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storytelling, and AI impact. Social Responsibility and Sustainability Explore insights on social responsibility and sustainability—from climate finance to AI in refugee resettlement and impact investing. Strategy and Innovation Insights on innovation: sustaining... View Details

01 Dec 2021
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Do You Know How Your Teams Get Work Done?

16 Aug 2018
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Working with a Giver’s Spirit

Philippine tech incubator behind a number of remarkable companies, including Ayannah, which uses social media and mobile platforms to provide digital commerce and payment services to the world’s unbanked; PawnHero, an online pawnshop that... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

10 Mar 2015
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Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling

employees were overwhelmingly white.) Then there are the stories. Although few women working in the field will offer details of personal encounters with sexism and sexual harassment, they hear them frequently. In the past year, they’ve... View Details

Keywords: April White

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Want to See the Future of Digital Health Tools? Look to Germany

By: Ariel Dora Stern, Henrik Matthies, Julia Hagen, Jan B. Brönneke and Jörg F. Debatin

A new law will make it easier to introduce and determine the benefits of new tools. Perhaps its most important provisions are its formalization of “prescribable applications,” which include standard software, SaaS, and mobile as well as browser-based apps, and the... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Transformation; Internet and the Web; Technological Innovation; Germany

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Podcasts - Managing the Future of Work

Harvard Project on Workforce and to consider broader workforce trends. IBM CHRO Nickle LaMoreaux on AI and the culture of skills building 03 APR 2024 | Managing the Future of Work As the digital economy... View Details

17 Nov 2020
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High skills freelance economy surges as digital talent platforms help build new on-demand workforce.

17 Jul 2019

HBS in NYC: Leading in the Digital Economy

This event is designed for prospective students who want to work in the tech sector as well as industries that are going through a digital transformation. View Details

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Online Digital Marketing Strategy Course | HBS Online

This course is part of the Marketing track. Introduction to Digital Marketing Strategy ENROLL NOW No application needed for our certificate programs. Start your journey today! Digital Marketing Strategy... View Details

February 2011
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oDesk: Changing How the World Works

By: Boris Groysberg, David A. Thomas and Jennifer M. Tydlaska

It is 2010, and Gary Swart, CEO of oDesk, is contemplating the next steps for his organization. Founded in 2004 in California, oDesk operates an online marketplace which matches Employers with Contractors. oDesk provides fact-based information on Contractors, including... View Details

Keywords: Recruitment; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Digital Platforms; Marketplace Matching; Corporate Strategy; Internet and the Web; Consulting Industry

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27 Jul 2011
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Customer Loyalty Programs That Work

The customer rewards cards that clutter wallets and clog key chains of many a shopper may soon be no more, as retailers move from physical to digital (read: mobile apps) forms of loyalty program member identification. It's a smart... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Retail

29 Jul 2019
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How Companies Benefit When Employees Work Remotely

student Cirrus Foroughi and Barbara Larson, executive professor of management at Northeastern University. While digital technology has made workers more efficient and accessible than ever before, many companies have been slow to let... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

25 Apr 2024
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How Can Namibia Capitalize on Digital Nomad Visas?

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Just Digital Future - Race, Gender & Equity

chart a course toward a digital world that works for everyone. Our 10-episode listening tour brings scholars, practitioners, and activists into conversation about disparities in technology and the tech... View Details

25 Aug 2022
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Harnessing the Tools of the Digital Age

digitalization and data science and artificial intelligence are deployed as management and business tools,” Lakhani explains. And that means HBS needs to think differently, too. Enter the Digital, Data, and Design Institute at Harvard... View Details

Keywords: April White

02 Apr 2015
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Digital Initiative Summit: The Business of Crowdsourcing

Gaining the community's trust is vital to building a successful business with crowdsourcing, agreed business leaders at the Digital Initiative Summit at Harvard Business School on March 30. When Tongal got its start in 2009, some members... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

10 Aug 2020
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Collaborating During Coronavirus: The Impact of COVID-19 on the Nature of Work

Keywords: by Evan DeFilippis, Stephen Michael Impink, Madison Singell, Jeffrey T. Polzer, and Raffaella Sadun

02 Apr 2015
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Digital Initiative Summit: Who Has the Power in the Music Industry?

The music industry likes power. Power chords, power ballads, even Towers of Power. The balance of power in the industry, however, has been completely upset with the advent and rapid proliferation of digital music. Who calls the shots... View Details

Keywords: Re: Felix Oberholzer-Gee; Music

12 Oct 2022
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Elizabeth M. Adams: Civic Tech as Advocacy Work

30 Mar 2021
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