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Health Plans - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

selecting excellent providers based on data Create relationships to increase the volume of care delivered by or affiliated with centers of excellence Assemble, analyze, manage members’ total medical records... View Details

15 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Find Your Pragmatic Path through Radical Uncertainty

believe those who claim to have definitive answers to these big questions. The data to answer most corona virus questions with certainty doesn’t exist. We won’t know for five years if immunity lasts five years. We can’t understand... View Details

Keywords: by Howard Stevenson, Eugene B. Kogan, and Shirley Spence

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Online AI Course | HBS Online

diverse applications of AI, machine learning, predictive modeling, and data science Explore ethical AI-related challenges to implement it responsibly and manage risks Develop the skills and frameworks to... View Details

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Digital Exhibits | Baker Library

Intersection of Science & Art: Edwin H. Land and the Polaroid Corporation This exhibit brings into focus the formative years and trajectory of the company and the career of Edwin H. Land. A scientist and inventor, entrepreneur and CEO,... View Details

01 Jan 2003
News

Daniel L. Vasella, M.D.

points out. "And in both a hospital and a business, you have to rely on cross-functional teams." It is that cross-functional approach that lies at the heart of Vasella's management philosophy. At Novartis, clinical researchers from... View Details

01 Dec 2011
News

Alumni Book Briefs

good accounting professional? Is altruism inherent in accountancy as a profession? Charles P. Berolzheimer: Teacher, Linguist, Traveler, Scientist by Junius Rochester (PMD 34, 1977) (Tommie Press) This is a detailed biography of Charles... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

How Politics Drives Business Decisions in a Polarized Nation

How politics cuts across business Written with Margarita Tsoutsoura, an associate professor of finance at Washington University in St. Louis, the analysis draws from data such as executive surveys, voter registration lists, campaign... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

05 Oct 2017
Blog Post

Working as a Software Engineer in Industrial Technology

currently-experienced world. The next day she introduced me to Justin Oliveria and Dan Nevius, two ECs that had worked at NASA and Planetary Resources. They had started building a space technology company, Analytical Space, that is initially focused on small... View Details

Keywords: Technology

24 Mar 2021
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Outsider-Insider Named CEO of Amazon Web Services

CEO of cloud data company Tableau; before that, he spent 11 years working alongside Jassy, running sales, marketing, and support at AWS. As reported by CNN, Jassy cited that experience, as well as Selipsky’s many skills—including... View Details

Keywords: Amazon; online retail; leadership; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

01 Mar 2024
News

What is Web3?

Web3, a new era of the internet, uses blockchains, tokens, and wallets (tools for storing and managing digital assets) to facilitate a wide range of services and functionalities, including the transfer of assets from person-to-person. It represents a paradigm shift... View Details

01 Dec 2018
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018

by Alex Sherman and Mike Sherman (MBA 1986) Amazon Digital Services LLC This book provides 52 real-life anecdotes that illustrate important learnings about customer analytics. It draws from the worlds of big data and customer insights to... View Details

04 Dec 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018

shareholders' economic interests and low corporate profitability, Japan introduced the JPX-Nikkei400 in 2014. The index highlighted the country's "best-run" companies by annually selecting the 400 most profitable of its large and liquid firms. We find that View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Dec 2015
News

Complements to the Case Method

Learning by Doing: Stock Pitching When it comes to getting an edge in a stock trade, HBS finance professors Lauren Cohen and Christopher Malloy urge students to go straight to the source. “We encourage them to get out in the field and talk to View Details

01 Jan 2002
News

Raymond V. Gilmartin (MBA '68)

'Who is this guy?'" Gilmartin recalls with a chuckle. His inclusive management style quickly won him fans within the company. "I met with a lot of people and asked two questions: 'What do you think are the major issues we face? And if you... View Details

02 Sep 2014
Research & Ideas

Food Stamp Entrepreneurs: How Public Assistance Enables Business Bootstrapping

"Delivering phone books is the worst way to spend a Sunday when you're a kid," says Olds, now an assistant professor in the Entrepreneurship Management unit at Harvard Business School. The family lived paycheck to paycheck. And... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

06 Dec 2021
News

Digitalization: The Key to the Future of HBS

KarimLakhani Digital Task Force Chair Professor Karim Lakhani and a task force of 36 faculty and staff from across HBS, charged with envisioning a new digital future for the School, have mapped a path for digital transformation. The direction they have set is based on... View Details

Keywords: April White

10 Mar 2021
News

Vision: A Unicorn Evolves

envisioned had not materialized. In a last-ditch effort to jumpstart the stalled exchange, the team built some software that created email templates and provided easy access to sales-contact data to personalize them quickly, making the... View Details

Keywords: April White; entrepreneurship; technology; startups; leadership

04 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

Start to Measure Your E-commerce Success

is not much historical data and experience for managers to draw upon when developing or applying metrics, and many economic benefits of e-commerce projects are seen as difficult to measure. Further, the pace... View Details

Keywords: by Marc J. Epstein

15 May 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018

advancement. To ensure gender equity, the authors recommend that managers (1) question the stereotypes behind their practices, (2) consider other factors that might explain the achievement gap, (3) change workplace conditions accordingly,... View Details