Computer Systems Design and Related Services - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 23

telecommunications industry, we address the following questions: What factors contribute to a firm's ability to learn by supplying and building technological and market capabilities? Does it matter to whom... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

11 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

The House Wants to Squelch Voices of ‘Small’ Shareholders. Research Shows Those Voices Matter.

Source: iStock In June 2017, the US House of Representatives passed the Financial CHOICE Act, a 589-page bill designed to repeal many of the regulations in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Strategic Plan | Information Technology

enable the HBS community to make a difference in teaching, learning, research, administration, and engagement. 2. Design Sustainable Technology Architecture We ensure that the right approach is applied for... View Details

01 Jun 2016
News

Imagine an Economy Without Wall Street

Photography by Bryce Vickmark In a recent opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal, HBS Dean Nitin Nohria made a strong statement in defense of Wall Street and the financial system. Recalling his youth in India, Nohria View Details

Keywords: Wall Street; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments

11 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

The Future of Boards

that realm," he says. Lorsch is the Louis Kirstein Professor of Human Relations at HBS, where he has taught and researched for over 47 years. He is the author of many articles View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

08 Nov 2017
Research & Ideas

Handgun Waiting Periods Prevent Hundreds of Homicides Each Year

Brady Act, plus a 6 percent reduction in gun suicides. When the permanent provisions of the Brady Act took effect on Nov. 30, 1998, and an instant background check system was introduced, many states decided... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

26 Jun 2000
Research & Ideas

Presentation Round-Up

to the fact that anyone can access it from any computer as long as they have a browser, she said. Her company, Desktop.com, is building an integrated Internet desktop services platform View Details

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

23 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

This Crisis Loan Program Preserved Jobs—and Made Money

As the US Congress prepares to replenish its Paycheck Protection Program for small businesses, questions still linger: Do guaranteed loans for small businesses work in the long term? Who wins? Employees? Businesses? Taxpayers? The answer appears to be yes for all... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

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Kemi Akenzua | MBA

intersection of technology and business: While working at Apple as an intern in Product Systems Quality, I learned a tremendous amount about how products go from concept to the hands of users around the... View Details

01 Dec 2021
What Do You Think?

How Will the Metaverse Affect Productivity?

dominant logic and power of the most influential culture traits, the more we can design an operating climate which through leadership and managerial View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

17 Apr 2017
Research Event

The Most Pressing Issues for Platform Providers in the Sharing Economy

“I am shocked by how many entrepreneurs and how many VCs haven’t asked the question of what creates the network effect [whereby a product or service becomes more valuable to customers as more people use it],... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Service

26 Aug 2009
Op-Ed

Where Cash for Clunkers Ran Off the Road

cumbersome. Each clunker required dealer salespeople to complete 11 forms, the online computer system set up by Citi was slow and sometimes crashed, View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Auto

01 Mar 2004
News

Gibson Hits a High Note

Juszkiewicz, chairman and CEO, credits the company’s turnaround in part to aging baby boomers who can afford to plunk down $1,000 or more for remakes of classic designs played by the world’s top professional... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries

01 Sep 2010
News

Start-Ups Make Their Pitch

Medical Devices, the regional finalists were: Boston: iSpecimen (Mike Pierce, MBA ’01, interim COO) is building a network that connects clinical laboratories and hospital electronic medical record systems at... View Details

Keywords: awards; Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing; Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing

03 Sep 2020
Op-Ed

Why American Health Care Needs Its Own SEC

services of unknown quality. The lack of transparency protects providers and insurers from needing to compete on the price and quality of their services. Lack of competition,... View Details

Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger; Health

23 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Setting the Stage: A Young Scholar at HBS

University of Pennsylvania? Wadhwani: My research focuses on the historical development of banking services for ordinary Americans. In the early nineteenth century, banks primarily served the commercial financing needs of merchants, View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard; Financial Services; Financial Services

01 Mar 2006
News

Robots to the Rescue

and pack it for shipment. But Mountz has a better idea. As founder and CEO of Kiva Systems based in Woburn, Massachusetts, he has developed a fulfillment View Details

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

05 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

It’s Alive! Business Scholars Turn to Experimental Research

makers." One indicator that experimental research is hot: business is booming at Harvard Business School's Computer Lab for Experimental Research (CLER), which manages a pool of paid human participants and... View Details