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- 24 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
The 'Amazon Effect' Is Changing Online Price Competition—and the Fed Needs to Pay Attention
just across time but also across locations,” Cavallo says, adding that these are important decisions for corporate executives wrestling with dynamic pricing. “Studying fairness concerns seems crucial to know how firms might be able to use View Details
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maximize feedback Lara O'Connor Hodgson CEO, Roxwrite, Rule 1 Ventures Lara O'Connor Hodgson CEO, Roxwrite, Rule 1 Ventures Bio: Lara recently joined Rule 1 Ventures as CEO of portfolio company, Roxwrite, a company dedicated to automating... View Details
- 29 Nov 2023
- News
A Holiday Benefit Dinner in LA; Seattle Club Revival Underway
Executive Education courses: Driving Nonprofit Performance and Innovation and Governing for Nonprofit Excellence. “Through these scholarships, we’re able to have a direct and meaningful impact on the local community,” says Chen. “We’re... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
New Urban Order
compelling,” says Senior Lecturer John Macomber, coauthor with Joseph Allen of Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Drive Performance and Productivity. “In other words, more and more of these companies will enter the mainstream.” The need... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
clean, and industrious” will reach the top when, in reality, only a fortunate few ever do. Perhaps this knowledge contributes to an unarticulated restlessness that afflicts these decent men (often Wharton, not HBS, grads). Perhaps it is the nature of the work itself,... View Details
- 07 Nov 2024
- Blog Post
Exploring California’s Climate Frontier: E&E Club’s Bay Area Trek
introducing students to the trends, companies, and leaders driving recent breakthroughs in climate tech. For many, the West Coast’s climate community often felt somewhat distant and detached from life on our Northeast campus. By engaging... View Details
- 11 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
Shrinking the Racial Wealth Gap, One Mortgage at a Time
Hiring more minority loan officers could help people of color secure significantly more home loans and address one of the biggest factors driving the racial wealth gap, new research finds. In the white-dominated US banking industry,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: Human Intelligence
there’s so much talk around automation, but I would encourage people to pause and reconsider that. It’s actually much more about growing the business. I think of AI as, first and foremost, increasing productivity and driving revenue. For... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 20 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
IFC India 2025: Illuminating India’s Solar Future: Reflections on Tata Solar Manufacturing Plant Visit
renewable energy. The Strengths of Tata Solar’s Manufacturing Facility Walking through the manufacturing lines, it was clear that Tata Solar is pushing the boundaries of India’s solar energy capabilities. The facility demonstrated a commendable degree of View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
RoboCar, the Sequel
Alden Photo courtesy William Alden Once an entrepreneur, always an entrepreneur. Consider the case of William Alden (MBA ’52), as reported in the Cape Cod Times (April 12, 2011). More than 50 years ago, Alden was working on an automated... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Heartland
fed her children with milk from that cow, Jordan says. The fundamental nature of agriculture is a big part of what drives her. “Without food, nothing else matters,” she observes. “I do what I do because every person deserves enough food... View Details
- 07 Jun 2011
- News
Back to the Future
on an automated mail-flow system for the postal service when he started thinking about a people-moving system based on cars that could drive over roads but also attach to computer-controlled track networks.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Innovation as P&G’s Key
behind how Naturella’s creator, Procter & Gamble, got inside the heads of those consumers is just one of many valuable insights related in The Game-Changer: How You Can Drive Revenue and Profit Growth with Innovation (Crown Business,... View Details
- 03 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Web Services
service technologies from a provider, customer, and investor perspective. Customers are concerned with integration and driving down costs, said Steven Lewis, Microsoft's general manager of .net market development. "There is a lot of... View Details
- 06 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
IFC India 2025: Sustainability in Action: Inside Hindustan Unilever’s Public Sanitation and Plastic Recycling Facilities
Hindustan Unilever playing a key role in driving positive change through collaboration. Suvidha Center, (Dharavi) MumbaiPublic toilets in India often suffer from neglect, becoming unsafe and unhygienic. Since they are free, maintenance is... View Details
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Margarita de la Piedra Carrillo
regulatory project for the bank, which included automating risk controls and coordinating with colleagues in Peru, Argentina, and India. A promotion to corporate compliance increased the complexity of her role, exposing Margarita to... View Details
- 23 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 23
http://hbr.org/product/Opening-the-Valve--From-S/an/415016-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 415-023 Belk: Towards Exceptional Scheduling With 24,000 staff and over 300 stores, Belk Inc. sought to replace its entirely manual labor scheduling system with an View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
From Bytes to Bites
which built the large machines that automate the production of cardboard boxes. “I’ve always been wired operationally,” says Thomas, who majored in industrial engineering at Stanford University before coming to HBS. That background,... View Details
- 15 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of New-Market Disruption
very inexpensive commodity components that perform basic computations in household appliances, like irons and toasters. At the time, microcontroller manufacturers were just beginning to use automated test equipment. Although the... View Details
- 19 Sep 2019
- News
Predicting Human Behaviors
spreadsheet of startups that the i-lab created.” Today, Boston-based Perceptive Automata is working with suppliers and automakers in the United States, Europe, and Asia, and the technology is in testing in autonomous vehicles and highly View Details
Keywords: April White