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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
- 18 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
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
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Books
Technologies for Innovation, Thomke argues that many companies are not yet making the best use of breakthrough technologies for experimentation — including simulation and computer modeling — to generate and test new product possibilities.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
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
- 22 Mar 2011
- First Look
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
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
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
- 11 Mar 2008
- First Look
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
- 16 Dec 2002
- Lessons from the Classroom
Marrying Distance and Classroom Education
be delivered anytime anywhere, so you destroyed the barriers of time and distance with simulation." I'm curious about this very notion of how much we know about what people learn through simulation.— Dorothy Leonard To this I would add that obviously View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Michael Son
classes on making change at the community level; on the causes of poverty and how to address them." But in his senior year, the promise of a "free week's vacation" gave him entrée to his first real-world business experience. "Shell sponsored a... View Details
- 19 Nov 2015
- Blog Post
What to Expect During Your Second Year at HBS
Chairman of Goldman Sachs and Professor at HBS who recently became the President of the Dallas Federal Reserve, offered to teach a group of students about the stock market. We participated in a simulation throughout the semester –... View Details
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Laura Mackay
serving as a role model. How has Harvard Business School prepared you for your current role & your long term career? HBS has taught me to think from a variety of lens and perspectives and to always be 10 steps ahead. The case method is an incredible View Details
- 26 Jun 2018
- First Look
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
- News
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
- 26 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
What Perceived Power Brings to Negotiations
in a relationship where the all-powerful employer insists on a one-sided result. The results came from an experiment that simulated a second-round job interview. Some 124 undergraduates from five schools in the northeast United States... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- Web
Staff | Information Technology
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
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
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
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
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
- 02 Jan 2014
- News
The Power to Change
a world-travel adventure for a year. They were at a Disney resort in Tokyo—riding through a simulated volcano attraction of all things—when the catastrophic 2011 earthquake and tsunami struck. Wilcox says the terror of the moment, the... View Details
- 23 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 23
people to mentally simulate events more extensively. People who considered situations with their eyes closed rather than open judged immoral behaviors as more unethical and moral behaviors as more ethical. In addition, considering... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 10
simulated whether DPD or NEAD chains would produce more transplants when chain segment length was limited to three transplants and reported that DPD performed at least as well as NEAD chains. As this contrasts with the experience of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne