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- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
performance. Putting in $300,000 for 60 percent of the equity, Dunn helped launch Prime Computer in 1972 and served as its chairman for the next seventeen years. With his hands-on help, Prime became an early high-tech success story, and... View Details
- 15 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Remembering Alfred Chandler
network of individual contracts or the vision of its entrepreneur. The people inside firms learned, developed effective routines, and innovated. While we have sophisticated theories of competition in economics, the cooperative teamwork... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
If your idea of a Ph.D. in business conjures up visions of spectacled scholars toiling in solitude in the library's darkest, dustiest corners, think again. At HBS, students in the School's Doctoral Programs are doing much more than... View Details
- 10 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
High-Tech Greenhouse Innovations in The Netherlands
run-of-the-mill structures - they're technological marvels. The trio of Syngenta Tomato Vision, Van den Ende Rozen, and Koppert Cress beckoned us into a world where every leaf and petal is touched by cutting-edge advancements. Syngenta Tomato View Details
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
Under pressure to break-up IBM, Gerstner instead went against the tide of expectation and kept IBM in one piece. He went on to make IBM more competitive by announcing downsizing and a new vision for the company called network... View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
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Fabrizio Serafini | MBA
Fabrizio Serafini Computer Science Quincy 2024 Cohort 6 In the words of Alan Kay, ‘The best way to predict the future is to invent it. Tech areas of interest: Industrial Automation and Data Science Formative experience at the intersection... View Details
- 12 Feb 2016
- News
Creating Common Ground in Communities of Conflict
people he wanted to hurt, or why he must hurt them,” she recalls. That moment in December 2007 set in motion Mendhro’s vision for the Dreamfly, a global initiative designed to educate, expose, and empower people living in communities of... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 16 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Researchers Use Google Street View to See the Future of Cities
improvement and offer new methods to city planners and real estate developers looking to identify areas in need of improvement. The collaborators reveal their findings in a May 2017 paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, View Details
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Drake Du | MBA
Drake Du Computer Science Lowell 2026 Cohort 7 I am honored to be able to serve as a Roberts Family Fellow and have the opportunity to learn and innovate among a community of peers, mentors, and faculty across Harvard University. Each day... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Tech Trekker
have similarly discovered over the past 25 years. By supporting Lang's creativity and unconventional thinking, high-tech startups and established computer firms alike have found their assets turning to gold under her fingers. "I've always... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 07 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Steve Jobs Legacy
spurned because he is so harsh and demanding. He is in turn betrayed by his closest ally (John Sculley), but ultimately the clarity of his vision and charisma triumph, and he transforms the world. The transformation in communications he... View Details
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Jason Cho | MBA
Jason Cho AB Biomedical Engineering, AB Computer Science, SM Engineering Sciences Quincy 2026 Cohort 7 I magine Reckless Miracles' is the motto of my startup, 01ab. We live in a world where technology, innovation, and business intertwine... View Details
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Cynthia Chen | MBA
Cynthia Chen Computer Science/Statistics Eliot 2024 Cohort 6 We live during an exciting time where innovations in technology, data, and AI are constantly transforming the world around us. Through the HUTIF program, I am excited to be a... View Details
- 15 Nov 2018
- News
Don’t Be Afraid of AI
the basic premise is this: Computers get smart, become self-aware, take over, sometimes take on the shape of Arnold Schwarzenegger, and try to eradicate humanity. Here's a refresher, courtesy of Terminator 3: “The virus has infected... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Blue No Longer
In March, Louis Gerstner (MBA '65), IBM's CEO since 1993, stepped down after achieving a remarkable turnaround at Big Blue. Gerstner, who lacked any previous experience in the computer industry, frequently defied conventional management... View Details
- 25 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52939 forthcoming Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Computer Vision Uncovers Predictors of Physical Urban Change... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 13 May 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #5: Phyllis Newhouse, CEO, Entrepreneur, Leader
unlock sunlight to replace fossil fuels. 1000 mirrors mounted on a tower can deliver 1600 degrees of solar power 24/7, not just when the sun is shining. It’s the second technology that has used computer View Details
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Mike Liu | MBA
Mike Liu Statistics, Secondary in Computer Science Leverett 2021 Cohort 3 "Be stubborn on vision but flexible on details." —Bezos Tech areas of interest: Fintech, Data Visualization, SaaS Formative... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Light Years Ahead
teachers the School has cultivated over the years. Second, we have invested heavily in research support. In addition to the research centers I mentioned earlier, we’ve established the Computer Lab for Experimental Research, for example,... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Technology for Learning's Sake
replacement of most faculty and administrative desktop machines, the introduction of a single electronic-mail system, and the construction of a 100-machine personal computer lab in previously unfinished space in the basement of Shad Hall.... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig