Automated Investment Advisor - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Wrapping Your Alliances In a World Wide Web

less well defined in advance than those of the procurement cycle; there is, therefore, the added challenge of process definition before automation can take place. At present, Internet technologies are being widely deployed to meet these... View Details

Keywords: by Andrew McAfee

19 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy

research—and how academics could better help improve the work of government. The workshop is just one example of how HBS scholars are using their research to make a difference in government policy. Some, like Michael E. Porter or Federal Reserve View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

14 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society

the difference between using new information technologies to automate and to informate. Automation strategies stress labor substitution and cost reduction. Informating strategies stress information diffusion... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

24 Jun 2019
Blog Post

Dance to the Music: How Noa Torok Found Her Dream Job at SoundCloud

Noa says, “it was electronic music – techno is my passion!” But how would she connect the dots between her enthusiasm for music and her business ambitions? Noa’s advisor suggested she review the websites of large VC firms to see if they... View Details

29 Apr 2021
News

Equal Partner

angel investor, and a senior advisor at Republic, an online investment platform, Aditya certainly had the necessary expertise to identify and foster promising founders. But she had to wonder, “Why me? Why... View Details

Keywords: Diversity; Inclusion

30 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Managing the Family Business: Preparing to Sell

the family business. The portrait of the business would also typically represent more than 90 percent of the owners' wealth. “If this transition is not managed well, the family has a higher risk of losing its wealth through bad investment... View Details

Keywords: by Jonathan Pellegrin; Food & Beverage; Retail

31 Jan 2025
News

New York, Boston Alumni Volunteer to Boost Small Businesses

When the HBS Club of New York (HBSCNY) launched its Small Business Partnership Initiative (SBPI) in 2020, its goal was to simply help small businesses survive the COVID pandemic with guidance from a small group of volunteer alumni advisors. Now, nearly five years on,... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

18 Dec 2012
First Look

First Look: December 18

unfavorable expectations face an additional constraint: their prices and first-party content investment need to be such that low (zero) participation equilibria are eliminated. This additional constraint typically leads them to View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

Web

Buildings & Cities - Business & Environment

important historic landmarks and public resources such as hospitals. Heat tends to concentrate in dense urban centers, increasing health risks. A worldwide investment of $3.2 trillion in energy conservation would pay for itself within 3... View Details

23 Sep 2014
First Look

First Look: September 23

http://hbr.org/product/Opening-the-Valve--From-S/an/415016-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 415-023 Belk: Towards Exceptional Scheduling With 24,000 staff and over 300 stores, Belk Inc. sought to replace its entirely manual labor scheduling system with an View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2022
News

Case Study: Your Call Is Important to Us

If you’ve ever tried to call an airline or almost any service business of a certain size, you’re probably familiar with the problem: After navigating a seemingly endless set of options, you’re asked by an automated message to share... View Details

Keywords: Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

02 Sep 2021
News

Back to School

Nick Simmons (MBA/MPP 2019) was no stranger to the principal’s office as a student. “I was definitely an active, energetic young person who wasn’t always paying the closest attention,” says Simmons, currently senior advisor for school... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

Web

Special Collections & Archives | Baker Library

member of the NYSE. Advertising Ephemera More than 8,000 trade cards representing the full range of products and businesses advertised through this medium from the 1870s through the 1890s. Exhibits See all exhibits Lehman Brothers 1850-2008 The story of one of the... View Details

03 May 2019
News

Giving Voice to Black and Hispanic Women

Edward Lewis (OPM 7, 1980) is the cofounder and chairman of Essence Communications, publisher of Essence and Latina magazines, and a senior advisor at Solera Capital. In this interview, he reflects on the impact of launching these two... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Dec 2014
News

Technology Making HBS More Accessible

as an investment banker focused on educational technology makes her very familiar with the topic. “The platform will enable people to collaborate across great distances,” she notes. Steve, who is a private equity real-estate investor,... View Details

15 Apr 2014
News

Bertarelli Foundation Gift Names Deans' Health & Life Sciences Challenge Prize

generations. In 2007, Serono was purchased by Merck KGaA. The company was subsequently known as Merck Serono SA. Since the sale of Serono, Bertarelli has focused on a number of private investment and nonprofit roles, notably Waypoint... View Details

Keywords: i-Lab; Harvard Medical School; Scientific Research and Development Services

Profile

Jolie Chow

lawyers," Jolie says. "But I was interested in international studies. And I wanted a perspective outside of Asia." After completing a BA in Economics and International Studies at Yale, Jolie returned to Hong Kong for two years of View Details

13 Mar 2018
First Look

March 13, 2018

little is known about the interpersonal consequences of the advice-seeking process. In this paper, we investigate the interpersonal consequences when an advisor believes his or her advice will be ignored. We find that View Details