information technology - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Jan 2014
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Deal Maker Relies on Extensive Database

Keywords: big data; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

01 Sep 2013
News

What's Trending at HBS?

With the start of the new school year, HBS faculty are preparing several virtual programs for alumni through the Trending@HBS webinar series. In hour-long sessions, they will discuss their research and views on timely business topics, as well as take questions from... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

17 Aug 2011
News

How Birchbox Is Disrupting Beauty

Keywords: Health and Personal Care Stores; Retail Trade

17 Sep 2018
Blog Post

My Summer as a Venture Capitalist

high-powered computers, and how the technology will be used in the real world. I learned deeply in a space I’m passionate about and developed an informed point of view. From the playing field to the... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity

01 Sep 2018
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Case Study: A Good Fit

corporate wellness market by partnering with health plans and employers, and has expanded into more general health and wellness areas, with apps for people who want to eat better, for instance, or be more fit. After discovering that their View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

November 1999 (Revised April 2002)
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International Business Machines Corporation (B)

By: David F. Hawkins

IBM changes pension plan from a defined benefit plan to a cash-balance plan. Teaching purpose: To understand pension accounting. View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; Transformation; Business Earnings; Private Sector; Personal Finance; Cash; Information Infrastructure; Taxation; Computer Industry; Accounting Industry

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03 Feb 2011
What Do You Think?

Are We Going “Back to the Future” In Researching Management?

leadership, governance, innovation management, the networking of organizations, and social responsibility—as the "single most important development(s) in the area of management in the just-ended decade of the new century." Developments in View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

13 Jun 2017
Blog Post

MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences – A Q&A with Professor Robert Howe

Professor Rob Howe has been thinking about the intersection between business and technology for a number of years now. Before joining the SEAS faculty at Harvard (where he focuses on robot and human manipulation and the sense of touch) he... View Details

01 Apr 1998
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World Class Learning

presence," reports Martha B. Achenbaum, associate director of MBA Admissions. "For example, the HBS Club of Paris has been hosting an information reception for many years, and these sessions are very well-attended," she says. Achenbaum... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

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Transforming Health Care Delivery - Course Catalog

consult to, or invest in such organizations (e.g., payers, biopharmaceutical and device companies, health information technology, venture capital and private equity). Educational Objectives This course will help students develop the... View Details

07 Mar 2000
Research & Ideas

Putting Health Care Consumers in the Driver’s Seat

one of four topics: different models of consumer-driven health care; the role of consumer-driven health care in supporting innovative solutions to chronic problems in the industry; the new breed of consumer information and support... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Health

28 May 2019
News

INK: Maker’s Manual

dissatisfied with current approaches to solving a social dilemma, or they are excited about the potential of an alternative business model or a new technology to address a social need. Still others are simply responding when asked for... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

23 Jan 2007
First Look

First Look: January 23, 2007

technologies and partners. Focuses on the partnership tensions between global firms and local family-dominated conglomerates. Addresses new venture financing in an asset-intensive business through the assembly of strategic contracts. More... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2016
News

Delivering Trust

perfect, but we just didn’t know the good and bad of the clinics we used.” In one case, a medical oversight resulted in a trip to the ER for Deborah, despite the clinic’s high-profile reputation. Someone, they thought, should do something about the lack of accessible... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

10 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Innovations to Address the Global Water Crisis

has interviewed leaders in agribusiness from emerging markets who have successfully implemented such water-conserving innovations. Below, we highlight two of these business leaders from Peru and India who have invested in drip irrigation systems and “precision farming”... View Details

01 Jan 2002
News

Orin C. Smith (MBA '67)

thing." Over the past fifteen years, as technology altered the business landscape, another transformation swept the globe. This was a revolution of beans, not bytes, and it changed the way Americans drank coffee, a once-innocuous beverage... View Details

01 Mar 2011
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Faculty Books

examine the ways in which software differs from other technologies in promoting economic development; what motivates individuals and firms to contribute to open source projects; how developers and users view the trade-offs between the two... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

July 2001 (Revised September 2005)
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USA TODAY: Pursuing the Network Strategy (A)

By: Michael L. Tushman, Michael J. Roberts and David Kiron

Describes the evolution of USA TODAY Online, the electronic version of the newspaper, within the organizational structure of the newspaper. Describes the tensions and issues that develop and the pressure from the Online division to be spun off. At the same time, CEO... View Details

Keywords: Business Units; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Integration; Internet and the Web; Organizational Design; Groups and Teams; Newspapers; Innovation and Invention; Journalism and News Industry

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February 2024
Module Note

Data-Driven Marketing in Retail Markets

By: Ayelet Israeli

This note describes an eight-class sessions module on data-driven marketing in retail markets. The module aims to familiarize students with core concepts of data-driven marketing in retail, including exploring the opportunities and challenges, adopting best practices,... View Details