Distributed Systems - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 1999
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Where Main Street Meets Wall Street

years, the mutual fund would shake up established norms of wealth creation and distribution in the United States. Indeed, it would help reshape America by uniting Wall Street and Main Street, two disparate worlds that previously had... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

12 Jul 2021
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Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

were conducted during the lockdown last year in Tamil Nadu and real-time implementation of the drones delivering COVID-19 vaccines looks promising.” JANUARY 11 Ten years ago, Jeff Feingold (MBA 1997) founded Hope and Comfort, a nonprofit that collects and View Details

18 Sep 2017
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Chronicling a Legacy of Alumni Social Impact

Howard Stevenson (photo by Stuart Cahill) Howard Stevenson (photo by Stuart Cahill) [Editor's note: This article was updated November 25, 2019] As former dean of External Relations, longtime faculty member Howard Stevenson met individually with more than 1,000 alumni... View Details

01 Mar 2013
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Sizing Up Social Impact

after stints at the World Bank and at his family's industrial distribution business. "Then you have to consider the outputs: Did they use this new technology and training? Did it produce more bananas or mangoes or pineapples? Did they... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems

01 Sep 2009
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Ready for Launch

to do ours as a favor and at a price we could afford.” What comes next: “We have our system up and running and are working on making it more robust so it can scale. We were invited to work as entrepreneurs in residence at Highland Capital... View Details

Keywords: Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution

19 Aug 2024
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Quantum Leap

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Quantum computing has long been talked about as one of the next big things—the kind of technology, like AI, that will change everything. But to our... View Details

22 Feb 2022
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Case Study: Welcome Aboard

environment for each person. With junior employees, it’s helpful to build camaraderie by having substantial in-person interaction, and location concentration allows for this. With several locations distributed geographically, OnRamp will... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Mar 2010
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Money Matters

country has 20 million affluent households, growing at 15 percent per year, with an annual income of $10,000 to $60,000. While deregulation in recent years had created an explosion in financial products to choose from, distribution... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

05 May 2023
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Fail Better

television. We were a cable television company. So the first thing is we had to create a unique distribution model. Many of them still watched broadcast TV, so first we had to convince Viacom to allow us to acquire broadcast stations in... View Details

01 Jun 2016
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How Do We Win the Cyberwar?

who may have private relationships with intelligence officials.” The President’s executive order also set in motion the creation of specific information sharing and analysis organizations, which would allow for anonymous distribution of... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai

01 Mar 2019
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Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019

mentoring successful cleantech companies. Some highlights: Why there is no such thing as cleantech, there is only money; Avoiding the cleantech fallacy; Pre-marketing your product to avoid problems later; Prioritizing your prospects quantitatively; Finding and managing... View Details

01 Oct 2002
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What's Cookin'

Diego–based chain of more than ninety buffet-style restaurants serving fresh salads, soups, pastas, and breads, CEO Michael Mack has implemented a flexible system that allows hourly employees to change their schedule with as little as one... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia

01 Feb 2000
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

for the coming year: encourage clubs to designate an information technology officer to run Internet sessions and develop Web resources; create a system for connecting current students to clubs and communicating more efficiently when... View Details

Keywords: Edmund A. Hajim (MBA '64)

01 Mar 2006
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One-on-One with Dr. Margaret Chan

in losses suffered mostly by poor farmers in developing countries. They have made a huge sacrifice. However, culling as a protective measure occurs unevenly across countries. Does a market-based system adequately respond to the need for... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Government; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Apr 2002
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Charting the Luminary Leadership in Professional Service Firms

investment banking, law, and management consulting firms — are unique in that they have no products, manufacturing plants, or distribution systems. Their financial success depends entirely upon the capability and performance of their... View Details

Keywords: professional service firms; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Mar 2008
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Innovation, Inc.

complementary producers, distribution channels, and consumers must often develop new capabilities, beliefs, and behaviors for the product to succeed, creating a challenge for the innovator.” Tripsas has developed a number of cases for the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Mary Tripsas; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management

25 Feb 2020
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Beyond the Plastisphere

schedule. (In 2018, S’well distributed bottles to every public high school student in New York City, where the company is headquartered, displacing as many as 54 million single-use plastic bottles in one fell swoop. The company also... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Sep 2017
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The Shape of Things to Come

business have become more widely distributed in the world, our students have more interest in finding out, for example, what the internet business looks like in China. And it’s important to remember that the case discussion is not the... View Details

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

22 Jan 2020
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What It Takes

distribution business, and when steel prices generally go down, this company will start selling everything in their inventory at a loss, and the company will go bankrupt. So the way I chose to resolve this problem, like a complete... View Details

01 Dec 2007
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Lighten Up

lightweight trend, however, began to catch on. More companies started taking weight out of existing products or introducing new lightweight lines. But GoLite insists it was the first and only mainline outdoor brand that has offered a full View Details

Keywords: Kathryn Jones; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores; Retail Trade

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