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  • 11 Sep 2018
  • News

Bringing Government Up to Code

sometimes people ask us, you know, what are you doing at the forefront of machine learning and artificial intelligence, and the answer is not a whole lot. We're actually just taking some of the basic tools... View Details
  • 25 Aug 2022
  • News

Labs Enable Large-scale Research

and Marco Iansiti (both HBS) will focus on the theory and practice of responsible AI for facilitating data-driven decision-making in organizations. They will explore how people use AI tools and machine View Details
  • 24 May 2023
  • Blog Post

Innovating, Funding, and Scaling Climate Solutions at Harvard Business School: Day Three of Harvard Climate Action Week

dive deep into a topic via the HBS case method and open discussion approach, to engage with faculty and other experts in the room on specific, far-reaching topics, and to learn by example of businesses making change and using different... View Details
  • 26 Jan 2004
  • Research & Ideas

What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation

themselves to understanding the needs of less-affluent customers and using this knowledge to devise creative solutions to customer problems. Employees of China's Haier, for example, discovered through visiting rural customers that they frequently used their washing... View Details
Keywords: by Donald N. Sull, Alejandro Ruelas-Gossi & Martin Escobari
  • 12 Sep 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The Untold Story of ‘Green’ Entrepreneurs

In the 1920s, on pitch black nights in rural eastern Montana, the farmhouse owned by the parents of brothers Marcellus and Joe Jacobs stood out for one reason: it had light, although located far from power lines and gasoline supplies. It was a beacon in the dark that... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Oct 2002
  • News

The Class of 1977

risky start-up founded by some kid who left Harvard early. “High tech” had a slightly different meaning: Nice offices had big IBM Selectric II typewriters featuring a prancing steel ball. Fax machines were cutting-edge, and we were among... View Details
Keywords: Desmond Wong
  • 21 Mar 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, March 21

activity the CEOs undertake during one workweek and (ii) a machine learning algorithm that projects these data onto scalar CEO behavior indices. Low values of the index are associated with plant visits and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

A Message from Dean Srikant Datar | About

A Message from Dean Srikant Datar New Dean Srikant Datar talks about his background, immediate objectives, and recent accomplishments. What makes HBS so special? What makes him proud? What is he most looking forward to? Learn more about... View Details
  • 23 Mar 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Product Disasters Can Be Fertile Ground for Innovation

companies can more nimbly pursue innovation. “In this case, the bigger players were able to integrate this radical technology into their existing machines without being disruptive,” says Galasso. “It didn’t require a substantial redesign... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies
  • 30 May 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers

this interview he discusses the development of the German corporation and what modern managers can learn from that history. The book was edited by Thomas K. McCraw, the Isidor Straus Professor of Business History at HBS, and was... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

BiGS Fellows | Institute for Business in Global Society

charging speeds, and consumer reviews—he uses big data and machine learning to reveal strategies for sustainable growth. Gunther Glenk Assistant Professor of Business at the University of Mannheim Corporate... 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 teleportation machine and a future... View Details
  • 06 Mar 2013
  • What Do You Think?

Who Should Manage Our Work Time?

laid the blame at the foot of "an engineer who had difficulty forecasting simple activities and (the) time to accomplish them." Joseph Mello commented that " part of the problem comes from the view of an organization as a View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • Web

Productivity Tip: Stop Moving Your Star Workers | Working Knowledge

learn more about how they allocate workers to handle orders. “As soon as you mention the name of a big buyer, they become concerned about how to manage a large order,” Tamayo says. The team found: <50% Managers who said they were “very... View Details
  • 23 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS

produce and sell personal computers. They all learned the importance of being smart, effective stewards of themselves, their employees, and the opportunities and resources they controlled. They saw the importance of carrying out their... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
  • 15 Nov 2018
  • News

Don’t Be Afraid of AI

Dubinsky: And we get example after example, I just used that one 'cause it's so visual, of ways in which there are things we cannot do today, or it's very dangerous for humans today, that if we had a machine with a little more capability... View Details
Keywords: Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services
  • 01 Jun 2022
  • Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #6: Climate Change, Peacebuilding, and Business: Lise Grande and Dr. Teagan Blaine, USIP.

1984 to promote a more peaceful, inclusive world. When she learned that USIP had begun working with a consortium of global NGOs to craft an Environmental Peacebuilding Framework, she began learning more... View Details
  • January 2025
  • Case

AI Meets VC: The Data-Driven Revolution at Quantum Light Capital

By: Lauren Cohen, Grace Headinger and Sophia Pan
Ilya Kondrashov, CEO of Quantum Light Capital, was driven to harness AI for identifying high-potential scale-ups. Collaborating with Nik Storonsky, founder of Revolut, the duo observed that most venture capital (VC) decisions were heavily influenced by emotion, with... View Details
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Business Finance; Data Analysis; Angel Investors; Cognitive Biases; Scale; Venture Capital; Investment; Business Model; Forecasting and Prediction; Technological Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Behavior; Cognition and Thinking; Public Opinion; Private Sector; Business Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Business Earnings; Behavioral Finance; AI and Machine Learning; Analytics and Data Science; Business Startups; Financial Services Industry; London; United Kingdom
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  • 01 Feb 2000
  • News

The Future Is Now: 21st-Century Business Pondered at HBS Forum

deference to authority." "Failure here is treated as a learning experience whereas in other countries it can bring shame on one's family or loss of one's job," she said. "So people elsewhere tend to trust or fear their government or their... View Details
  • 13 Oct 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?

huge loss of capital. And, in fact, a lot of knowledge was lost in that transition. Many people had to figure out new things, had to learn how to operate under difficult circumstances. But for Akın, who was as an outsider in the previous... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne