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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online
Although professors and guest experts will not have direct, real-time interactions with learners, you will hear from them via short videos that explain key concepts and guide you through cases, exercises, and other interactive learning... View Details
- 17 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Trial of Elizabeth Holmes: Visionary, Criminal, or Both?
after dropping out of Stanford University, knew the product didn’t deliver while she solicited new business and investments. Defense attorneys say Holmes “believed” in the revolutionary blood-testing device and that “trying hard and coming up View Details
- 06 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Innovator’s Battle Plan
technology so it could be useful to Western Union's most profitable real-time long-distance data customers. When an existing firm tries to insert a product or service with disruptive potential into its processes, what comes out the other... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
The Internet's Next Frontier
While the Crypto, Fintech, and Web3 Lab—one of 13 labs contained within Harvard’s Digital Data Design Institute—might not have the Bunsen burners and test tubes found in science and engineering labs, it does share a philosophical construct: it is a sandbox—an... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 22 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
Can Amazon Remake Health Care?
not going to be incredibly successful. But, if they are, then that’s a conversation that the regulators need to be aware of. In the short run, my great worry is patient privacy. They’re going to get something like 10 or 15 years of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Future Vision
about what we can do post-pandemic. We’ve already begun to experiment by inviting alumni to the hybrid classroom as participants in case discussions. Professor Karim Lakhani, for example, led a Short Intensive Program (SIP) last January... View Details
- 14 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Veteran Financial Aid Outlook
$48,000 over two years. The data around the other percentages varied greatly and were impacted by family situation. It doesn’t hurt to apply for financial aid and see what your outcome is. Pro-tip: Summer internships between your 1st and... View Details
- 26 Sep 2011
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Lady Gaga
right. As revenues from recorded music steadily declined from 2004 to 2008, concert revenues steadily rose, according to data presented in the case. "Advances in digital technology have had a strong negative impact on recorded-music... View Details
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Guidelines for Choosing Resources - Research Computing Services
Tips for Choosing RAM: If your code runs on your local machine, start by asking for the same amount of RAM or less (for example, if your laptop has 8GB of RAM, try asking for 8GB). If you are loading in native binary data files, ask for... View Details
- 01 Oct 2014
- What Do You Think?
Is Too Much Focus a Problem?
"Excess of everything is bad it always relates to the matter in point (for example) getting big data about our customers and focusing too deeply on it will lead to not noticing other important facets However, while finalizing a... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 16 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business
happens. In a short time it’s not possible to do everything, so there are a few things companies can focus on. First, in a remote world, it’s very important to not only communicate synchronously on Skype or Zoom, but asynchronously,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2015
- Blog Post
What is the HBS FIELD Program?
for FIELD 2 & 3. What is FIELD 2? In FIELD 2, first year students travel to an emerging market to work on a short term consulting project for ten days in January. Students rank the 13 to 14 locations, and then are put into groups of... View Details
- 18 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 18, 2018
Business School Case 718-501 Short Note on Complements, Platforms, and Network Effects No abstract available. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/718501 View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
Algorithmic Bias and Discrimination Associate Professor Ayelet Israeli + More Info – Less Info Digitalization and artificial intelligence (AI) have made an abundance of data and technological tools available to companies. Firms are... View Details
- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Hard Work of Failure Analysis
of an airliner. Hundreds of hours may go into gathering and analyzing data to sort out exactly what happened and what can be learned. Compare this kind of analysis to what takes place in most organizations after a failure. As noted above,... View Details
Keywords: by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon
- 03 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Box Office Power of Stars
such, from the perspective of the trader, the market works much like any other stock exchange. Movies have an initial public offering once the project first takes shape, and traders can buy, sell, cover, and short stocks just as they can... View Details
- 19 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?
things to journalists and practitioners that are backed by sound scientific evidence,” says Brooks. “And if I mention my own thoughts or opinions, I make sure to give a big fat disclaimer such as ‘I don’t have View Details
- 05 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Benefit of Giving Back to Open Source Software
pixelfit Companies that contribute to open source software and use it in their own IT systems and applications can gain a competitive advantage—even though they may be helping their competitors in the short run. Open source software is... View Details
- 10 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot
enough data and information to do so. Plans, and the corresponding KPIs and other metrics that will empower your team to execute them, should be adjusted to address the company’s immediate needs and short-term goals, and communicated... View Details
- 20 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry
Japan's Fujitsu; in 1996 they were two and a half times those of its largest competitors, Japan's Fujitsu and Hewlett-Packard. IBM had, of course, been the dominant enterprise in the data processing industry well before the coming of the... View Details