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

01 Sep 2003
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Books

Technologies for Innovation, Thomke argues that many companies are not yet making the best use of breakthrough technologies for experimentation — including simulation and computer modeling — to generate... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg; Margie Kelley; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

03 Apr 2017
What Do You Think?

How About Investing in Human Infrastructure?

SUMMING UP: Investment in Human Infrastructure: Not Whether But How? Few dispute the notion that a significant US investment in human infrastructure is warranted and timely, although there were significant differences of opinion about how... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Construction

01 Dec 2011
News

Making the Case for Leadership

microscope by thousands of HBS students, tell it like it was and relate what they’ve learned and what they believe about being a leader. Toby Johnson Putting Her People First... View Details

26 Jan 2010
First Look

First Look: Jan. 26

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-057.pdf Optimal Auction Design and Equilibrium Selection in Sponsored Search Auctions Authors:Benjamin Edelman and Michael Schwarz An... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 Nov 2019
News

Lifting Fallen Families

that unit. Gibbs and the family he left behind never strayed far from Kim’s mind as he returned home and pursued a career in private equity, first as principal at Butler Capital in New York View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

25 Mar 2015
News

The Greening of Houston

which provides safety and environmental services and products to the energy industry, knew the city from his undergraduate days at Rice University. He moved back in 2010, 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... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

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Jacqueline Beato

general management program with Harrah's Entertainment in Joliet, Illinois. "It's in a service industry that's oriented around people," Jacqueline says, "rather than sitting of front of a View Details

25 Apr 2005
Research & Ideas

New Learning at American Home Products

University, and it was acquired from Harvard for virtually nothing.25 By 1931 Wyeth was producing vitamins, vaccines, and serums. In addition, in 1943, American Home Products acquired Ayerst Laboratories, a... View Details

Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Chemical; Health; Manufacturing; Pharmaceutical

09 Mar 2021
Blog Post

New BEI Director: Lynn Schenk

Initiative in which she leveraged her structured finance background and expertise from her tenure at Citigroup to focus on issues ranging from the financial structuring of renewable energy and infrastructure... View Details

16 Jul 2013
News

Embracing Chaos

someone else has run away with the whole market." Venkatesan points to Apple, which waited for better distribution systems in India before it established its presence. "But Samsung didn't wait, and has the... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services

22 Feb 2011
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade

J.C. Cuddy. 10 Reasons to Design a Better Corporate Culture Published: December 22, 2008 Organizations with strong, adaptive cultures enjoy labor cost advantages, great employee and customer loyalty, View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2005
News

Faculty Research Online

directly to consumers. Do physicians take notice? Professor Emeritus Alvin Silk and Harvard’s Joel Weissman discuss a recent study. The Changing Roles of Doctors and Patients Richard Bohmer, a physician as... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

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Sara B. Wilkinson Oral History - Business Education For Women At Harvard University | Harvard Business School

mainframe computer system was announced which she was asked to teach in her branch. She retired in 1992 as a liaison between programming groups and the then head contractor on... View Details

09 Dec 2015
Research Event

When Hosts Attack: The Competitive Threat of Online Platforms

In the online marketplace, oodles of retailers and developers rely on “platforms” such as Amazon.com, the Apple App Store, Facebook, and Twitter to get their products and View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Web Services; Web Services; Web Services

03 May 2011
First Look

First Look: May 3

computational algorithmic problem. Participants were divided into two groups with identical skills distributions and exposed to the same competitive institutional setting. The "sorted" group was... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2004
News

New MBA Leadership Course

values, and corporate accountability. In early 2003, Dean Kim B. Clark appointed the interdisciplinary group of senior faculty members to the design team. Meeting weekly to hash out their ideas, the group... View Details

Keywords: HBS; LCA; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

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Mental Health | MBA

others comfort and strength." A primary goal of the MBA Student & Academic Services (SAS) team is to provide personal and mental health support to any student requesting such... View Details

19 Sep 2006
First Look

First Look: September 19, 2006

Alcatel would be able to recover growth in the Chinese market. Initiatives were underway to increase focus on services over equipment, to increase Chinese research and development presence, View Details