artificial intelligence - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 Jun 2022
HBS Case

Free Isn’t Always Better: How Slack Holds Its Own Against Microsoft Teams

launched Slack in 2014 as a work-team communications tool he hoped would be an “email killer,” as he put it. Slack made it easy for new customers to use, with a three-click signup and a bot driven by artificial View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Information Technology; Technology

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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Digital Innovation - Alumni

like digitalization and data science and artificial intelligence are deployed as management and business tools. And that means HBS needs to think differently, too. ” Karim Lakhani Dorothy and Michael Hintze... View Details

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Globalization - Faculty & Research

in high performance computing and Artificial Intelligence to make AMD a tech powerhouse by late 2023. Lisa Su and AMD (A) and Lisa Su and AMD (B) are not standalone case studies. They are designed to be... View Details

19 Apr 2023
News

A Kick Start for Latin American Startups

partnership introductions. One example: Saggioro Leal introduced NotCo, a food-tech company that uses artificial intelligence to create sustainable and accessible plant-based foods, to executives at... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

20 Nov 2019
Research & Ideas

It's No Joke: AI Beats Humans at Making You Laugh

this laughing matter to the test. In a new study, he used that joke and 32 others to determine whether people or artificial intelligence (AI) could do a better job of predicting which jokes other people... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Dec 2023
News

A Continuum of Innovation

As senior associate dean and chair of the MBA Program, Matt Weinzierl has a running list of questions that he and Jana P. Kierstead, the executive director of MBA and Doctoral programs, always keep in mind. They range from the curricular (How can we ensure that the MBA... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Mar 2024
News

On the Radar

Illustration by Brian Stauffer Illustration by Brian Stauffer Our planet is teeming with trillions of viruses and bacteria, most of which are innocuous or even helpful, but some pose a significant risk to public health, animals, and crops. In recent decades,... View Details

Keywords: Janine White; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

02 Aug 2022
Blog Post

From HBS to Cutting-Edge Tech

high caliber people can be daunting but teaches you lessons that stay with you forever. What are your future plans? Keeping with my tenet to always be working in cutting-edge tech, I have joined a Series B artificial View Details

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Judges - Alumni

a Rock Ventures Fellow. Industry Business Products and Services (B2B), Technology Verticals Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, CloudTech & DevOps, Cybersecurity, Supply Chain Tech, Virtual Reality,... View Details

17 Jan 2019
Blog Post

MBA Curriculum Spotlight: Short Intensive Programs (SIPs)

developments in artificial intelligence are creating similar shocks to the economy – from new perspectives on value creation and value capture, to radical transformations of business and operating models.... View Details

09 Dec 2019
Research & Ideas

Identify Great Customers from Their First Purchase

the customer would do in the future. As with other artificial intelligence tools, the drawback to this technology is that the model acts as a sort of black box, so researchers can’t determine the exact... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail; Service

07 Aug 2013
What Do You Think?

Is There Still a Role for Judgment in Decision-Making?

does (not) mean we have the tools to understand what it is saying. Judgment is still crucial ." Debra Bordignon put an interesting twist on the issue, saying, "Where systems, tools, and artificial View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Leading Successful Digital Transformation

transformation in large organizations for three main reasons: Focus on optimization and efficiency: Many companies use technology to cut costs, improve efficiency, or enhance the productivity of their current operations. Artificial View Details

01 Mar 2024
News

Giving All Stakeholders a Voice

trajectories of both blockchain and artificial intelligence when growth is led by foundations rather than corporations. “This is playing itself out in real time,” Wu says. “Learning about new business models... View Details

Keywords: April White

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Bringing a Taste of Japan to the World - Global Activities 2020

start of an unexpected educational journey. With a background in artificial intelligence and finance, Sasago thought launching a software or fintech startup might be in his future. But shortly after arriving... View Details

25 May 2021
Research & Ideas

White Airbnb Hosts Earn More. Can AI Shrink the Racial Gap?

travel industry. People eager to shake off their COVID-19 cabin fever are gearing up to take vacations, raising Airbnb bookings by 52 percent last quarter from a year earlier. Harnessing artificial View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Technology; Accommodations

21 Aug 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

Companies Love Big Data But Lack the Strategy To Use It Effectively

the class toward her personal passion, precision medicine. “Health care is rife with examples like these—and such applications of big data will only expand over the coming years. I spend a lot of time thinking about questions like, How will View Details