Algorithms - Publications - Faculty & Research

26 Oct 2021
Research & Ideas

What Companies Want Most in a CEO: A Good Listener

accounted for 29 percent. The researchers used machine learning algorithms to map the text of the job descriptions into six distinct clusters of skills: administrative, management of financial and material resources, management of human... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

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Health Care - Faculty & Research

machine learning algorithms to analyze thermal images and detect tumors. Its patented solution leveraged big data analytics, AI, and ML for reliable, early, and accurate breast cancer screening. Early clinical trials showed that the... View Details

09 Dec 2019
Research & Ideas

Identify Great Customers from Their First Purchase

School. By incorporating data most companies discard, Ascarza and her co-researcher devised an algorithm capable of quickly analyzing more than 40 variables to create a “first impression” of the customer after the initial transaction. The... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail; Service

11 Apr 2016
HBS Seminar

Pian Shu, Harvard Business School

09 May 2023
Research & Ideas

Where to Find Remote Work Now: 250 Million Job Postings Paint a Complex Picture

Economics; Steven J. Davis of the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business; and Lightcast Chief Economist Bledi Taska. Crunching the ‘WHAM’ algorithm To parse where and how people are working remotely, the researchers teamed with... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

13 Jan 2023
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Are Companies Actually Greener—or Are They All Talk?

Most companies now account for social good in their financial reports in some way, but with regulation scattershot and evolving, it’s complicated for investors to assess so-called ESG reports. The disclosures, known as Environmental, Social, and Governance reports,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

24 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

The 'Amazon Effect' Is Changing Online Price Competition—and the Fed Needs to Pay Attention

Cavallo’s research didn’t extend to why prices are changing more frequently, but he has some theories. Technology like pricing algorithms has cut both the labor and decision cost of price changes. Those View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Retail

01 Jun 2024
News

Quantum Leap

scientists on staff,” Levy says—like Merck’s M Ventures fund, which has access to an in-house quantum computing task force. The technical challenges, meanwhile, are even thornier, and they affect the entire sector. While everyone agrees that a quantum computer that can... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Chris Sorensen; quantum computing; innovation; leadership; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

2025
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Leapfrog Leaders: Accelerating Systems Leadership Skills

By: Laura Cabrera, Derek Cabrera and Hise O. Gibson

We need leaders who can execute at the Strategic, Operational, and Tactical (SOT) levels. But, research shows it takes time for skills to develop at all three levels—too much time. Why does it take too much time? First, because expertise is borne of experience. An... View Details

Keywords: DSRP; VCML; Strategy; Operations; Leadership Development; Decision Making; Organizational Structure

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18 Jun 2024
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Industrial Decarbonization: Confronting the Hard Challenges of Cement

Cities like Cairo; Chongqing, China; Delhi; and Kinshasa, Congo are experiencing population explosions accompanied by unprecedented demand for homes, offices, factories, and infrastructure. In the United States, the Biden Administration’s policy-driven infrastructure... View Details

Keywords: by by Janelle Conaway; Green Technology; Energy; Industrial Products; Manufacturing

01 Mar 2024
News

Vital Signs

Image by Edmon De Haro Illustration by Edmon De Haro The signs of strain were there long before the pandemic: Health care workers had been managing under tremendous pressures while working long hours in understaffed hospitals. Then COVID unleashed an unprecedented... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

09 Mar 2003
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Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation

punch messages into their BlackBerries. Their fingers are too big to enable accurate typing—they'd be more than happy with a voice-recognition algorithm that's only 80% accurate. Not surprisingly, disruptive ideas stand a small chance of... View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Raynor & Scott D. Anthony

03 May 2023
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Why Confronting Racism in AI 'Creates a Better Future for All of Us'

share research on the intersection of race and capitalism—specifically, on race and technology since we live in the age of the digital transition and race is inherently embedded in algorithms and code simply because of who created the... View Details

Keywords: by Barbara DeLollis

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Leadership Transitions | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

culture of greater competitiveness in the investment banking business itself with the potential for increased algorithmic trading strategies, volume of business, and potential commissions. “Investment banking, which had historically built... View Details

18 Jan 2022
Research & Ideas

How Eliminating Non-Competes Could Reshape Tech

Second, advanced software algorithms and data-based artificial intelligence algorithms account for increasing amounts of trade secrets in technology. These technologies rely on massive stores of distributed... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Technology

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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

powered by advanced ML algorithms embedded with a fintech solution. Hive Health Camille Ang (MBA/MPA-ID 2022) Jiawen Tang (MBA 2023/MPA-ID 2021) Business Track Co-Winner A B2B2C digital health insurer providing simplified, affordable, &... View Details

31 Jul 2023
News

Striving for Imperfection

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Since he left HBS in 1990, Charles Conn (MBA 1990) has built a full and varied portfolio career. Early on, he was a partner at McKinsey and then a tech executive, founding Ticketmaster-Citysearch. Today,... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

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The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2023

realm of design and human interaction with everyday objects. Norman provides thought-provoking insights on usability and human-centered design. The book is relevant to my own research on visual analytics. Picture this: designing an View Details

28 Nov 2018
HBS Case

On Target: Rethinking the Retail Website

mistake of treating their online unit as a mere add-on to the store. Target, by contrast, spent much time focusing on how data could be used specifically to help build its web arm. And the retailer was careful to establish the value of data, analytics, and View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail

20 Apr 2020
Blog Post

Introducing LivelyHood, A Volunteer Nonprofit Founded in Response to COVID-19

“no contact” delivery protocol. With our system, volunteers get to decide when and how much to help. Additionally, we have decided to build a matching algorithm to pair volunteers to requests. We looked around at some of the different... View Details

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