Automated Investment Advisor - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2024
News

The Exchange: Takeaways from the Takedown

Professors Eugene Soltes and Aiyesha Dey; image by John Ritter When Sam Bankman-Fried was convicted in 2023 of all seven charges against him related to the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, the jury needed less than five hours to deliberate after a months-long trial. The... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

01 Jun 2000
News

Managing the Map

headlines this year for releasing its research on a subscription-only basis, a stance that has caused some consternation in the scientific community. Thanks to large investments in automated gene-sequencing... View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs

29 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Helping Women in Mexico to Live Fulfilled and Healthy Lives

for a Mexican health care startup called Moons, leading market entry, in-house production, and operations for Colombia, and interned at SAGANA, an impact investing fund, where she had the opportunity to lead an View Details

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Entrepreneurial Finance (Q2) - Course Catalog

employee, advisor or investor. However, the course is also appropriate for students interested in gaining a broader view of the financing landscape for young firms, going beyond the basics of venture capital and angel financing to look at... View Details

18 Apr 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 18, 2018

investigated how an organization’s heightened focus on political ideology impacts employees. We address this gap by exploring how an individual’s political ideological misfit with an organization’s prevailing ideology impacts mobility. By tracking the movements of over... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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

01 Dec 2018
News

What I Do: Lindsey Mead (MBA 2000), Vedica Qalbani and Jessica Wu (both MBA 2007)

The search firm Ratio Advisors was founded last year on a simple but revolutionary concept: Starting a business with people who share your ideals can be as much of a driving factor as what that business does. As they spent time creating a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Peter and Maria Hoey

03 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Web Services

coding over a new solution." Using a common code base to build applications that automate repetitive tasks is key to serving the needs of various business partners. The Customer's View Representing the customer perspective, GM's CTO... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Service

01 Feb 2017
What Do You Think?

Is the Next Jobs Crisis Just Ahead?

the perspective. Sandeep offered that one of the key factors to be considered global demographics. “You have an aging population in the West, which when coupled with increased barriers on cross border immigration would result in acceleration of View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Service

02 May 2008
What Do You Think?

What is the Future of State Capitalism?

forms of capitalism." Citing examples of Dutch and British investments abroad, Cole Woodson comments, "I find the question to be somewhat delinquent ... to the tune of several centuries." He adds that to the extent that... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

Profile

Sid Shenai

Competition with an idea for helping nonprofits create more effective strategic alliances. As an advisor to one of Harvard's undergraduate houses, he is also building connections between the Business School and Harvard University. "I... View Details

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

07 Sep 2021
News

Embracing Activism for Social Change

behavioral health professionals in situations where their expertise would make a critical difference in resolving crisis situations, or even preventing them in the first place,” explains 2020–2021 HBS Leadership Fellow Sarika Mendu (MBA 2020). As senior View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

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

01 Sep 2009
News

From Bytes to Bites

which built the large machines that automate the production of cardboard boxes. “I’ve always been wired operationally,” says Thomas, who majored in industrial engineering at Stanford University before coming to HBS. That background,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

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

06 Feb 2012
Research & Ideas

Kodak: A Parable of American Competitiveness

in the United States, but US companies gave it all up.” HBS Professor of Management Practice Willy C. Shih served as president of Kodak's Digital & Applied Imaging business through the turn of the 21st century. Shortly after starting at Kodak, he visited the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Manufacturing

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