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  • 01 Jun 2011
  • News

Map Quest

use your GPS to locate the brand-new Map & Atlas Museum at 7825 Fay Avenue. Or better yet, unfold a crinkly old paper street map to find it. Mike Stone (MBA ’88) might find that latter method more appropriate. A couple of decades ago,... View Details
Keywords: maps
  • 05 Oct 2021
  • News

Launch Signals

tech startup producing stylish bracelets with an inobtrusive control button that can send text messages and GPS tracking to friends, a pre-recorded call to a specific phone number, or a direct connection to the police. “Flare gives you... View Details
Keywords: entrepreneurship; startup; safety; wearable tech; women; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • 01 Jun 2012
  • News

New Venture Winner an Undercover Success

created by Brandon Molina (MBA 2010), offers distance-to-green accuracy using wireless and GPS technology. Now in its third year, the Alumni New Venture Contest saw an increase in entries of more than 40 percent over 2011, for a total of... View Details
  • 15 Oct 2019
  • News

Innovative Thinking Fuels Nascent Startup Scene

reason is last-mile delivery challenges in a region where people often lack formal street addresses, a problem solved by UAE-based startup Fetchr, which utilizes smartphone GPS coordinates for delivery. Vitoria Ivashina, Lovett-Learned... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2009
  • News

Seven Honored with Alumni Achievement Award

Anheuser-Busch InBev Board Member, Fundação Estudar Chairman, Lemann Foundation Jorge Paulo Lemann (above, center) is the leading force behind Banco Garantia, Brazil’s most prestigious investment bank. At Garantia and later at GP... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young; awards; fishing; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; General Merchandise Stores; Retail Trade
  • 29 Jan 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019

grappling with three questions. First, should GPS create its own mobile app for credit card customers or leverage the bank’s already successful mobile banking app? Second, if a separate app was developed, then who should manage it? View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Jun 2014
  • News

Roads to Recovery

FAA administrator Jane Garvey said the agency's $40 billion GPS revamp is making strides but is "very dependent on the budgeting process." "Maintenance is not a vision. It's hard to rally support for it." —Rosabeth Moss Kanter Problem:... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Transportation; Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction; Construction; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government
  • 16 Nov 2010
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Data.gov: Matching Government Data with Rapid Innovation

Innovation happens fast and slowly. The GPS applications so prevalent today to guide us from Point A to Point B took their first baby steps nearly three decades ago when President Ronald Reagan encouraged the release of military View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Technology
  • 13 Jan 2014
  • Research & Ideas

How Government Can Restore the Faith of Citizens

release data on public works requests for repairs such as potholes, graffiti, and broken streetlights. Using a cell phone application developed by the mayor's office, citizens can request service by snapping a photo of the problem and uploading it to the city... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 08 Nov 2023
  • Blog Post

Zone Defense: These self-driving, AI-powered drones do recon so soldiers don’t have to

Android phone to provide real-time reconnaissance of potentially hazardous spaces. The quadcopter functions in total darkness, in buildings it has never previously entered, and flies without prior knowledge or programming of the space—even in areas without View Details
Keywords: Technology; Entrepreneurship
  • 11 Nov 2021
  • Blog Post

ZONE DEFENSE: These self-driving, AI-powered drones do recon so soldiers don’t have to

reconnaissance of potentially hazardous spaces. The quadcopter functions in total darkness, in buildings it has never previously entered, and flies without prior knowledge or programming of the space—even in areas without GPS or... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2000
  • News

Latin America's Decade

only give us the necessary financial support but also its knowledge and experience." Carlos A. Sicupira (9th OPM) is a partner in São Paulo-based GP Investimentos, Ltda., an in-vestment firm with some $1.3 billion under management and... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Julia Hanna; Latin America; research; infrastructure; Hospitality; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 01 Dec 2022
  • News

Road to Recovery

breathalyzer or a rapid saliva test. They also can use phone-based GPS to verify they have attended treatment appointments, and access information and coaching services via text, voice, and video. “The biggest barrier—and this sounds... View Details
Keywords: April White; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance
  • 19 May 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Why Privacy Protection Notices Turn Off Shoppers

says John. “When people weren’t presented with a privacy notice, their purchase interest was about twice that of those who had been shown the privacy notice.” In another experiment involving a car GPS system, the researchers showed some... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail
  • 08 Sep 2021
  • Blog Post

Socioeconomic Inclusion at HBS: Joshua Mbanusi (MBA 2021)

“That can cause people to set their internal GPS to something that doesn't necessarily align with their values—and I don't think that that tradeoff has to be there. I think that people can engage in more daring recruitment efforts and... View Details
  • 28 Aug 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018

Mao, Antoinette Schoar, and Nan R. Zhang Abstract— This paper undertakes a comprehensive analysis of alternative investment vehicles in private equity, using unexplored custodial data about 112 limited partners over four decades. We differentiate between alternative... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Dec 2020
  • News

A New Approach to Contact Tracing

devise a new way to do contact tracing, Weiss says, “I became very interested because I’ve been so focused on the question, ‘Can governments try new things?’” Bluetooth vs. GPS Technology When TraceTogether is downloaded and left running,... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie; Government
  • 05 May 2009
  • First Look

First Look: May 5, 2009

be investing alongside a Brazilian private equity firm, GP Investments, and must decide how to structure the investment. Especially, he must decide how to align his interests with those of GP. GP has... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Sep 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

equity, using unexplored custodial data regarding 112 limited partners over four decades. We differentiate between alternative vehicles that are GP directed versus those where the LP has some discretion. Of the roughly 5,500 distinct... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 19 Apr 2016
  • First Look

April 19, 2016

operating in environments with weak state institutions; to examine the challenges of implementing voluntary frameworks, such as the GPs or VPs, and their potential as alternatives to state institutions; to learn about the field of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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