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06 Dec 2021
News

New Wave

control room, located in a converted shipping container The hardware reset was successful, and Oscilla recently deployed a version of Triton off the coast of Hawaii. (Known as Triton-C, this iteration should someday be capable of powering small communities along the US... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Chris Sorensen

14 Aug 2012
First Look

First Look: August 14

case:http://hbr.org/search/612076-PDF-ENG Microsoft IT India Willy Shih, Margaret Pierson, Alexander Down, Will Jurist, Diego Medicina, and Helen WangHarvard Business School Case 612-078 Raj Biyani faced tough challenges managing Microsoft IT India: leading a View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

The Civic Benefits of Google Street View and Yelp

slides through remote Wyoming. Source: Kevin Dooley Second, citizens are generating what Luca calls “digital exhaust,” data generated online as part of their daily activities, which could be captured by cities to give clues into their... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Consumer Products

08 Mar 2012
Research & Ideas

Unplugged: What Happened to the Smart Grid?

efficiency, remote troubleshooting, and customer personalization—has been delayed despite wide acceptance by many experts that the existing power system is falling far short of America's energy needs. In 2009, energy demand in the United... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Energy; Utilities

24 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurial Hospital Pioneers New Model

pediatric heart hospital facilities in the world." Shetty also directs telemedicine units that connect to remote areas in northeastern India, allowing physicians and technicians to communicate on acute care. Telemedicine is one way... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health

18 May 2021
Book

Launching a Career in the COVID Economy? Here Are 5 Tips.

didn’t know you needed to). This can be especially important when you are working remotely and can’t see your manager dropping by someone’s desk – and so you can’t tell who should or should not be involved in a certain decision. KNOW... View Details

Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo

18 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

5 Principles for Scaling Change from IBM’s High School Innovation

city of Dallas. This last spring, 1,000 students in Dallas graduated with a high school diploma and an associate’s degree. The employer hiring the largest number of students in Texas and in Dallas is Thomson Reuters. Thomson Reuters had 28 students from one school who... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

11 Apr 2018
News

The First Five Years: Regan Turner (MBA 2013)

about veterans: that we all have PTSD, are unemployed, etc. So, I’m often combatting those narratives before I can get down to the real task at hand. I’ve also had to work with a remote team to build all of our city-based operations from... View Details

01 Jun 2004
News

Life Lessons

product, a small device that Staats had invented and patented, could remotely monitor high-voltage power transmission and generation. This breakthrough enabled electricity traders to get the real-time supply and distribution information... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner; Garry Emmons; Julia Hanna; Susan Young; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

24 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Why the Internet Doesn’t Change Everything

some remote authorities (the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, the European Commission's DG IV) who claim to be patrolling the area, but everyone knows that their guns are not loaded. For cyberspace, it seems, is a lawless realm, a... View Details

Keywords: by Debora L. Spar

09 Mar 2021
News

Empowering School Leaders to Meet Today's Challenges

Schechter closed on March 12, then went to remote learning the following week. Schwartz says the speed at which he and his fellow school administrators were able to pivot benefited from advance warning about the severity of the crisis... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

10 Dec 2007
HBS Case

One Laptop per Child

collaborative tasks from writing assignments to playing digital instruments. At the same time it needed to address constraints such as the lack of electrical power in many remote rural areas—a problem it solves in several ways. Kids can... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Computer

26 Jun 2000
Research & Ideas

Presentation Round-Up

lay-out of supermarkets is more or less the same no matter where you go. Various web sites today may try to differentiate themselves by offering a different experience to the consumer, Papa said, "but we find that people want all TVs to have the same View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Kenneth Liss; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications

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Flatiron School: Reflections from Summer 2020 - Recruiting

practical skills, statistics fundamentals, and real-life data science project experience. This full-time, intensive eight-week remote learning program was designed for students with basic technical background, and culminated with a... View Details

11 Oct 2016
First Look

October 11, 2016

startup in the face of fierce competition. From 2011 through 2016, the business evolved from a hobby to a startup with $22 million in revenue and 45 employees, all of whom worked remotely from home. Customer acquisition was becoming more... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 1, 2008

chicks to these remote villagers and did so in a way that enabled everyone to profit in concrete financial terms, from Keggfarms itself to the rural villagers. Almost a million households are today affected by Keggfarms, and the numbers... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 May 2003
Research & Ideas

What Your Competition is Telling You

categories. This can lead to a certain amount of head-to-head competition between the two neighboring shopping centers; but, for the most part, their overall business increases as they siphon away customers from more remote shopping... View Details

Keywords: by David Stauffer

01 Dec 2011
News

Reimagining the MBA

designed to enhance their understanding of product-development opportunities and processes in emerging markets. Then they work remotely with their Global Partner to begin developing a product or service idea. During a weeklong January... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; FIELD program; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Commencement 2016 Address | About

thousands of miles to the south, to Antarctica. Over the winter holiday, I was fortunate to travel to this remote and magnificent part of the world. What made the trip truly special was that we were able to share this experience with my... View Details

17 Jun 2021
News

Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity

shared their insights in an hour-long conversation. “It was a rare treat to be able to spotlight Howard Stevenson, who is legend in HBS entrepreneurship,” says Klein, founder and CEO of On Grid Ventures. “Having a remote audience tuning... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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