Open Source Platforms - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2007
News

The Wise Men

same manner, creating a multiplier effect. For the future, I believe HBS should train managers for all parts of society, not just for business. Companies know that success means having managers with an open mind and a mindset of how to... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna

23 May 2018
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Winning Bid

housed more than any other vertical in my mind,” Bright told Black Enterprise. “Where else could I go from sourcing and servicing Elvis’s piano to partnering with [designer] Brad Ford to decorate the most expensive penthouse in New York?”... View Details

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Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems: Company, Industry, Market and Transaction Research

trend and forecast coverage across 10 major commercial real estate sectors, 275+ markets, and 3,000+ submarkets. Includes market transactions and performance trends. FactSet
A comprehensive platform used to analyze financial data... View Details

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Exchange traded funds

Where can I find information on exchange traded funds or ETFs? News and Journals ABI/ProQuest or Business Source Complete To find academic and news articles comparing exchange traded funds to index mutual funds use this search strategy:... View Details

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Data Tips & Toolkits - Research Computing Services

popular platform provides automatic text captioning of the audio uploaded onto YouTube. Watson speech-to-text API : a machine learning API that can transcribe audio files into text, among other capabilities. VLC player : a free, View Details

25 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 25

specifically at remedying criticisms leveled at the recent point system proposed by U.S. policymakers. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-025.pdf Multi-Sided Platforms Authors:Andrei Hagiu and Julian Wright Abstract... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019

working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55572 Design Rules, Volume 2: How Technology Shapes Organizations: Chapter 14 Introducing Open Platforms and Ecosystems By: Baldwin, Carliss Y.... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

29 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Helping Women in Mexico to Live Fulfilled and Healthy Lives

three C’s: Content, Community, and Care. For Content, Plenna is a modern source of information for women’s health; you can find tips on birth control, managing vaginal infections, and general gynecology. We’re also building a strong... View Details

11 Jan 2019
News

Case Study: Beating Bias

in his quest to help readers—particularly millennials and Gen-Zers—better understand how the news is spun. The launch product is a free daily newsletter that aggregates headlines from both the left and right, with analysis that underscores View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

28 May 2019
News

Case Study: Building the Base

initial step in his quest to help readers—particularly millennials and Gen Zers—better understand how the news is spun. The company’s launch product is a free daily newsletter that aggregates headlines from both the left and the right, with analysis that underscores... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

10 Jun 2022
Blog Post

New Venture Competition 2022: Business and Environment Ventures

The New Venture Competition is an annual competition sponsored by the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise Initiative open to all students and alumni who are launching new business and social impact ventures. This year,... View Details

24 Sep 2013
First Look

First Look: September 24

invest in platform quality in open-source and proprietary two-sided platforms. Open platforms have open access, and developers invest to improve... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2011
News

Early Adopters

Omar Restom (HBS ’12, seated) and Douglas Melchior (MBA ’11) didn’t wait for the Harvard Innovation Lab’s official opening in November to relocate their base for developing Vaiad, a start-up self-serve View Details

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

01 Dec 2006
News

Inside Intel

equipment. By 1979, that figure had increased by two orders of magnitude to $217.4 million. Fabrication facilities [“fabs”] were expensive. During the 1970s, the semiconductor industry became capital intensive. Manufacturing at Intel began in Fab 1 in Mountain View.... View Details

Keywords: Richard S. Tedlow; Hanna, Julia; technology; manufacturing; innovation; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing

November 2024
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AlphaGo (C): Birth of a New Intelligence

By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai

This case, the final of a three-part series, explores DeepMind's pivotal transition from mastering games to solving real-world scientific challenges. In December 2020, DeepMind's AI system AlphaFold 2 achieved a breakthrough by solving protein folding—a 50-year-old... View Details

Keywords: Autonomy; Deep Learning; Drug Discovery; Healthcare Innovation; Neural Networks; Scientific Research; Technology Startup; AI and Machine Learning; Technological Innovation; Research and Development; Business Model; Business Strategy; Open Source Distribution; Technology Industry; United States

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Purchase

05 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 5, 2007

for evaluating the different sources of uncertainty and their implications for various stakeholders of the firm when attempting a reorganization with creditors or considering opening a court-supervised... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2018
News

Democratizing Funding, Diversifying Funders

Alvaro Dominguez Alvaro Dominguez In early 2018, a New York startup called Roomi opened itself up to the type of investors known by Wall Street traders as “mom-and-pop investors,” although an IPO was nowhere in sight. The company, which... View Details

Keywords: Sasha Issenberg

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Community Values & Honor Code | HBS Online

learning environment where individuals can have open discussion, reflect on their thinking, and learn from each other. The mission of Harvard Business School is to educate leaders who make a difference in the world. Achieving this mission... View Details

01 Sep 2018
News

An SUV Built for African Roads—by African Workers

facility. Now Mobius is about to embark on an ambitious growth plan by opening a new factory. With $20 million in investments and loans to date, the company designed, built, and sold their proof of concept, then developed the Mobius II... View Details

Keywords: Amy Yee

03 Apr 2006
Research & Ideas

The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance

into how firms structure their worldwide operations given limited disclosure requirements. To crack open the multinational firm and study these decisions, new data sources and nontraditional methods were... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

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