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- 18 Jan 2018
- News
Making a Mark in Multicultural Marketing
Ford Motor Company, and AT&T to multicultural markets. “Even though there are so few people in the industry who look like me, I understand that I should belong, I do belong, and that I have an important contribution to make,” she says.... View Details
- 2021
- Working Paper
Winner Takes All? Tech Clusters, Population Centers, and the Spatial Transformation of U.S. Invention
By: Brad Chattergoon and William R. Kerr
U.S. invention has become increasingly concentrated around major tech centers since the 1970s, with implications for how much cities across the country share in concomitant local benefits. Is invention becoming a winner-takes-all race? We explore the rising spatial... View Details
Keywords: Invention; Innovation; Artificial Intelligence; Clusters; Agglomeration; Innovation and Invention; Patents; Applications and Software; Industry Clusters; United States
Chattergoon, Brad, and William R. Kerr. "Winner Takes All? Tech Clusters, Population Centers, and the Spatial Transformation of U.S. Invention." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-027, October 2021. (NBER Working Paper Series, No. 29456, November 2021.)
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
fascinated by technology’s ability to advance medicine, was already hooked. Struck by the potential of technology and innovation to be a driving, cutting-edge force in the lighting industry — especially for... View Details
- 24 Oct 2013
- News
Searching for a Better Society
to search, he firmly believes that the more search technology is improved, the faster researchers can find cures for diseases and a host of other societal problems. In brief, search can change the world—and for the better. Born in Paris,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Your Taxi Is Waiting
bankruptcy court protection in November 2008 despite high advance demand for its planes. In January, a judge approved the sale of Eclipse’s assets to Eclipse Jet Aviation International, an affiliate of Luxembourg-based European Technology... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Inside the Revolution
years, biomedical technology firms have been notably unprofitable,” he observes. “It sounds counterintuitive, but the industry may well suffer from its very ability to attract venture capital and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: On the Fly
always been intriguing to me,” says Carty, which explains his five decades in the field—starting at Air Canada, moving on to American Airlines (where he served as chairman and CEO), and including board stints with Porter Airlines, Virgin America, and Hawaiian Airlines.... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Les Vadasz (107th AMP)
firm's early days, says Vadasz, who started out as an engineering manager, the dialogue in the industry was too technical for nonengineers to grasp. Vadasz knew the business had reached a turning point when a vendor wanted to use... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Networked Computers behind IT Payoff
Investments in information technology (IT) are finally beginning to pay off, thanks to the era of the networked computer. So says HBS assistant professor Andrew P. McAfee in an article published in last October's issue of Exec: The... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Big Deals: Project Finance Helps Mitigate Risk in Large-Scale Investments
projects and good returns. Project finance — Esty’s specialty and the focus of his course — involves highly leveraged deals and risk-taking, something that has interested Esty since he wrote his doctoral thesis on risk-taking in the savings-and-loan View Details
- 15 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of New-Market Disruption
In the early 1990s, both Teradyne and Hewlett-Packard identified new technologies that had enormous potential to cause new-market disruptions. As with most disruptive innovations, these technologies offered... View Details
- 26 Nov 2019
- News
Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream
Source: Mills Source: Mills Drawing on her experience leading the US Small Business Administration as a member of President Barack Obama’s Cabinet, Senior Fellow Karen Gordon Mills explores the ways technology is changing financial... View Details
- November 2021
- Teaching Note
Seeding and Selling Asana
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Tom Quinn, Amram Migdal and Susie Ma
This teaching note accompanies case no. 821-054, “Seeding and Selling Asana.” View Details
- May 2017 (Revised February 2018)
- Supplement
VMware and the Public Cloud (B)
By: Raffaella Sadun and Christine Snively
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Information Infrastructure; Applications and Software; Computer Industry; Computer Industry; Computer Industry
Sadun, Raffaella, and Christine Snively. "VMware and the Public Cloud (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 717-515, May 2017. (Revised February 2018.)
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Future of VR is Animated Bunnies
the makers of headsets; VR technology producers Samsung and HTC were early investors in the studio. And the entertainment industry is looking to virtual reality as the future of film. Baobab has raised more... View Details
Keywords: Janelle Nanos
- Profile
Anddria Clack
business in college, I held internships across a variety of industries (including media, oil, and financial services) every summer, and held full-time positions at two Fortune 100 companies before attending HBS. The opportunity to learn... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
HBS Cyberposium Brings Online Future into Focus
Said Dodd of the conference's goals: "We wanted to ignite aspirations and implant some ideas for people to think about pursuing in the future." The Cyberposium (http://wasat.hbs.edu/cmc/cyberposium) offered a comprehensive look at an emerging View Details
Keywords: Meg Gardner
- 04 Oct 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Surviving Success: When Founders Must Go
Wasserman identified Wily Technology founder Lew Cirne as the ideal case subject. "An inherent paradox in succession is that a founder who has been doing a good job actually increases the chance he or she will be fired,"... View Details
- December 2024 (Revised January 2025)
- Technical Note
A Guide to the Vocabulary, Evolution, and Impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
By: Shane Greenstein, Nathaniel Lovin, Scott Wallsten, Kerry Herman and Susan Pinckney
A note on the vocabulary, evolution, and impact of AI. View Details
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Software; AI and Machine Learning; Technology Adoption; Technological Innovation; Technology Industry
Greenstein, Shane, Nathaniel Lovin, Scott Wallsten, Kerry Herman, and Susan Pinckney. "A Guide to the Vocabulary, Evolution, and Impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI)." Harvard Business School Technical Note 625-039, December 2024. (Revised January 2025.)
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
The news last October of Chevron's proposed acquisition of Texaco for $36 billion in stock was hardly surprising to industry analysts. The planned merger — which would streamline projects and save some $1.2 billion annually — was... View Details