Computers - Publications - Faculty & Research

Lawrence J. Ellison

Ellison founded the second largest software company in the world – building the first commercially viable relational database. Oracle applications power more business-to-business and administrative systems than any other software provider. Through his company, Ellison... View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

Richard J. Egan

Egan co-founded EMC and built it into the world’s largest independent manufacturer of memory storage devices. Between 1979 and 1986, EMC’s revenues doubled each year catapulting it into the Fortune 500 in less than 10 years. View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

24 Apr 2014
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Using an online platform to reinvent education

Students can take advantage of the extensive library of more than 6,000 educational videos, 100,000 interactive challenges, and assessments from any computer with web access. Every interaction with the system is logged so that parents and... View Details

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Karly Hou | MBA

Karly Hou Computer Science/Mathematics Eliot 2024 Cohort 5 The complex problems that face modern societies require technical innovations grounded in empathy, ethics, business sense, and thoughtful design. I want to build creative... View Details

09 Feb 2012
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Online Marketing

concerned with not just reviews but all the factors that create trust with their users. Do People Watch Online Video Ads? Creating Online Ads We Want to Watch The mere fact that an online video advertisement reaches a viewer's computer... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Technology

11 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Cheap, Fast, and In Control: How Tech Aids Innovation

experimentation and are triggering fundamental changes in R&D processes and performance in such fields as integrated circuit design, automotive development, and pharmaceutical drug discovery. Computer modeling and simulation, rapid... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild

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Admissions & Financial Aid | MBA

Admissions & Financial Aid MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences The program seeks a diverse group of outstanding students who: aspire to lead technology ventures; have undergraduate degrees in engineering, computer science, or a related technical... View Details

01 Oct 2000
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After the Revolution: Putting the Internet in Perspective

what's going on in business," Nolan noted. "We have never lived through anything like this." With that, Nolan opened his discussion of the profound changes that computers -- and now the Internet -- have wrought on the way business is... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Just Digital Future - Race, Gender & Equity

Interviews with computer scientists and data experts explore the social and political roots and uses of the data we collect and analyze. Design: At, Into, & Beyond Interviews with designers and researchers shed light on how systems and... View Details

25 Aug 2022
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Research Brief: Paying the Price for Remote Work

work. “We didn’t expect to find such large differences for jobs that are essentially exactly the same and that can be performed from anywhere,” Cavallo says. “These are jobs that require very little initial capital—just a computer or even... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Market Research, Photo, Translation, Veterinary and Other Services; Professional Services

01 Jun 2004
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John Dearden Remembered

John Dearden, a professor at HBS for more than thirty years, died in January at a nursing facility in Connecticut, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was 84. An authority on managerial accounting and a pioneer in the use of View Details

Keywords: John Dearden; Dearden; Ford Motor; Alzeimer; obituary; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Fabrizio Serafini | MBA

Fabrizio Serafini Computer Science Quincy 2024 Cohort 6 In the words of Alan Kay, ‘The best way to predict the future is to invent it. Tech areas of interest: Industrial Automation and Data Science Formative experience at the intersection... View Details

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Kemi Akenzua | MBA

Kemi Akenzua History & Science, Secondary in Computer Science Dunster 2020 Cohort 1 I’m thrilled to be a part of the Undergraduate Technology Innovation Fellowship! I have already learned so much in my HBS class on Digital Innovation,... View Details

06 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

Where Do Workers Go When the Robots Arrive?

according to the research. One reason might be that costs are lower for companies that moved production offshore, and the resulting, more efficient firms developed higher-skilled service work, like computer science, to fill the employment... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Manufacturing

06 Sep 2005
Research & Ideas

When Product Variety Backfires

example would be laptop computers that vary in configuration, with one having a CD-ROM and another having a wireless modem. Entrees in a restaurant would be another example. In these cases, choosing one alternative provides you with some... View Details

Keywords: by Poping Lin; Consumer Products

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Jenny Huang | MBA

Jenny Huang Computer Science, SM Candidate in Applied Math Dunster 2020 Cohort 1 As a programmer and avid learner of emerging technologies, I am excited to learn how to build an innovative technology venture from a business perspective. I... View Details

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Ty Geri | MBA

Ty Geri Computer Science, Secondary in Economics Leverett 2023 Cohort 4 I'm excited to be surrounded by a group of entrepreneurial problem-solvers who can challenge my ideas and help each other build sophisticated solutions that match the... View Details

01 May 2013
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Celeste A. Guth, MBA 1986

computer science and economics. “For my graduate degree, I knew I wanted to study finance, and I knew I wanted the HBS brand,” she says. “I maxed out on every possible type of student loan to make that happen.” That experience was the... View Details

04 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 4

hope is that my perspective will nonetheless provide some guidance for people working in this evolving field to understand the true complexity of corporate boards. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52400 Explaining the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne