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Simulations D Dropbox Duo (two-step verification) E EMS/Room Reservation System Endnote G Generative AI Tools at HBS H HarvardKey HBS Poll HUBS (Harvard University Budgeting System) HUIT ServiceNow Hybrid Launch Tool I Ivanti Secure... View Details

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Alex Slusky

started the program.” The best simulation of business experience Alex pursued the MBA because he had an interest in venture capital and wanted “to find a way to combine technology and strategy – how do we go up a level in business? Where... View Details

16 Sep 2024
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Life Preserver

problem,” Giwa says. In Sylvatica and Harvard/Mass General Hospital partners’ laboratories, they’ve demonstrated success with human livers, frozen, thawed and, when hooked up to a simulated transplant model, fully functioning. “This could... View Details

01 Jun 2007
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James McKenney Remembered

full professor in 1968 and was named the John G. McLean Professor of Business Administration in 1989. He retired from the active faculty in 1996. McKenney introduced the first computer-based simulation exercise, the Business Game, to the... View Details

Keywords: Information

18 Mar 2001
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The Essentials for Enlightened Experimentation

New technologies such as computer simulations not only make experimentation faster and cheaper, they also enable companies to be more innovative. But achieving that requires a thorough understanding of the link between experimentation and... View Details

Keywords: by Stefan Thomke

10 Aug 2015
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Seeding a Better Future for Colombia

countries with the highest potential to increase the world’s agricultural production.” Roughly 4,000 visitors walk through Colombia’s pavilion each day, experiencing high-tech simulations of its five different climate zones. In addition... View Details

01 Sep 2014
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The Next Lessons

on the eve of graduation. “Khan Academy started, for the most part, with me producing content. As it grew—our whole team working with others to write exercises and simulation software—we started to realize, hey, this is a pretty good... View Details

Keywords: William Weber

01 Jun 2001
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Virtual Plant Tours and Beer Game Dysfunction

exercise, administered in the computer lab. A software program simulates a supply chain from retailer through wholesaler and distributor up to the beer factory. Students take roles as a participant in the chain, seeing only the orders... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

22 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 22

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/510032-PDF-ENG Carbon Trading Simulation: Black Cement Inc. Peter A. ColesHarvard Business School Supplement 911-053 This simulation presents students the opportunity to experience firsthand the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Power and Influence for Positive Impact - Course Catalog

material and the various simulations and exercises described above. The course builds on the book “Power, For All: How It Really Works and Why It is Everyone’s Business” (Simon & Schuster, 2021) that I co-authored with Tiziana Casciaro.... View Details

11 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 11, 2008

their optimal strategy faster than the standard second price auction mechanism. Contrary to earlier results within computer science using simulated reinforcement learning agents, we find that both in settings where subjects are given... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

31 Oct 2016
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Quantitative Easing Didn’t Ease the Housing Crisis for the Neediest

all well and good for people who were already in great financial shape. Interest rates and monthly payments went down for millions of prime borrowers, which was a tremendous boon to the overall economy, not to mention the simulative... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

08 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 8, 2008

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=607014 Asset Allocation I Harvard Business School Note 208-086 The goal of these simulations is to understand the mathematics of mean-variance optimization and the equilibrium... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Booking Space Catering Hybrid Classrooms Teaching & Learning Applications and technology products to bring teaching and learning experiences to life. Canvas Live Online Classrooms Media Services (Classroom Support) Multimedia Panopto Polling Seat Chart Participation... View Details

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Supply Chain Management - Course Catalog

“general management” view of supply chain management, including additional non-analytics cases with case protagonist guests joining to share their broader management perspectives. Grading Grading will be based on class participation, engagement, and a capstone project... View Details

26 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018

918-044 Stoy Foods: Role Information for Danijela Stoyanovic In this simulation exercise, four family members must negotiate over the future of the family business. Should the business be sold to a strategic buyer, or should the family... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Sep 2014
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Innovation: Revenge of the Nerds

business owners in need of strategic planning and competitive analysis. When the team pitched the HourlyNerd model to classmates at FIELD 3’s simulated stock market, which allows peer “investors” to evaluate the business plans, the stock... View Details

Keywords: April White

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(SCPT) Polling Simulations Research Applications and technology products that support your research. Case Template Discretionary Research Fund Qualtrics Research Computing Services (DRFD) Research Information System (RIS), VPN access may... View Details

01 Mar 2019
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Ask the Expert: Auto Pilot

McAllister (MBA 1965) KAPOOR: We think these fleets will be a game-changer for people with disabilities. The question is really when that will happen. The challenge is that the vehicles have to learn all the possible scenarios they’ll encounter on the roads, and they... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers; Retail Trade

01 Jun 2000
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Going Public: Scott C. Bolick

twice the 67 days usually needed to complete the arduous battery of simulated combat missions. The ordeal left Bolick 36 pounds lighter than when he started and further weakened by viral infections that required two overnight... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

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