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- 06 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Supersmart Manufacturing Tools are Lowering Prices on TVs, Bulbs, and Solar Panels
polesnoy As technology commoditization begins speeding up again, it’s a great time to be a consumer in search of a state-of-the-art flat panel TVs, but less comfortable for manufacturers hoping to make a profit. That’s according to recent... View Details
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Ilene Lang
My parents raised me to set my sights high. But at age 11, a religious teacher said I could not be a leader because I was a girl. In my high school, only boys could run for senior class president so I had to settle for vice president. A... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Just Doing His Job
Herald (May 28, 2011) quoted him as saying, in a rare and long-ago interview, “Why should somebody be high profile, anyway? I am just doing my job.” In 1985, however, Krishnan was in the limelight when he helped rocker Bob Geldof organize... 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
- 28 Nov 2023
- Blog Post
Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Duolingo
priorities will dictate where there is a need for a fresh perspective and additional support, so choosing projects closer to an intern’s start date allows students to have hands-on experience with high impact product decisions. “We love... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 02 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Disruptors Sell What Customers Want and Let Competitors Sell What They Don’t
develop their own infrastructure first. "We used to say that auto companies, telecoms, and big retailers weren't at risk of disruption within their industries, because there were such high barriers to entry; you could never compete with... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- Web
CB Insights | Baker Library
CB Insights Tracks global venture capital, angel investment, private equity, M&A, and IPO activity related to private companies. Read More CB Insights offers industry financing and exit (M&A/IPO) trends for over 160 industries including View Details
- Profile
Krishna Yeshwant
feeling that I was working to make someone else richer, not to follow a real passion," Krishna says. Attracted to Boston for its prominence in both medicine and high technology, Krishna enrolled in premed classes at Harvard Extension... View Details
- 29 Jun 2015
- HBS Case
Consumer-centered Health Care Depends on Accessible Medical Records
admitted patients who were at high risk for readmission to the hospital. Patients at risk of being readmitted within 30 days of discharge have hospital staff members who work with them on managing medications and connecting them with... View Details
- 03 Mar 2017
- News
Big Blue’s Big Bet
Watson. In 2014, the company announced a $1 billion investment in the Watson Unit, which would advance its cognitive computing technologies in not only medicine but law and finance and government services and culinary services and on and... View Details
Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page
- Profile
Andrew Boudreau
Despite establishing impressive records in soccer, indoor track, and lacrosse, and despite being named the male athlete who contributed the most to athletics in his high school, Andy Boudreau passed on a lacrosse try-out opportunity at... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Case Study: Your Call Is Important to Us
explain how we have arrived at this point, he says: Businesses everywhere are short staffed, and call volumes are at record levels, so the human-to-call ratio doesn’t work in the customer’s favor. Plus, with wages as high as they are,... View Details
- Portrait Project
Gavriel Goidel
I think my true calling is to be a stay-at-home dad. After all, the times I was unemployed were also my happiest. Growing up in Bnei Brak, an ultra-orthodox Jewish town in Israel, I never saw a woman wearing pants, and none of my friends had cellphones or cable... View Details
- 06 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 6
coordination in determining delegation within firms. Empirical evidence, however, is limited. Using establishment-level data on decision rights over information technology investments, I find that a high net... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jan 2001
- What Do You Think?
Have We Extended the Boundaries of the Firm Too Far?
results for those engaged in it. Those organizations thought to be most able to extend their boundaries are those able to work in a "componentized" manner, with "certain pieces of technology or innovation that can be... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Governance in India and Around the Globe
chosen to be a lead adopter of such practices in India for several reasons that we analyze—as a signal of its high quality, to benefit indirectly from positive externalities that its adoption decision had on other software firms in India,... View Details
- 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
- 12 Nov 2018
- Research & Ideas
'Always On' Isn't Always Best for Team Decision-Making
But technology has changed all that. “These always-on technologies mean that we’re always in constant interaction with others. We wanted to see if that is a good thing.” They spent a year compiling data from... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 15 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Right Connections
From genome research to e-commerce, new ventures are popping up everywhere, competing for the cash needed to turn them into successful enterprises. But when vying against others in industries where high uncertainty, long development... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- 22 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Celebrating Earth Day 2022 with the HBS Business and Environment Initiative
engineer at Tesla, where I worked in manufacturing and design engineering. I loved my time there and am proud that I played a small role in helping drive the automotive industry towards electrification. Most importantly, I learned about the power of an organization to... View Details