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RCS Offboarding Checklist - Research Computing Services

DropBox, Google Drive, OneDrive). Please ensure that you are also following all data safety restrictions and requirements . MariaDB – Have you transferred data from your research databases? Data contained in the RCS MariaDB will need to... View Details

01 Jun 2024
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Decoding the Promise and Perils of Generative AI

ChatGPT burst into the public consciousness on November 30, 2022. Within two months, the generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) software, which leverages a large language model (LLM) to produce human-like, text-based conversations, had reached an estimated 100... View Details

Keywords: April White

19 May 2014
Research & Ideas

Why Companies Should Compete for Your Privacy

needs of different consumer groups. Casadesus-Masanell, the Herman C. Krannert Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and Hervás-Drane, assistant professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, found that... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Consumer Products

06 Jan 2021
Research & Ideas

Unexpected Exercise Advice for the Super Busy: Ditch the Rigid Routine

reality is that some days you need to drive your kid to school.” So, what’s the alternative? Beshears teamed with researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins University in 2015 to test different ways to help 2,508 View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

01 Mar 2021
Blog Post

Best Practices for Creating a Successful Virtual Internship

part of those plans, making sure students know what to expect and when is critical. Molly DeCastro, Assistant Director, Recruiting Operations with HBS Career and Professional Development, witnessed some of the earliest moves to remote... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

11 Sep 2018
News

Bringing Government Up to Code

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Minnie Ingersoll (MBA 2002) worked at Google for more than 11 years, and she would usually take the bus to get there. And every day, on her walk to the bus... View Details

26 Feb 2007
Research & Ideas

The Power of the Noncompete Clause

passed, often twelve to twenty-four months. Such a clause, for instance, sparked a public legal battle two years ago when Google hired away a top Microsoft executive, Kai-Fu Lee. But disputes and tensions over noncompetes are not isolated... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

25 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

Incubators Take Notice: Your Entrepreneurs Are Networking with the Wrong People

Companies and government leaders have long tried to recreate the kind of Silicon Valley innovation magic that made Facebook and Google such goldmines. Cities from Cincinnati to Saskatoon have launched startup labs. Companies including... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

11 Nov 2020
Research & Ideas

How Hackathons Help Decide Platform Winners and Losers

Choosing the right software platform is a critical task for developers. It can be a business life-or-death decision picking between Android or iPhone, Amazon Web Services or Google Cloud Platform, Xbox or PlayStation. At the same time,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

05 Mar 2025
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Uncertain Terms

After Amar Bhidé (MBA 1979/DBA 1988) became an HBS assistant professor in 1988, then-dean John H. McArthur (MBA 1959/DBA 1963) gave him a copy of economist Frank Knight’s 1921 book Risk, Uncertainty and Profit. Knight’s idea that... View Details

18 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

How to Use Free Shipping as a Competitive Weapon

given that they're exchanging what they hope is a boost in demand for sure losses on the logistics side," says Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Donald Ngwe. Shipping Fees and Product Assortment in Online Retail explores... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail

15 Jan 2020
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The Business of Access

bottom-line motivators of any person in trauma.” Nonprofit organizations help people regain their self-confidence and return to the community. Lisle immediately identified technology as an area for growth. “Technology companies are acknowledging that they can play a... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

16 May 2018
News

ALUMNI NVC Finals and Regional Roundup

Roland de Demandolx (MBA 2002) who led the effort. “It's a key event of the year that gives us the opportunity to reach out to alumni running other HBS Alumni Clubs across Europe and Israel. It is also a way to assist the school in... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

29 May 2007
First Look

First Look: May 29, 2007

first, should Schibsted allow Google to crawl its online news sites in Scandinavia? Second, were Schibsted's successes within Scandinavia repeatable outside it? Indeed, how far could Schibsted's competitive advantage travel? Purchase this... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

Warring Algorithms Could Be Driving Up Consumer Prices

developed by the company’s marketers and strategists. “They want to react to changing demand and supply conditions,” says study author Alexander J. MacKay, an assistant professor of business administration at Harvard Business School who... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail

15 Dec 2015
News

The Year in Ideas 2015

to explore.) PLUS: Alumni experts on what big ideas we’ll see in 2016. The experiment started with weather balloons attached to Styrofoam beer coolers, each with a wireless router inside. It was proof of concept for an ambitious endeavor called Project Loon, headed by... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna, Christine Lejeune, Dan Morrell, and April White

01 Mar 2023
News

Is AI OK?

Illustrations by Dan Bejar Illustrations by Dan Bejar When she began investigating Airbnb’s smart-pricing algorithm several years ago, Assistant Professor Shunyuan Zhang wasn’t looking for evidence that it generated discriminatory... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

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MBA 2025 Alumni Technology Transition - Alumni

Alumni . February 11 May 29 Canvas spring course access ends Download any course content you would like to retain ahead of this date. February 11 May 29 Harvard Library online student resource access ends Learn about accessing Harvard Library resources as an alum .... View Details

10 Mar 2015
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Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling

gamer, the coder, the hacker—all stereotypically male. Recent statistics give some truth to that image. In 2014, Google reported that 7 out of every 10 of its then 48,600 employees were men. The number was even higher among its engineers... View Details