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- 08 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 8, 2007
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b02/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=R0705C Assessing and Improving the Safety of Internet Search Engines Author:Benjamin Edelman Publication:In The Power of Search Engines, edited by Marcel Machill and Markus... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Aug 2016
- Cold Call Podcast
Why College Rankings Keep Deans Awake at Night
science and engineering and applied science but in social science as well. Sometimes it ranks education to the degree that it can on faculty-student ratios. Some of them take a very specific number of journals and these are the only ones... View Details
- 03 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 3, 2007
this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=707008 South African Airways (A) Harvard Business School Case 407-014 Amid efforts to engineer a turnaround at South African Airways (SAA), the CEO confronts an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jan 2022
- In Practice
7 Trends to Watch in 2022
intelligence engines that parse this massive new trove of information to improve the quality, access, and cost of care. COVID also unleashed consumer-driven public policy changes, including allowing pregnancy termination pills to be... View Details
Keywords: by HBS News
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
The Way You See It
Road Bill Gates may have been selected as the most influential business leader, but the internal combustion engine beats Windows as an operating system by a mile - the automobile rules as the most significant consumer product of the last... View Details
- 07 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 8, 2018
Free Speech at Google In August 2017, Google fired James Damore, a 28-year-old software engineer who had been employed by the company since 2013. The move came after Damore penned an internal company memo titled “Google’s Ideological Echo... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Mar 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Lessons from Running GM’s OnStar
directing the engineering unit/group to disrupt its usual integration processes—all for a nascent uncertain venture. The team's marketing techniques were disruptive, too. Whereas automotive marketers traditionally relied on television... View Details
- 18 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Time to Rethink the Corporate Tax System?
think several factors are at work. First, financial engineering increasingly allows for cheap recharacterizations of income for tax and book purposes, making tax obligations easily disappear. Second, the growing global reach of companies... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 19 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
Celebrating our Student Fathers
with family, grilling, and enjoying the time off before I start work. Patrick Lupfer Graduation Year: 2023 Dad of: Raegan (daughter, 6 months) Post-HBS Industry or Current Internship: United States Army (Active-Duty Engineer Officer... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
A Binary Formula
engine of its economy,” says HBS professor Kent Bowen, organizer of the colloquium. “One way to do that is through science and technology, but we need to know how to get those discoveries into the economy.” To achieve that goal, Bowen and... View Details
- 27 Jul 2017
- News
Seeing a Way Forward
are enormous obstacles, with cataract surgery costing between 18,000 to 30,000 pesos (about $1,000–$1,500 USD) in private institutions. Founded in 2011 by engineers Javier Okhuysen and Carlos Orellana, salauno helped more than 150,000... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Security Chief
executing the company’s core strategy: using technology to differentiate GE’s products in the marketplace. At an estimated $30 billion globally for high-tech security products, it’s a market with plenty of room for growth. Parker is counting on the company’s deep bench... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Mr. Start-Up
$1,500 he and two MIT friends scraped together from personal funds and a $10,000 prize for winning MIT’s business plan contest. In 1996, the youthful trio sold the company to Artisoft for $13 million. Prior to HBS, Cassidy had earned two degrees in aerospace View Details
- 13 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 13, 2009
world-class business. Following modern management practices, keeping sharp attention to cost control and capital operations, making aggressive entries into international markets, and maintaining a special corporate culture, Chairman Chen Feng was confident these... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 7
explores how the nature of risk itself has changed over time. It highlights key aspects that have shaped the evolving industry, including shifts in risk engineering and risk management, the development of actuarial science, and the impact... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Celebrating Latinx Heritage Month at HBS
I know that no matter how small the contribution, it can really make a difference in someone’s life. On the professional side as an engineer in the energy industry, I am grateful to represent my community as a Latina leader in a sector... View Details
- 08 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 8, 2019
shuttle disaster to explore the relationship between data visualization, effective communication, and decision-making. Students review and analyze excerpts from the 13 charts engineers presented to NASA executives the night before the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas, April 18
growth of Godiva's global sales? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/517056-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 817-064 SEAS and HBS in Allston The case describes opportunities for and barriers to collaboration between the Harvard School of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
It’s Called ‘Price Coherence,’ and It’s Surprisingly Bad for Consumers
historical or ongoing regulatory investigations in several other markets with price coherence: travel booking sites, hotel booking sites, insurance brokerages, insurance comparison services, online retail marketplaces, search engine... View Details
- 30 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 30
an 85% increase in click-through rates for paid advertising and a 65% decrease in click-through rates for non-paid algorithmic search links to competing online travel agencies. As search engines increase monetization of clicks by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne