Security Design - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Sep 2019
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Advancing Diagnostics that Can Save Lives

deep learning. “We are excited about emerging markets, where we see high adoption rates of technologies designed for the point-of-care,” she says. “In the United States, we can use deep learning to generate rich information that enables... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Jun 2022
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Vision: Into the Breach

for vulnerabilities in much the same way an attacker would. If those tests reveal chinks in an enterprise’s digital armor—obsolete servers, outdated software, lax protocols—then At-Bay’s security experts help to address the problems.... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand

01 Mar 2009
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Model Patient

6.4 million residents, 440,000 who were previously uninsured have become covered, with 191,000 of those securing private, nongovernment insurance. At 2.6 percent, Massachusetts now has the lowest rate of uninsured residents in the nation.... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Health, Social Assistance

01 Sep 2011
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The City Solution

its mayor is committed to making it a model of environmental urban action on many fronts. Cities, broadly defined, are thought to have originally formed as protective, secure locations that could enable trade and the distinctive human... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

01 Sep 2016
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The Taxi Wars of Jakarta

idea to investors, and by 2014 he had secured the capital necessary to expand Go-Jek rapidly. Almost overnight, Go-Jek overhauled the image of the lowly ojek. Before then price gouging of the uninitiated was rampant, and ojek were... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey Hutton; Illustrations by Josh Cochran

01 Dec 2011
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Making the Case for Leadership

plant in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, to introduce a new pilot project designed to enhance the motivation and performance of a group of 200 employees. A rare female manager at Frito-Lay, Johnson finds that her youth, inexperience, and... View Details

12 Jul 2021
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Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

club notes, has touched the lives of more than half a million people in India and has also exported medicines to many other hard-hit countries in Asia and Africa. Dr. Natarajan founded the Pune Platform for COVID Response (PPCR), which raised more than $15 million and... View Details

22 Feb 2022
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A Focus on Latinx Entrepreneurs

of the Treasury Janet Yellen also recognizes the role of Latinx businesses in the US economy. In her remarks at the US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Virtual Legislative Summit in 2020, she said: “If someone tried to design an economic... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

19 Jun 2019
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Connecting Patients and Providers

London, Chicago, New York, Boston, Cologne, and Frankfurt in search of a fuller diagnosis and cutting-edge medical advice. The extraordinary effort gave his 59-year-old mother another 10 months with her family. And it inspired Jarzabek to create Trustedoctor, a digital... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Dec 1997
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Short Takes

Firms and Flexibility As job security and long-term relationships between corporations and their white-collar workers become relics of the past, what will link these two parties in the future? According to HBS assistant professor Jeffrey... View Details

Keywords: Judith Ross

01 Dec 2007
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Where Are the Innovators in Health Care?

mandated benefits and “community pricing” can neither design nor price their innovations. Technology entrepreneurs must clear massive hurdles before securing the “coding” and “coverage” decisions that open... View Details

Keywords: Regina E. Herzlinger; Health, Social Assistance; Management

22 Feb 2022
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An Rx for Small Business Recovery

first-year MBA students will travel to 15 cities across the United States to work on projects that involve the design of a new product, service, or experience for a local segment of that city’s population. Students will partner with... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Dec 2018
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Democratizing Funding, Diversifying Funders

transparent spirit of Kickstarter with the rigors of Securities and Exchange Commission oversight. The world of so-called equity crowdfunding holds the promise of democratizing both ends of the earlystage investment game, its advocates... View Details

Keywords: Sasha Issenberg

19 Sep 2012
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On a Sound Track

headquarters, where Skullcandy creates and markets high-quality, boldly designed headphones, earbuds, speaker docks, iPhone/iPod accessories, and clothing. What’s this first year as CEO been like? We went public in July 2011, a few months... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; audio equipment; fashion; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Jun 2010
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$how Me the Money

actors. “The richest countries are the biggest promoters of lawlessness in international trade and finance,” Baker writes in his 2005 book, Capitalism’s Achilles Heel. “In a process that parades as agreeable enterprise illegal money streams through mechanisms View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Legal Services; Professional Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Jun 2019
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City on a Hill

he cofounded Giant Otter, a startup that developed anti-bullying software designed to make both a social impact and a profit. The company’s foreign-born coders, however, lacked the cultural competency to develop the conversational... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Clay Cook

01 Apr 1999
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Spirit at Work

brings poetry to corporations such as Merck and Procter & Gamble to stir creativity by helping employees bridge their analytical and artistic sides. Such efforts are designed to reach employees at a deeper level. By engaging more of... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

01 Mar 2014
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The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria

program is helping a farmer with 2 hectares secure financing to expand to 14—enough to earn him $10,000 a year. "It's been wonderful to see," Masha says. As Nigeria struggles to crack the problem of feeding itself, boosting production is... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs; John H. Davis; Michael Halse; Crop Production; Agriculture; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

19 Aug 2021
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A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues

had been the beneficiary of people who cared. And they cared by creating programs that were designed to help the less fortunate, they cared by creating programs that were designed to help Black people who... View Details

17 Nov 2022
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Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change

– our scientists and engineers have delivered massive design improvements and our manufacturing and supply chain leaders have delivered unbelievable cost improvements. If you take the cost competitiveness of renewables, the increasing... View Details

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