High Technology - Publications - Faculty & Research

31 Mar 2002
What Do You Think?

Is This the Decade of the Investor?

their responsibility to represent the best interests of investors, who will? Will dynamics that determine flows of funds and foreign investment levels in the U.S. ultimately pose the threat of fewer funds—foreign or otherwise—to finance U.S. View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

08 Aug 2016
Blog Post

CS50 for MBAs: Coding at HBS

knowledge I had was some basic HTML/CSS knowledge from keeping a Xanga blog in high school (how's that for a throwback?). One of my stated goals for business school was to transition to a company and career path that was mission-driven.... View Details

19 May 2015
News

Getting Ready for Success

inspired me to reach higher, I don’t think I would have even considered the Ivy League. That’s a trap even the brightest kids in public high school graduates experience even today.” After Penn, Huebner headed to Wall Street for a job at... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Educational Services

09 Mar 2021
News

A For-Profit Business That Makes Education Accessible

of other free products. About 30 percent of students who spend more than 10 minutes in an Alison course complete the course. In some offerings, that number is as high as 60 percent, a nearly unheard of level of engagement for the sector.... View Details

Keywords: April White

03 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

The State of Customer Service Leadership

between customers and their barista, technology was being used to the detriment of service. High tech works best in the service sector when it helps frontline people become heroes and heroines in the eyes of... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Retail

01 Dec 2015
News

Estonia, Incorporated

Companies run from Estonia don’t need resident directors, and bookkeeping is straightforward because banks can calculate tax liability for their customers. “This is about returning clarity, sanity, and peace of mind to the business world,” Kumar says. Estonia has View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs

01 Oct 2001
News

Industry-Related Clubs Offer Alumni a New Resource

Technology Industries association anticipates offering two or three of these events a month. Established last January, the club is already two hundred members strong and has high hopes for success. "We want... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

Profile

Jonathan Assayag

Business and innovative technology have consistently played large roles in Jonathan Assayag's life. Growing up in Brazil and Miami, he started his informal business education working weekends at his parents' retail store, selling... View Details

29 Jul 2021
News

Support System

To the people of Ghana, shea butter is known as “women’s gold.” Used for everything from stretch marks to diaper rash, it’s a go-to product in high demand. And it offers employment opportunities for women willing to survey shea-nut trees... View Details

25 Jan 2011
First Look

First Look: Jan. 25

Technology Adoption Author:Diego A. Comin Publication:In Handbook of Economic Growth, edited by Philippe Aghion and Steven Durlauf. Elsevier, forthcoming Abstract We present a tractable model for analyzing the relationship between... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Oct 2000
News

Books

searches and appropriately rewards their efforts." The result of this dynamic has been one of history's great technology success stories. In a second volume of Design Rules, the authors will examine how the interrelated processes of... View Details

01 Oct 1998
News

Tech Trekker

picture-framing shop on the East Coast. After graduating, she started a custom photo lab in Cambridge and in 1977 began raising a family. Lang returned to high tech in 1982, when she joined Symbolics, the emerging leader in computer... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

Profile

Matt Thurmond

While his high school peers may have been mowing lawns or packing grocery bags, Matt Thurmond became a serial entrepreneur. "It was a choice between making $5.15 an hour or starting my own business," he says. As a teenager, Matt... View Details

Student-Profile

Jaylon Sherrell

time I was debating whether or not to apply, because of my chance of admission when considering HBS’ typically high number of applicants,” she says, laughing. “But I knew that I would be automatically counting myself out if I chose not to... View Details

01 Dec 2013
News

Faculty Books

how organizations can create moral behavior using unspoken cues. Why Unqualified Candidates Get Hired Anyway Why do businesses evaluate candidates solely on past job performance, ignoring the job's difficulty? Why do university admissions officers focus on View Details

Web

Cameron Stone | MBA

Scalability Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business: I started my first "company" when I was 12 years old and for six summers was fascinated by how Stone Adventure Camp improved, grew, and impacted local kids... View Details

01 Jun 2011
News

Downtime

Illustrations by Greg Clarke Tom DeLong is the Philip J. Stomberg Professor of Management Practice in the Organizational Behavior and Entrepreneurial Management Units. What’s on your list? A biography of Raymond Carver and some of his short story collections. He... View Details

Keywords: fiction; Christianity

14 Aug 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

The Manager's Guide to Leveraging Disruption

and the orchestrator. How Big Companies Can Outrun Disruption Large companies can be easy targets for disruption, but there are steps that can keep them ahead of the innovation curve. Rule 1: Don't emulate startup cultures. What’s Really Disrupting Business? It’s Not... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

Fast Answer

Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems: Company, Industry, Market and Transaction Research

industry rather than company analyst reports. Market Research BCC Research Reports on major economic, scientific, and technological developments in industrial, pharmaceutical, and high technology. Frost... View Details

08 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Koppert Cress: Macro Greenhouses, Microgreens

students first-hand exposure to pivotal technological challenges and approaches to addressing climate change across different industries, including energy, shipping, consumer products, and agriculture. Introduction to Koppert Cress... View Details

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