by Ai Hisano - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Aug 2024
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Quantum Leap

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Quantum computing has long been talked about as one of the next big things—the kind of technology, like AI, that will change everything. But to our... View Details

01 Dec 2019
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Case Study: Farming It Out

out of the air-conditioned tractor cab to do,” he says. Hand-worked chores account for a huge portion of labor on farms, says Andersen. Take, for example, table grapes, which are picked exclusively by hand: California farmers gross... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Agriculture

12 Apr 2011
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Twelve Global Finalists Compete at HBS

information from VIN numbers collected by mobile car shoppers. AI Exchange is a Boston-based technology financial services company whose mission is to reinvent hedge fund investing through disruptive... View Details

Keywords: Multiple alumni

04 Sep 2019
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Case Study: Up in the Air

of talent—connections that are further refined by an AI engine that ensures an optimal fit of both technical and soft skills. Berendt came to Talent Alpha after 18 years in the tech industry, most recently... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

25 Aug 2022
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Labs Enable Large-scale Research

Illustrations from VectorStock.com The Digital, Data, and Design Institute at Harvard (D^3) aims to supercharge HBS’s research agenda by applying a lab-based model similar to that used by the scientific... View Details

15 Nov 2020
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Podcasts Engage New Audiences with HBS

Sahlman discusses how Khan Academy, a global online education nonprofit, strives to balance founder Sal Khan’s (MBA 2003) vision with the need to focus and scale. Prediction: How AI Will Affect Business, Work, and Life Bill Kerr speaks... View Details

01 Sep 2024
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The Exchange: Lessons from the Edge

Image by John Ritter Professors Geoff Jones and Tarun Khanna had been toiling away from their respective HBS offices for many years, each of them interested in emerging markets but expressed through different disciplines: Jones, a historian, was studying how the world... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

19 Jun 2017
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Can Neuroscience Find You the Perfect Job?

But certainly, I think, in thinking about the VC profile, I think even if you have a cool technology and you think it's going to change the world, I think you have to make a business case for it. But I think sometimes potentially entrepreneurs get carried away View Details

22 Feb 2022
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An Rx for Small Business Recovery

Tools “The good news is that small businesses are resilient. Many of them are already using apps driven by AI and algorithms to pivot their business models,” Mills adds. In her book, she coined the term... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

06 Dec 2021
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HBS Curricula Explore the Complexities of Innovation

degrees in mechanical engineering and economics at Yale and then worked in tech investments at Morgan Stanley and as a project manager at Microsoft. But what Hopkins hoped to learn from the course taught by Shane Greenstein, the Martin... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

05 May 2022
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Like-Minded

anyone access to content; US-based Jupiter, the leading provider of predictive data and analytics for climate risk and resilience; and Unifa, which provides AI technology that helps childcare providers track intellectual growth among... View Details

01 Dec 2019
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books Far as the Eye Can See: A History of Seeing by Susan M. Denham (MBA 1993) The History Press From the mastery of fire a million years ago, humans have repeatedly invented... View Details

25 Mar 2021
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Alumni Honor Nitin Nohria and Support His Legacy

looks at how the company built a digital organization that leverages AI and other technologies to speed its operations, manage its processes, and ensure quality across research, testing, and manufacturing in its race to develop a vaccine... View Details

21 Dec 2022
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HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion

moderator and panel were introduced by Anastasiya Siro (MBA 2023). Moderator: -Evanna Hu, CEO of Omelas; Senior Advisor on Cyber at the International Republican Institute; Non-resident Senior Fellow at Atlantic Council Panelists: -Hoan... View Details

01 Dec 2020
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Digital Health Care: Empowering Consumers

However, I am dubious about its quick acceptance by the medical profession. If I’m a doctor who is world renowned for how I operate on a shoulder, and AI tells me that what I’m doing is not best in class, am... View Details

Keywords: April White

24 Oct 2018
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Exploring the Future of Work for Women

managers to convene with experts and scholars to explore what the future holds for working women. The conference was organized by the HBS Club of India in partnership with the HBS-India Research Center. “There have been other... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

25 Feb 2020
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The Past Informs the Future of Work

“Number, please” was the oft-repeated request made by the more than 100,000 mostly female switchboard operators in the early 20th century. Anyone who had a telephone grew to know the familiar voices that connected them to the outside... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie; Telecommunications; Information

24 Mar 2022
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Well Said

quickly noticed a disconnect between the English language of an Albanian classroom and the one spoken in a New Haven dorm room, with classmates constantly asking her to repeat herself. Inspired by her experiences both in personal and... View Details

25 Aug 2022
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Harnessing the Tools of the Digital Age

Professor Karim R. Lakhani and Vladimir Jacimovic (MBA 1992) Karim R. Lakhani, the Dorothy and Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration, started his career at General Electric in the 1990s. At that time, he recalls, a young MBA graduate could be successful... View Details