Automation And Augmentation - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Apr 2011
First Look

First Look: April 5

709-469 Zopa, a U.K.-based peer-to-peer lending company, connected individual lenders and borrowers via an online interface. The company charged a small fee for completed loan transactions but has not turned a profit. Zopa offered two... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 May 2009
First Look

First Look: May 27, 2009

Working PapersThe Long-Run Risks Model and Aggregate Asset Prices: An Empirical Assessment Authors:Jason Beeler and John Y. Campbell Abstract The long-run risks model of asset prices explains stock price... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Jul 2016
News

Alumni Capture the Essence of Pokemon GO Craze

(MBA 1986) said, “Pokemon GO will be the dawn of a new generation of Augmented Reality startups” and classmate David Kenny predicted Pokemon GO is “just the beginning of mingling real View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment

01 Mar 2023
News

Is AI OK?

Illustrations by Dan Bejar Illustrations by Dan Bejar When she began investigating Airbnb’s smart-pricing algorithm several years ago, Assistant Professor Shunyuan Zhang wasn’t looking for evidence that it generated discriminatory outcomes, a problem known as... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

18 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Ideas, April 18

Danaher’s stock price had reached an all-time high. In 2015, Danaher had decided to split off its test and measurement, fuel and fleet management, and View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

19 Aug 2002
Research & Ideas

Here Comes Internet2—Time to Shed Dot Vertigo

fallacious," Nolan charged. In a lively discussion with about fifty HBS alumni held during reunion weekend this summer, Nolan, who spent a year's sabbatical concentrating on Internet2, described the current state and potential of the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

24 Apr 2014
News

Mobile robots revolutionize order fulfillment

orders. Kiva’s distribution center automation technology simplifies operations and reduces costs while increasing flexibility. When orders are received, hundreds of autonomous mobile robots are directed by a... View Details

01 Dec 2000
News

Looking to the East

studied at Tokyo University, is president and CEO of Fanuc India, an arm of Japan-based Fanuc, a world leader in factory automation and robots. Kulkarni was invited by the... View Details

20 Jun 2024
Podcast

Cengage Group’s Michael Hansen on the employment-ready syllabus

The ed-tech executive on shifting the discussion to emphasize the economic benefits of education, harnessing AI, skills-based hiring, employer-educator collaboration, and the public policy landscape. View Details

06 Nov 2024
Podcast

Guest Episode: Joseph Fuller on The Gartner Talent Angle

Managing the Future of Work co-chair Joseph Fuller delves into what’s driving and limiting the practice of skills-based hiring. The discussion ranges from degree inflation and HR automation to workforce demographics, skills-based promotion and employee retention. Also,... View Details

Eugene M. Patterson

Though educated and trained as a lawyer, Patterson eventually joined the family business, expanding it from its tobacco equipment roots to include many other consumer products, most notably automated bowling... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

24 Apr 2014
News

Preserving Patagonia

in Chilean Patagonia. Drawing on what he gleaned at HBS, he says, "We learned that market-based solutions can be effective and efficient tools to augment the work of governments View Details

01 Jun 2012
News

Good Fellowship

Fellowships are need-based grants that support the School’s need-blind admissions policy and help ensure that outstanding students, for whom HBS might otherwise be unaffordable, may enroll at the School. All students are first awarded a... View Details

01 Dec 2020
News

The Digital Transformation Of Health Care

The digital revolution has dramatically improved health care delivery and discovery in recent years. Artificial intelligence is enhancing diagnostic machines and enabling wearable medical devices to collect... View Details

01 Mar 2010
News

Too Cool for School

content provider, including large universities. Khan quit his finance job in 2009 and turned his full attention to his online, not-for-profit endeavor, Khan Academy (www.khanacademy.org). The academy focuses on K–12 learning with a... View Details

Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services

Web

Digital Marketing Workshop - Course Catalog

for asynchronous learning opportunities to augment pre-read assignments and Q&A follow-up from class exercises for completing assignments. Copyright © 2024 President & Fellows of Harvard College. All Rights... View Details

03 Apr 2019
Book

Fintech's Game-Changing Opportunities for Small Business

of the application process, automating it and making it digital first. Soon, however, big banks woke up and realized they did not have to cede this market to the disruptors. JP... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Banking; Financial Services

Web

IT Strategy: Improving Service to Support Innovation | Information Technology

for all members of the HBS community. Replaced over 2,000 aged PCs that were delayed due to hardware funding cuts. Renovated the Shad IT service lobby to include space for TSS to collaborate with customers, and to feature a fully View Details

05 Sep 2012
First Look

First Look: September 5

PublicationsPreference Signaling in Matching Markets Authors:Peter A. Coles, Alexey Kushnir, and Muriel Niederle Publication:American Economic Journal: Microeconomics (forthcoming) Abstract Many labor markets share three stylized facts:... View Details