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- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Innovation: An Orchestra of One
technology that would adapt to my playing style in real time instead of forcing me to fit a recording." Chao was right. She found former concert oboist Christopher Raphael, now chair of computer science at Indiana University, who was using predictive modeling to View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Flexibility Is Key to Product Development in Internet Time
process. "For one of the products in our sample, the designers had only coded about 30 percent of the new functionality before putting it into customers' hands," notes MacCormack. "From that point on, this early version of the product... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Charles O. Rossotti, MBA 1964
hamstrung in their jobs because they lacked up-to-date information on a tax code that had been revised myriad times. "We faced a classic crisis situation with an immense amount of pressure, so my new colleagues and I put together a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Rx for Too Big to Fail
realizing that such an exchange would itself be — you guessed it — too big to fail. Regrettably, because large financial institutions won’t go away completely, neither will the systemic risk they pose. Those who believe the solution lies in fixing the bankruptcy View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Baker’s back
the restoration. The original mahogany window frames in this vast space have been replaced with historically accurate matches and brought up to code with double-glazed panes. The room’s restoration involved many highly specialized... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Studying Japan from the Inside
quite a few companies face this issue. Another challenge is corporate governance. Historically, banks acted as monitors for Japanese companies, and the boards of Japanese companies were dominated by insiders. Last April, however, the commercial View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Research Brief: A Path to Moral Management
different and potentially less laudable norms, the principles that students held during their management education can become corrupted and will no longer be reflected in their behavior,” he says, adding that the key is finding a way to reinvent training and View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: Taxing Questions
income to achieve desired levels of redistribution without harming saving; and a carbon tax to correct for externalities associated with energy consumption. In short, no tax expenditures that litter the code with preferences and that... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
As the Future Catches You
genetics revolution is occurring 50 percent faster than the computer revolution; private companies, from IBM to DuPont to L'Oreal, will have the ability to rewrite the source code of life; and nanotechnology will soon produce "biorobots"... View Details
- 14 Nov 2024
- News
How the Insurance Industry Can Weather the Storms
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Liberty Mutual CEO Tim Sweeney (MBA 1991) says that 2012 was the year that climate change started really showing up on the balance sheet. “This is a horrible... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Short Takes
explains, "the 1980s were very challenging times for the U.S. textile industry. They enabled us to see clearly which companies did smart things in response to adverse conditions and which did not." Coding this information for ownership... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The First Five Years: Emmanuel Straschnov (MBA 2012)
computer. I know a lot of people think everyone should learn how to code, but let's be honest, going from an online tutorial about coding to building an app that works at scale, with many users, is extremely hard. For many of our... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Insights into Business in Islamic World
who directs the Law School's Islamic Studies Program, explained that such legal systems do not rely on precedents or written codes and have an inherent dependence on religious beliefs. "This law is seen as deriving from direct, divine... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Post-Office
program. We were able to retain some really excellent talent because of the flexibility that we provided, and they were highly productive. As technical folks who are operating completely online, pushing code or writing View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Monaco's Digital Transformation
Enhancements in education are another important aspect of the vision. “We wanted to focus on our next generation of talent. Students from 3 to 18 have one hour of coding instruction per week, not because we want them to be coders or... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Managing the Map
Health (NIH) undertook the Human Genome Project, an effort to map the extraordinarily intricate chemical composition of the human genome. Scientists have long believed that understanding the vast genetic code underlying all human life... View Details
Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs
- 14 Feb 2019
- News
Plotting a Path Forward on Climate Change
geo-thermal heat pumps. “Building codes can really move the dial citywide,” Grantham said. Asked what his top climate priority would be if he were Mayor of Boston, Grantham said he would stop issuing permits for building in flood plains... View Details
- 25 Mar 2008
- News
Whistling Past the Graveyard
power have been virtually stagnant for decades. Two incomes are required where one used to suffice. Jobs and entire industries have gone overseas. The trade deficit has grown enormously. Tax codes have become skewed to the very wealthy.... View Details
- 18 Jan 2012
- News
Survey Reveals Depths of US Competitiveness Problem
pinpoint the roots of the country’s competitiveness problem. The findings allow us to assess whether individual elements of the US business environment, such as the complexity of our tax code or our K-12 education system, strengthens or... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
East to West
Japan’s commercial code allowing companies to choose between a more traditional governance system and the U.S.-inspired committee system. Believing that Sumida’s future was limited if it followed the status quo, Yawata presses ahead with... View Details