big data - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Feb 2020
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Profits and Purpose

Professor George Serafeim (left) and Professor Rebecca Henderson (right); image by John Ritter CEOs are increasingly being asked to take the lead on some of the most vexing problems of our time, from climate change and data privacy to... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

12 Nov 2019
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Seismic Shift

thought the client wanted and needed. Her case was strong, the data sound. But the executives didn’t bite. “I just remember presenting this incredible data that spoke directly to the very thing they hired me... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Dec 2014
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Rethinking the Fashion Beat

Instilling Production with Principles Instilling Production with Principles Áslaug Magnúsdóttir Customizing Couture Online Customizing Couture Online Jamal Motlagh Taking Tailoring High Tech Taking Tailoring High Tech Katrina Lake Dressing by Number Dressing by Number... View Details

Keywords: Alyssa Giacobbe; fashion; Retail Trade

01 Dec 2011
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Making the Case for Leadership

out, I could really excite and empower people to do great things.” Hill notes that many of the people under Swan eventually got big promotions that reflected how much they were able to learn, adding, “Taran created capabilities in the... View Details

01 Jun 2015
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Alumni Take Action to Improve US Competitiveness

data and enhance the faculty’s understanding of key research topics. The second phase of alumni outreach and involvement began in March 2012 with a series of “Paths Forward” events in New York; Charlotte; Washington, DC; San Francisco;... View Details

Keywords: Erin Peterson; Walmart; Health, Social Assistance; Retail Trade

30 Jul 2024
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Reddit’s Rise

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. When Jen Wong (MBA 2004) joined Reddit as COO in 2018, the user-generated content site wasn’t exactly a burning building...but it might have been... View Details

17 Dec 2024
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Solving the Underemployment Crisis

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, it’s Dan. Today, we are sharing a brief excerpt from Managing the Future of Work, the critically-acclaimed podcast from my colleagues at Harvard Business School. Each episode, HBS professors Bill Kerr... View Details

01 Dec 2017
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A Safer—and Speedier—Way to Name Your Startup

employing an engineering team to create a web application that applies natural language processing, machine learning, big data, and data visualization algorithms to make conflicts with trademarked names... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Dec 1999
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The Message and the Media: Advertising's Brave New World

Long defined almost exclusively in terms of print and broadcast outlets, mass media as an industry has been undergoing a major transformation - and that means big changes for the advertising industry, too. The Internet, for example, which... View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs

01 Dec 2014
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Instilling Production with Principles

Dressing by Number Karen Moon Making Big Data Fashionable Making Big Data Fashionable Ivy Ross Creating the Shopping Experience of the Future... View Details

Keywords: April White; fashion; Manufacturing

01 Dec 2009
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The Fab Four

hairstylist, a carpenter, or an MBA. My priorities today are significantly different than they were thirty years ago. After I left HBS, I was very focused on developing my skills, learning new things, and surviving in a big corporation.... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; contests; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services

01 Jun 1998
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Diversity and Community

improvement, and, ultimately, competitive advantage," he says. IBM's Global Workforce Diversity programs suggest how that process can work. In receiving the Ron Brown Award in the area of "Employee Initiatives," Big Blue, which is also... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

15 Dec 2015
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The Year in Ideas 2015

to explore.) PLUS: Alumni experts on what big ideas we’ll see in 2016. The experiment started with weather balloons attached to Styrofoam beer coolers, each with a wireless router inside. It was proof of concept for an ambitious endeavor... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna, Christine Lejeune, Dan Morrell, and April White

01 Jan 2006
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Philip L. Yeo, MBA 1976

supporting private-sector research; another $2 billion was earmarked for R&D that the government wanted scientists and engineers to pursue to help local enterprises improve their technology and become more competitive internationally. But there is more to it than View Details

22 Mar 2023
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Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in Los Angeles

which technology is moving– from data and quantum computing to the metaverse and blockchain. How do we, as a school and as business leaders, lean into these trends? What are the opportunities?" The desire to produce thought leadership at... View Details

01 Jun 2000
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VC Luminary John Doerr: Education Reform Critical to Success of New Economy

explained his focus on education and literacy by saying that "education is the key" for a new economy characterized by, and based upon, lifelong learning, multiple careers, and the acquisition and creation of intellectual property. His concern, he said, stemmed from... View Details

01 Mar 2025
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Heartland

fed her children with milk from that cow, Jordan says. The fundamental nature of agriculture is a big part of what drives her. “Without food, nothing else matters,” she observes. “I do what I do because every person deserves enough food... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photos by Vance Jacobs. OPEN CONCEPT: Lambert at Quail Ridge Dairy in Fort Morgan, Colorado.

01 Dec 2020
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Digital Health Care: Empowering Consumers

complicated life so much better.” Will the health care sector embrace artificial intelligence? I think it could be a powerful tool for routinizing the practice of medicine. Artificial intelligence digs through mounds and mounds of data... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jun 2006
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Profiles from the Class of 2006

Photos by Webb Chappell At first glance, the MBA Class of 2006 is an interesting collection of data points: 897 students from 67 countries, 34 percent women, 32 percent international, and 21 percent minorities. But look again, deeper this... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Margie Kelley;Lewis I. Rice;Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

19 Aug 2024
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Quantum Leap

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Quantum computing has long been talked about as one of the next big things—the kind of technology, like AI, that will change everything. But to our... View Details

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