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- 01 Dec 2020
- News
A New Approach to Contact Tracing
Bluetooth in Android and Apple smartphones to determine proximity between people, and thus assess their potential exposure to the coronavirus. A random ID attached to a user’s phone number generates temporary, encrypted IDs. When users’... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Jen Wong (MBA 2004)
wake up, read the news, and then check my traffic and see what’s happening on the Time Inc. sites.” News sources: “I’m on Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, and Apple News all the time.” Print indulgence: Reading People magazine, a... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Forward Thinking
last 40 years, that same technology curve will also reduce the cost of AI,” he explains. And more AI processing will be done right on our smartphones and laptops as personal computing power increases. In recent months, Google and Apple... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
My Real Career
hallowed halls of Aldrich to face the inevitable, “Hi! What are you doing these days?” I spent the entire plane ride to Boston blissfully reading instead of juggling apple juice, thumping dead DVD players, and brokering peace among my... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Rock Gift to Support Entrepreneurial Studies
those efforts both now and for the future.” Over the years, Rock, considered a founding father of the venture capital industry, helped form numerous start–ups that went on to become 20th–century success stories, including Intel, Teledyne, Scientific Data Systems, and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Ink
end, though, all the tools in the world won’t make you a successful mix-master. For that, you need to bring your own creativity and insights to the table. The master? Steve Jobs. When the exiled CEO returned to yank Apple out of near... View Details
- 06 Dec 2018
- News
Source Code
famously standing up to Steve Jobs’s plan to eliminate Apple’s US warehouses and decentralize distribution. (The details were captured in the 1986 HBS case, “Donna Dubinsky and Apple Computer, Inc.”) She and Hawkins then teamed up to... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Full Stream Ahead
IFPI’s Global Music Report. Apple Music and Spotify, services that were once thought to be the industry’s coup de grace, have actually transformed cash flows. Streaming has also created important data sets. As listeners gain wider access... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Case Study: Gazelle's New Predators
million in revenue in 2013, up from $58 million in 2012. And it touts a Net Promoter Score—a customer-satisfaction indicator—in the low 80s, saying it is "significantly higher than Apple and Amazon, and nearly 50 points higher than phone... View Details
- 17 Apr 2019
- News
Give It to Me Straight
on effective professional feedback, honing it in roles at tech icons Apple and Google. The idea? Radical candor, or as Scott (MBA 1996) defines it, caring personally while at the same time, challenging directly. At its base, she says,... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Books
The Venture Capital Cycle by Paul A. Gompers and Josh Lerner (MIT Press) U.S. venture capital firms have grown dramatically over the last two decades, nurturing a host of start-ups -- including Apple Computer, Genentech, Intel, Lotus,... View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
One-on-One with Jeff Hicks
humor I understand. How do you become one of those brands that people want to wear on a T-shirt? There’s no one commercial that’s going to make me want to wear an Apple or a Nike T-shirt. It’s a succession of many different impressions... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014
Products, Companies, and the World—with a Single Step by Mark Hurst and Phil Terry (MBA 1998) (Creative Good Inc.) This book provides a road map for executives and entrepreneurs who want to create better products and services. Using real-world case studies (from View Details
- 19 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
convey? You have to stay close to your core consumer. Even though Skullcandy has grown over the years, and we now sell in mainstream places like Best Buy, Target, and Apple stores, the consumer at the center of our circle is still the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015
measurement tool, the Total Motivation Factor, enables managers to measure the strength of the company culture and track improvements over time. They explore their original research into how Total Motivation leads to higher performance in iconic companies, from View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
The School of Life
way to equip our children—and ourselves—for success in the years ahead. —Clay Christensen is the Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration at HBS and one of the world’s foremost experts on innovation and growth. James Allworth (MBA 2010) has worked at View Details
- 09 Sep 2024
- News
Basket Chase
episode over on Think Big, Buy Small, available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you get podcasts. And tell them Skydeck sent you. Courtesy Robin Kovitz / Baskits READ MORE Royce Yudkoff: Robin, let’s start by talking a little bit... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Screen Grab
(including ESPN, Disney Channel, Food Network, and CNN) to mobile devices. Sony’s PlayStation Vue offers more channels but at a higher price tag, and later this year, Apple will launch a web TV service. “Everyone is obsessed with figuring... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; HBO; Netflix; Hulu; Vimeo; YouTube; Telecommunications; Information; Arts, Entertainment
- 12 Jan 2015
- News
Good Investments
at HBS and author of numerous case studies and journal articles on impact investing. “To me, impact investing requires a tradeoff. You have to put the impact before the investment. Otherwise, these are just investments.” And there needs to be a difference. “When... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
as good as we thought. Hopefully, we'll better understand the conflicts of interest, improve the system, and have more awareness of the risks of investing. Rosabeth Moss Kanter: If a few rotten apples can spoil the barrel, I think we have... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons