a software engineer at Rotten Tomatoes and Flixster, started to build out a top-of-the-funnel solution for the dance community in 2018. Bopsidy launched the following year as an online... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Jan 2005
News

Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965

Chairman, The Carlyle Group Former Chairman & CEO, IBM Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EDUCATION Dartmouth College, 1963 B.S., Engineering LIFELONG LESSON FROM HBS "HBS was superb at reminding us that asking the... View Details

25 Jul 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017

sales as an engine of growth in the early 2010s, but international sales had also stagnated over the past few years. Wal-Mart's leadership had targeted the rapidly growing e-commerce arena as a strategic priority, but there it faced... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

19 Mar 2013
First Look

First Look: March 19

companies perform sales, marketing, and product definition work, while eastern companies in Asia like his perform the engineering and manufacturing work. Confronted with commoditization pressure, Wu is presented with the opportunity to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2022 Commencement Remarks | About

moment of great opportunity. Business has been an engine of prosperity in countries around the globe, lifting millions out of poverty and bringing vital services and products to markets and people in ways that have enhanced their lives.... View Details

01 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Does Market Capitalism Have a Future?

migrants, both in agriculture and in high tech. Many are worried that U.S. politicians will respond with populist policies. Problems aside, isn't capitalism on balance achieving great results? Absolutely. It is an unparalleled engine of... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

21 May 2018
Blog Post

Harnessing The Power of Collaboration to Create Opportunity in Chicago

donated to nonprofits, Accion Chicago is a nonprofit organization whose purpose is to build communities through entrepreneurship. We all know that small business is the growth engine of any economy. This is even more true for distressed... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

01 Mar 2019
News

Case Study: Off to a Fine Art

determine specific style demands, then only ordering inventory against confirmed bookings. Clay will lose access to last-minute renters, but it will preserve precious capital, which is better used for building a strong social and web presence. Clay should invest deeply... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Oct 2000
News

The Class of 1975 in Review

Engines -- to start the Singer Corporation case. McNerney waxed eloquent on the sewing machine business, the overall outlook for the industry, and Singer's prospects for the future. After five minutes, Austin deadpanned, "Mr. McNerney,... View Details

Keywords: J. Hans Stumm

04 Mar 2016
Research & Ideas

Is E-commerce at Risk in Apple's Security Dispute with the FBI?

aspect. But as Tim Cook wrote in his letter, jeopardizing customer security is a slippery slope. Q: So is the cost not just to Apple but to the e-commerce industry prohibitive here? A: It’s a strange situation from Apple’s point of view. They’ve told their View Details

Keywords: Re: Sunil Gupta; Technology

03 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Jeff Surette and Mike Peters: A Winning Team at TB12

refers to as “the engine of our business.” As the company continues to grow, both Surette and Peters reflect back on how their HBS experience has influenced their work as leaders. “Over the course of six years at the company it’s been a... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

05 Nov 2019
Blog Post

Environmental Change and Ground-level Impact

helped him move on to an operations management role at an early-stage battery startup. Tell us a bit about your background before you came to HBS. I studied industrial engineering as an undergrad, and ended up doing a master’s degree in... View Details

04 Apr 2019
Blog Post

Finding Your Creative Outlet on Campus

creating podcasts as it’s something I’m personally interested in.” Amelia Elverson, who is part of the first class of MS/MBA students at HBS, shared that she wanted to leverage her engineering background with something that was also... View Details

01 Dec 2020
News

Finding The Right Patient-Provider Match

Kyruus’s search engine enables consumers to find the best providers for their health care needs. Since he was eight years old, Graham Gardner, MD (MBA 2007) knew he wanted to be a doctor. Once he completed his training as a cardiologist,... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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