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- 21 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
What Happens in Vegas Could Shape the Metaverse
constraints, Stephenson believed a digital world could be truly limitless. Chatter about the metaverse peaked in late 2021, almost three decades after Stephenson’s novel was published, when Mark Zuckerberg announced he would build the View Details
- 19 May 2020
- News
Exploring the Economics of a Pandemic; Alumni Forums Draw Closer Online
virtual conversation with 50 HBSAAA members. The hour-long session focused on ways black business owners can shore up their finances in anticipation of a long period of economic uncertainty, and included advice on how to apply for loan... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Gregory Slayton (MBA '90)
At the time, "we were bigger than Yahoo!," says Slayton, who parted ways with Worlds when he couldn't convince his colleagues that they needed to shift to Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML), now the... View Details
- Blog
In-Person Programs: Q&A with Portfolio Directors
same-and different-about in-person programs now. WAS IT HARD TO KEEP THE LEARNING MOMENTUM GOING DURING THE PAST EIGHTEEN MONTHS? Vicki Good (VG): We knew the faculty would do a great job in class. The question was: Could we build a community in a View Details
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Fostering Innovation in Social Enterprise Across Harvard
record. The $25,000 Peter M. Sacerdote Runner-Up Prize went to DreamworldVR, a nonprofit that connects isolated pediatric patients battling chronic conditions to others in the same situation through a virtual View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
School of Hard Knocks
and eighth graders gang-tackled me. Every day after that, I was kicked, punched, spit on, or pinched, due solely to the color of my skin. Lying in the dirt and grease under a pickup truck was serenity compared to the cruel reality outside... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Jen Wong (MBA 2004)
folks who have worked at pure-play digital companies. Both love the brand equally, but they have different ideas about what is possible for the brand.” The bleeding edge: “Is a place every company should want to be. Selectively. For example, Time Inc. launched a View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Forum
anxious mind and focus on the process rather than the end result. Getting my hands dirty with clay became a grounding practice—and a long journey toward rediscovering and embracing my artistic self.” —Daniella Bertolotti (MBA 2024/C) Field Work “I just returned from... View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
New BEI Director: Lynn Schenk
School, and the world as we confront the realities of climate change and its associated responsibilities and opportunities for the business community. BEI faculty chair Mike Toffel looks forward to his continued partnership with Lynn,... View Details
- 25 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 25
2004–2016 Supplements the (A) case. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/717477-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 617-013 Making Virtual Reality Real This note describes View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Addressing The Financial Security Gap
leadership, BlackRock’s Retirement Group, which manages $1.3 trillion in retirement assets for some 35 million Americans, has taken steps to address these issues. In 2020 they held the BlackRock Savings Summit, a virtual retirement... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Long and Winding Road
workload? The job market confronted us with a reality check during our second year - factors that weighed in were income, location, personal satisfaction, and professional growth, to name a few. Having grappled with these decisions, we... View Details
Keywords: Wayne R. Vibert (MBA 1973)
- 22 Feb 2019
- News
Empowering a New Generation of Business Leaders
into an increasingly innovative media company, with an emphasis on original programming, reality television, sports, music, and news. Conde has also implemented an aggressive multiplatform digital strategy to reach tech-savvy consumers... View Details
- 13 Jul 2020
- News
The First Five Years: Meaghan Fitzgerald (MBA 2016)
Courtesy Meaghan Fitzgerald How did you become interested in virtual reality (VR)? “I have always been a fan of sci-fi and future tech. VR seemed to hold this promise of being something between a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
survival of a people. It paints a theoretical and moving portrait of the antecedents of transnationalism and is a must read for students of history who care about the shaping of our modern world. Ping: The Secrets of Successful Virtual... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Status Update
on KLM airline’s use of the Facebook Messenger platform for customer care, says Levine, and Walmart’s employee training program, which features Oculus Go’s virtual reality headsets. No stranger to the... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Next Normal
Neeley, the Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration, leverages years of research to help companies, and their leaders, address the challenges of virtual work. With well over half of Americans indicating a preference for... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Confronting the Challenges that Face Bricks-and-Mortar Stores
continue to evolve. Performance improves and prices drop. Today, artificial intelligence is used in the selection of retail sites and to facilitate one-to-one marketing programs; voice recognition routes callers to specific store departments; View Details
- 31 Oct 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 31, 2017
how fast it should be moving. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/817127-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 718-405 Virtual Reality and the Gaming Sector 2017 This brief note... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Nov 1999
- Lessons from the Classroom
What’s Next & So What? Leading in the 21st Century
industries that can be anybody, anywhere. While some observers have dismissed the phenomenon as exclusive to "a few crazy Internet companies in California," the reality is this: the value of corporate incumbency these days is... View Details
Keywords: by Staff