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04 Nov 2021
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STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: JESSE LOU (MBA 2022) – WORKING TO CHANGE THE FOOD SYSTEM

living in San Francisco working at a data science startup as a product manager. I have always gravitated toward technology and science throughout my life, and machine learning,... View Details

01 Dec 2020
News

AI Enhances Diagnostic Care

changing the field of medicine. In the past several decades, the growing use of artificial intelligence in the health care sector has made it possible for computer systems and diagnostic machines to learn... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

Clarence W. Seamans

After making a name for himself in sales at E. Remington and Sons, Seamans and his associates bought the company and eventually merged it into what became Union Typewriter.... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

06 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success

produce a machine based on the recently developed process named xerography. Invented by the patent lawyer Chester Carlson, xerography involved a process by which images were transferred from one piece of paper to another by means of... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner

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Flatiron School: Reflections from Summer 2020 - Recruiting

analyzing its marketing and the sales data. NOTE: Full list of client partners included Calendly, Branch Furniture, Coconut Cartel, Halen Brands, OWYN, Birchbox, Young Invincibles, Color Camp, Women 2.0 and... View Details

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

26 Apr 2013
News

Orbital Sciences Launches Antares Rocket

Keywords: Astronomy; Astrophysics; Aeronautical Engineering; Space; Mathematics; Space Research and Technology; Space Research and Technology; Space Research and Technology

19 Sep 2019
News

Predicting Human Behaviors

“Self-driving cars today know what they are seeing and how fast the object is moving, but they aren’t good at predicting what a human will do next,” explains Misra. “We want to help machines understand... View Details

Keywords: April White

Student-Profile

Ta-Wei "David" Huang

management and using causal inference / machine learning tools to solve marketing problems.” It was this motivation that led him to pursue a Ph.D. Initially, David’s familiarity with HBS was limited to the... View Details

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A Manager's Guide to Leveraging Technology - Course Catalog

computing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and generative AI is driving unprecedented levels of investment in IT. Globally, IT investments exceed $2.5 trillion, while in the United States, over... View Details

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Introduction - The Audience - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

powerful industrial enterprise to which satisfied workers devoted themselves. Fortune magazine, for example—the quintessence of sophistication in graphic design and photojournalism—catered to the elite managerial class, portraying the... View Details

30 Jun 2009
First Look

First Look: June 30

products like the Kindle e-reader, high-end servers, solar panels, and the batteries that will power the next generation of automobiles. To rebuild the commons and restore its wealth-generating View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Nov 2011
News

Are Humans Cost-Effective?

occurred to me (at my customary snail’s pace) that IBM missed a PR bonanza by not making its marvelous machine a woman. But I digress. Watson’s performance at times was puzzling. The machine answered 34... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

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

10 Apr 2006
Research & Ideas

American Auto’s Troubled Road

has a historic opportunity to recast itself, to meet the enormous impending demand for the new type of vehicles that a petroleum-deficient world will require. The dream machine that built America can once again help shape its future.... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

30 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers

When you think about which countries have produced the greatest management innovations, the United States and Japan are likely to top your list. But it was Germany in the late 1800s and early 1900s that was... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

George A. Schaefer

A trained accountant, Schaefer’s first task as CEO was to dramatically cut costs. Caterpillar’s large, earth-moving products were no longer in high demand as in earlier years, so Schaefer decided to invest in making smaller machines for... View Details

Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

01 Mar 2018
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