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27 Mar 2024
Blog Post

Video: Inspirational Women in Business

View Video In honor of Women’s History Month, MBA Class of 2025 students Aastha Bhardwaj, Whitley Cargile, Briti Ghosh, Veronica Chua, and Eunjin Lee discuss women leaders and case protagonists who have... View Details

March 2023 (Revised June 2023)
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Layoffs in the Tech Industry: 2022–2023

By: Sandra J. Sucher and Marilyn Morgan Westner

This case examines the mass layoffs that swept through the tech industry (2022-2023) through the lens of four companies: Twitter, Stripe, Meta, and Google. How these companies implemented workforce change through mass layoffs raises critical questions applicable beyond... View Details

Keywords: Layoffs; Human Resource Management; Workforce Reductions; Ethics; Human Resources; Management; Values and Beliefs; Employee Relationship Management; Resignation and Termination; Compensation and Benefits; Technology Industry; United States; United Kingdom

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15 Apr 2014

2+2 Information Session: Northwestern University

This information session is an opportunity for bachelor and master degree students to learn more about the 2+2 application process to the MBA program and ask questions to an Admissions Board Member. The session will take place at 6:00 PM in TECH LR4, 2145 Sheridan... View Details

Winter 2019
Article

Economists (and Economics) in Tech Companies

By: Susan Athey and Michael Luca

As technology platforms have created new markets and new ways of acquiring information, economists have come to play an increasingly central role in tech companies—tackling problems such as platform design, strategy, pricing, and policy. Over the past five years,... View Details

Keywords: Technology Companies; Economists; Digital Platforms; Jobs and Positions; Competency and Skills; Technology Industry

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As technology platforms have created new markets and new ways of acquiring information, economists have come to play an increasingly central role in tech companies-tackling problems such as platform design, strategy, pricing, and policy. Over the past five years,... View Details

28 Dec 2019
Working Paper Summaries

Tech Clusters

Keywords: by William R. Kerr and Frederic Robert-Nicoud

14 Jul 2021
Video

Women in Industry Series: Entrepreneurship

23 Mar 2012
News

Consumer tech takes off in Massachusetts

30 Jun 2015
News

Creating a Tech Hub in Gaza

25 Aug 2014
Blog Post

Working in Tech 4Dev

After spending the first half of my internship in Nairobi, I am now wrapping up the summer at Ushahidi’s San Francisco office, where I’ve been working in a business development capacity to develop a new... View Details

Keywords: Technology

08 Sep 2021
Video

Women in Industry Series: Military

1997
Chapter

Women in Leadership

By: R. J. Ely

Keywords: Leadership; Gender

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01 Jun 2005
News

South Asian Women at Work

Smart but passive. Good technicians, but not likely managers. Women from India and Pakistan frequently must combat stereotypes about how they function at work. But they should resist labels and pursue the careers of their dreams, said... View Details

Keywords: sari; dress code; corporate attire; women

08 Sep 2021
Video

Women in Military

Clubs

Tech Club

Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports; Technology; Entrepreneurship

14 Jan 2016
News

In Taiwan, Survivor Mentality Stymies Tech Innovation

July 2024
Technical Note

Intellectual Property in Tough Tech Ventures

By: Joshua Lev Krieger, Jim Matheson, Russ Wilcox and Mel Martin

This note explains the crucial role of intellectual property rights (IPR), particularly patents, in the success of tough tech ventures (TTVs). It outlines the patent system's mechanics, emphasizing utility patents and their requirements for novelty, non-obviousness,... View Details

Keywords: Intellectual Property

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