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10 Aug 2020
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HBS Summer Fellows Focus on Racial Equity and Justice

summer and going forward. WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON THIS SUMMER? Allie O'Shea (MBA 2021), Hack.Diversity: Hack.Diversity is focused on improving Black and Latinx representation in Boston's View Details

08 Dec 2006
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The Industry R&D Survey: Patent Database Link Project

Keywords: by William R. Kerr & Shihe Fu; Technology

21 Jun 2018
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KPMA HBX Live Cracking the Data Aggregation Problem - Richard Hamermesh

19 Sep 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19

diversification strategies. The article concludes by suggesting a research agenda for dynamic capabilities. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53220 Carbon Tariffs: Effects in Settings with Technology Choice... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Mar 2011
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Is This Tech Boom Different?

October 2023
Teaching Note

Timnit Gebru: 'SILENCED No More' on AI Bias and The Harms of Large Language Models

By: Tsedal Neeley and Tim Englehart

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 422-085. Dr. Timnit Gebru—a leading artificial intelligence (AI) computer scientist and co-lead of Google’s Ethical AI team—was messaging with one of her colleagues when she saw the words: “Did you resign?? Megan sent an email saying that... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Employment; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Technological Innovation; AI and Machine Learning; Diversity; Prejudice and Bias; Technology Industry

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January 2020
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Jack of All Trades and Master of Knowledge: The Role of Diversification in New Distant Knowledge Integration

By: Frank Nagle and Florenta Teodoridis

We consider the role of individual-level diversification as a mechanism through which skilled researchers engage in successful exploration—recognizing and integrating new knowledge external to one’s domains of expertise. To approach an ideal experiment, we (1) employ a... View Details

Keywords: Individual-level Knowledge Diversification; Novel Knowledge; Knowledge Acquisition; Diversification; Innovation and Invention; Research

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23 Aug 2019
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A Summer of Peaks and Swells: Interning at Patagonia

the Insights and Innovation team, whose objective is to deepen the understanding of the Patagonia customer, drive business decisions using feedback and insights, View Details

Keywords: Technology; Technology

01 Feb 1998
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Women at the Top

19th-century textile mogul Francis Cabot Lowell, oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, and technology titan Bill Gates. "It was a great way to start the program, because it gave us a background View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Susan Young

03 Oct 2022
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Real-time Data, Machine Learning, and Results: The Evidence Mounts

22 Aug 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 23

agglomeration economies, including capital-good market externality and technology diffusion, play a particularly important role in multinationals' economic geography. These findings remain robust when we use... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Aug 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1

information and communication technology and falling trade barriers have led firms to retain within their boundaries and in their domestic... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 May 2017
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First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16

in innovative capabilities, and increased employee engagement as a result. The programs vary but have seven major elements in common. Companies should 1) team with governments or nonprofits experienced in... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

01 Jun 1996
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Four Professors to Retire

that became industry leaders because of their innovative use of information technology, including Bank of America, American Airlines, and Frito-Lay. "All the stories in the book begin with CEOs who have a... View Details

Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb and John Prestage

17 Apr 2024
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New Venture Competition 2024: Business and Environment Ventures

the country The Humanity Company - Jobelle Gacuya (GSE) - The Humanity Company is a social enterprise using innovative business models to end poverty through impactful products, consulting services, and... View Details

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Ansel Adams and Polaroid R&D | Baker Library

that would remove the user from the concerns of which he himself was a master. “Known for his technical expertise in darkroom photography and his pristine prints, Adams seemed an unlikely choice for a company whose name became synonymous... View Details

08 Aug 2017
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First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017

reality technology to treat amblyopia (more commonly called “lazy eye”), the single biggest cause of visual disorders among children. By February 2017, the three founders had raised $950,000 in angel funding View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2023
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The Latest Model

Prysm Group Cofounders Hurder (left) and Barrera: bringing an industry-agnostic approach to helping business leverage emerging technologies Prysm Group cofounders Hurder (left) View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; blockchain; cryptocurrency; economic models; innovation; consulting; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services

November 2019 (Revised April 2020)
Technical Note

The Life Sciences Revolution: A Technical Primer

By: Gary P. Pisano, William J. Anderson, Amitabh Chandra, Clarissa Ceruti and Stephanie Oestreich

For more than two decades, scientific advances have been driving profound changes in drug discovery and the drug industry itself. This case provides an overview and description of these technical and scientific advances. Written for the nonscientific reader, it may be... View Details

Keywords: Science; Technological Innovation; Technology; Pharmaceutical Industry; Biotechnology Industry

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