Machinery and Machining - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

What Happens in Vegas Could Shape the Metaverse

and machine learning—Wu says the metaverse and AI are inextricably linked. After all, generative AI could help build an expansive, intricately detailed virtual world, he says.... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Nover; Computer; Information Technology

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Confronting the Challenges that Face Bricks-and-Mortar Stores

tried installing video terminals in one of its restaurants to allow patrons to place their own orders. Younger customers loved them, but older people preferred to talk with human attendants. I recently tested an on-line banking system and... View Details

Keywords: by Raymond Burke; Retail

01 Mar 2006
News

Robots to the Rescue

STANDING TALL: Mountz flanked by colleagues Raffaello D'Andrea (left) and Pete Wurman. PHOTO BY ERIK JACOBS/BOSTON GLOBE Order fulfillment will never be the same if Mick Mountz (MBA ’96) has his way. Distribution centers typically rely on... View Details

Keywords: robotics; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services

22 May 2020
Blog Post

Reflections on Service - Armed Forces Alumni Association Student Profiles

heartbeat spiked and my hands started to tremble slightly. I took a couple of deep breaths and started scanning for targets. Through the remote weapon system, I saw five individuals maneuvering amongst... View Details

March 2003
Background Note

A Short Note on the AccuFlow Excel Model

By: Jay O. Light

Describes an Excel spreadsheet workbook that facilitates the analysis of AccuFlow, Inc. View Details

Keywords: History; Analytics and Data Science; Cost of Capital; Negotiation; Capital; Business Model; Economic Systems; Machinery and Machining; Leveraged Buyouts; Business Startups; Equity

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15 Sep 2015
First Look

September 15, 2015

account for the majority of sales and revenue. To tackle this challenge, we use machine learning techniques to estimate historical lost sales and predict future demand of new... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Jun 2017
Blog Post

Why I Would Have Applied to the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program

think the technical SEAS programming would have been a value add to your MBA? "I think the technical programming would have added huge value. Many of the methods in data science and machine learning... View Details

23 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS

employees used to punch in and out of work. Tabulating machines helped people count and keep track of things, and as such were the predecessors... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

12 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 12, 2006

1980-1997, we find that after controlling for other policies and fundamentals, stock market liberalizations are associated with a significant increase in the share of imports of machinery View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Oct 2012
First Look

First Look: October 16

PublicationsEnterprise Analytics: Optimize Performance, Process, and Decisions Through Big Data Author:Thomas H. Davenport Publication:FT Press, 2012 Abstract This book, an edited collection of research papers from the International... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Feb 2016
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February 2, 2016

forthcoming Journal of Accounting Research Causal Inference in Accounting Research By: Gow, Ian D., David F. Larcker, and Peter C. Reiss Abstract—This paper examines the approaches accounting researchers use to draw causal inferences... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 5

rapid business and stock price growth. He questioned Green Mountain, the maker of Keurig single-serve coffee machines and their famous K-Cups, about their growth prospects,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

How the Giants of Enterprise Seized the Future

Cash Register Company and was under indictment for criminal violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act. There was more than one raised eyebrow when he took over at C-T-R. Undaunted, Watson set about to build the company—which he re-named... View Details

Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow

15 Oct 2001
Op-Ed

Lessons from the Rubble

Pundits and investors spoke giddily of the end of national borders, of markets that spanned the globe and replaced the hefty weight of machines View Details

Keywords: by Debora L. Spar

20 Aug 2013
First Look

First Look: August 20

Buildings By: Herron, J., Amy C. Edmondson, and Robert G. Eccles, Jr. Abstract—Buildings are the nation's greatest energy consumers. Forty percent of all our energy is used for heating, cooling, lighting, View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

23 Jun 2017
News

A 'Pillar' of Entrepreneurship

interview with VentureFizz, Wilcox discusses the bright future of the Boston startup scene, Pillar’s focus on machine intelligence and healthcare technology, and his own... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises

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Caterpillar Tractor Co. - Photography Collections - Historical Collections

States, Central and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. Images date from the 1920s to the early 1930s. Other images in the collection illustrate showrooms View Details

03 Mar 2015
First Look

First Look: March 3

model, the company would sell sequencers at a higher price to those entities that already purchased sequencers, primarily major research labs and pharmaceutical firms, but position its machine as a faster... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Jun 2022
Blog Post

HiHome Sweet HiHome

Utah. At SEAS, he focused his studies on visualization, data science, and machine learning. Now that their studies are complete, they can focus full-time on launching HiHome later this year. “The value of a... View Details