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- 01 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Crowdfunding a Poor Investment?
of creating a business. A few years ago, the amount of money needed to fund a new company would make this kind of investing just a drop in the bucket for most startups. Today, the bar to start a company has been lowered thanks to cloud computing and View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Get Creative
program, featuring a takeoff on “get out of jail free” cards from the board game Monopoly. This wasn’t a blockbuster like the new shaving systems for women, but it showed that everyone has a role to play in a culture of innovation. To go... View Details
- 03 Oct 2012
- What Do You Think?
Can We Bring Back the “Industrial Commons” for Manufacturing?
"Where was (the) support for manufacturing when it really counted, before much of it escaped offshore? Why should we believe this 'new thinking' now?" Citing " high labor costs and uncooperative unions," Philippe Gouamba pointed to its failing... View Details
- 02 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 3, 2008
creation of a system of secure land titles, and a homestead program to encourage cultivation of public lands. During the first phase of American occupation (1898–1918), we find that the progress of implementing these reforms was very... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Massport, Back on Course
outsourcing for businesses. The Massachusetts Port Authority operates Logan International Airport, two regional airports in the Boston area, the Port of Boston, and the Tobin Memorial Bridge, which connects downtown with the northern... View Details
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David Gellis
mission'," David says. "I found that the things I liked about journalism and a hunger for the larger issues were all in health care. I could have the satisfaction of making a difference in individual lives while looking at broader policy and View Details
- 21 Nov 2024
- News
Mother Nurture
Julia Cole, Tina Keshani, and Sophia Richter (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) When Tina Keshani (MBA 2020), Julia Cole (MBA 2020), and Sophia Richter (MBA 2020) met at Startup Boot Camp in their first year at HBS, they quickly discovered they shared a vision to create a... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 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 system that relies on robotic vehicles to locate and... View Details
- 14 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2006
customers by teaching them the correct ordering protocol. Dell deals with arrival and request variability in its high-end server business by outsourcing customer service while staying in close touch with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Groundwork
exterior, and systems renovations are scheduled for completion in 2015, when the residence hall will reopen as Esteves Hall. Related Groundswells: A few historical turning points for the HBS campus See how alumni support has guided the... View Details
- 30 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
Turning Employees Into Problem Solvers
research has focused on the underuse of incident-reporting systems. After all, the thinking went, a system used to collect and report incidents will only help an organization learn from its mistakes and lead to better safety results—to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Action Plan: Net Proceeds
“I’m a root-cause kind of guy,” says Robert Goodwin (GMP 3, 2007), reflecting on a military, government, and civilian career that has taken him from counterdrug operations in Colombia to assisting with the peace process in Sudan to rebuilding the health care View Details
- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
likely would be difficult to finance externally. We argue that a developed financial system can facilitate exports, and we test three implications. First, a more developed financial system is associated with... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 02 Mar 2020
- News
Educating the Whole Student
their families. The school, which opened its doors in East Palo Alto, California, in 2016, integrates academics with health care and family support services, all of which is offered tuition free. “We knew the education system was broken,”... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Lesson Plans
the numbers, that's becoming less and less true." —Stacey Childress STUDENT-CENTRIC SCHOOLS "Our old system worked well enough for an industrial-based economy. In a knowledge-based economy, we need an individualized, personalized approach... View Details
- 25 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 25, 2007
will in fact homogenize consumption patterns, and a few superstar products will emerge as winners in the market place. In this study, using two large customer transactions data sets obtained from an online music service and an online DVD... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Jul 2015
- What Do You Think?
Do Americans Work Too Much and Think About Work Too Little?
people spend less time at work by empowering them to take decisions without 2- or 3- levels up approvals ." Tema Frank said that "we need to move to a system where people are compensated based on results achieved rather than... View Details
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Strategic Plan | Information Technology
Content Management System (CMS) Program 3.10: Research Computing Platform (formerly CloudJump) 4. Protect HBS Information & Technology Assets 4.01: Data Loss Prevention (completed) 4.02: Managed Security View Details
- 06 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Where Do Workers Go When the Robots Arrive?
computer science, actually emerge in regions that import less expensive goods from China. Service jobs like retail and restaurants fall slightly, but not in a statistically significant way, the researchers found. Robots on the march... View Details
- 03 Nov 2009
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First Look: Nov. 3
self-report of the licensee. The self-reporting aspect of the environment gives rise to demand for auditing by the licensor or third-party attestation by the licensee. We characterize the optimal royalty contract, accounting system choice... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace