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06 Jan 2021
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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 our new Dean—during his first few... View Details

22 Feb 2018
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My First Job

now going to reward you with a trip to One if By Land, Two if By Sea, the most glamorous restaurant in Manhattan. And what I learned from it is never assume that what the bosses have done is right just because they're the bosses. My name... View Details

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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

12 Sep 2011
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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
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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

19 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Alfred Chandler on the Electronic Century

technologies developed by the Sony Corporation. In this same astonishingly brief period, Japan's computer makers had become Europe's dominant suppliers of large computer systems and had captured the U.S. market in memory chips. International Business View Details

Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler, Takashi Hikino & Andrew Von Nordenflycht; Computer; Consumer Products; Electronics; Manufacturing; Technology

22 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Student Spotlight: Jesse Lou (MBA 2022) – Working to Change the Food System

living in San Francisco working at a data science startup as a product manager. I have always gravitated toward technology and science throughout my life, and machine learning, artificial intelligence, and data science were fascinating as... View Details

April 2025
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Lisa Su and AMD (A)

By: Joshua D. Margolis, Matthew Preble and Dave Habeeb

This multimedia case study focuses on CEO Lisa Su’s turnaround and subsequent transformation of the technology company Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD). When Su accepted the top position in 2014, AMD was on the verge of collapse. Su focused on the company’s culture,... View Details

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DEC - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details

30 May 2005
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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

25 Aug 2022
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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

28 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018

technology firms such as IBM, Microsoft, Google, and HP, as well as by Japanese multinationals such as Sony, Canon, and Fujitsu. Chinese patenting in the U.S. is small but growing rapidly and world-leading for drone technology. Patenting in View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

26 Jan 2016
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January 26, 2016

disclosure. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50424 forthcoming American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings Productivity and Selection of Human Capital with Machine View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Dec 2018
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Source Code

surroundings, and learning as we go. That’s biological intelligence. But artificial intelligence—at least the way that it’s currently constructed—doesn’t work this way. Let’s use Google as an example. HEAR MORE Listen to Donna Dubinsky... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Daniel Hertzberg

29 Sep 2003
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Pride Goeth Before a Profit

"We were selling seven to eight million cubic feet per day and I was responsible for it. I thought we should take a better interest in it," says Thomas. The problem was that although he was in charge of the machines that... View Details

Keywords: by Theodore Kinni

15 Jun 2021
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The Path Ahead

Pouskouri-Reiche (AMP 160, 2001) Diversity and inclusion are critical for HBS. We know the ways diversity is essential in our classrooms; the case method relies on students' ability to learn from each other and their faculty members by... View Details

23 Mar 2020
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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

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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

12 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019

emergent machine of the sovereign state. Yet such strategic interaction rarely yielded a decisive victory for either the secular state or for religion. By tracing how state-builders engaged religious institutions, elites, and attachments,... View Details