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  • October 2024
  • Technical Note

Prompt Engineering

By: Michael Parzen and Jo Ellery
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  • 15 Oct 2019
  • News

Bridging Business and Engineering

in the new joint degree program. (photo by Susan Young) To build on the technology skills he acquired in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), Erez Perelson (MS/MBA 2020) came to Boston to pursue an AB in engineering at Harvard College, but... View Details
  • 2024
  • Working Paper

The Crowdless Future? Generative AI and Creative Problem Solving

By: Léonard Boussioux, Jacqueline N. Lane, Miaomiao Zhang, Vladimir Jacimovic and Karim R. Lakhani
The rapid advances in generative artificial intelligence (AI) open up attractive opportunities for creative problem-solving through human-guided AI partnerships. To explore this potential, we initiated a crowdsourcing challenge focused on sustainable, circular economy... View Details
Keywords: Large Language Models; Crowdsourcing; Generative Ai; Creative Problem-solving; Organizational Search; AI-in-the-loop; Prompt Engineering; AI and Machine Learning; Innovation and Invention
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  • 01 Jun 2023
  • News

An Engine of Innovation

stage ideas. Teams competing in the Challenge are specifically working to develop solutions to some of the world’s most complex problems. What prompted the creation of the labs for alumni and life sciences ventures? During the i-lab’s... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
  • 2016
  • Working Paper

Innovating in Science and Engineering or 'Cashing In' on Wall Street? Evidence on Elite STEM Talent

By: Pian Shu
Using data on MIT bachelor's graduates from 1994 to 2012, this paper empirically examines the extent to which the inflow of elite talent into the financial industry affects the supply of innovators in science and engineering (S&E). I first show that finance does not... View Details
Keywords: Higher Education; Engineering; Personal Development and Career; Science; Finance
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  • 2023
  • Working Paper

Navigating the Jagged Technological Frontier: Field Experimental Evidence of the Effects of AI on Knowledge Worker Productivity and Quality

By: Fabrizio Dell'Acqua, Edward McFowland III, Ethan Mollick, Hila Lifshitz-Assaf, Katherine C. Kellogg, Saran Rajendran, Lisa Krayer, François Candelon and Karim R. Lakhani
The public release of Large Language Models (LLMs) has sparked tremendous interest in how humans will use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to accomplish a variety of tasks. In our study conducted with Boston Consulting Group, a global management consulting firm, we examine... View Details
Keywords: Large Language Model; AI and Machine Learning; Performance Efficiency; Performance Improvement
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    Are the 'Best and Brightest' Going into Finance? Skill Development and Career Choice of MIT Graduates

    Abstract

    Using detailed data on recipients of bachelor's degrees from MIT between 2006 and 2012, I examine the selection of students into finance or science and engineering (S&E). I find that academic achievement in college is negatively correlated with... View Details

      Navigating the Jagged Technological Frontier: Field Experimental Evidence of the Effects of AI on Knowledge Worker Productivity and Quality

      The public release of Large Language Models (LLMs) has sparked tremendous interest in how humans will use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to accomplish a variety of tasks. In our study conducted with Boston Consulting Group, a global management consulting firm, we examine... View Details
      • 26 Apr 2023
      • In Practice

      Is AI Coming for Your Job?

      will be displaced in large numbers. Those job losses will be partially offset by job gains for machine learning specialists and emerging jobs like prompt engineers. But, once companies learn how to exploit generative AI, we can anticipate... View Details
      Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Technology
      • 05 Sep 2023
      • Book

      Thriving After Failing: How to Turn Your Setbacks Into Triumphs

      Harvard Business School Professor Amy Edmondson experienced her first big-stakes professional failure when she was just starting out in her academic career, some 30 years ago, after a decade working in engineering and consulting. Little... View Details
      Keywords: by Michael Blanding
      • Web

      FAQ - MBA

      MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences FAQ What is the mission of the program? The program aims to educate future leaders of technology ventures by providing a strong foundation in general management, building design skills, and deepening students’... View Details
      • 14 Dec 2016
      • HBS Seminar

      Siobhan O'Mahony and Rebecca Karp, Boston University

      • 20 Aug 2020
      • Book

      From the Plow to the Pill: How Technology Shapes Our Lives

      For centuries, the creation of innovative technology—from steam engines and automobiles to computers and smartphones—has dramatically changed the nature of our work. Less deeply understood has been the impact of technology on the inner currents of our personal lives,... View Details
      Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
      • 10 Jan 2023
      • Op-Ed

      Time to Move On? Career Advice for Entrepreneurs Preparing for the Next Stage

      journaling where they write their responses to the prompts below and then we discuss them together. Whether or not you have a coach with whom to process your answers to these prompts, you should find journaling your responses to be a... View Details
      Keywords: by Julia Austin
      • 30 May 2023
      • Research & Ideas

      Can AI Predict Whether Shoppers Would Pick Crest or Colgate?

      results. Additional study on the phrasing or engineering of AI prompts could also help improve results, says Brand, who along with Ngwe is exploring uses for GPT in market research for business units within... View Details
      Keywords: by Kristen Senz
      • 01 Dec 2023
      • News

      Thinking Ahead

      As we wind down 2023, there’s talk everywhere of generative AI and how it will fundamentally alter the world as we know it; but how does that translate for your corner of the business world? Is TikTok something you need to take seriously? (Is it time to dance?) We... View Details
      Keywords: Julia Hanna; Illustrations by Chris Gash; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information
      • Web

      Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

      software platform; investing in software development capabilities; building advanced analytics capabilities; and embracing crowd-based product development. With all this, GE is evolving its business model. Now, for example, revenue from its jet View Details
      • 15 Dec 2015
      • First Look

      December 15, 2015

      examine the selection of students going into finance or science and engineering (S&E). I find that academic achievement in college is negatively correlated with a propensity to take a job in finance and positively correlated with a... View Details
      Keywords: Carmen Nobel
      • Web

      SVMP Gave Me the Courage to Fail - MBA

      Business & Environment Career Change Career and Professional Development Case Method Clubs Curriculum Digital Entrepreneurship FIELD Financial Aid Health Care Instagram Takeover JD/MBA Leadership Letters to Classmates MBA/MPP & MBA/MPA-ID MD/MBA MS/MBA Biotechnology:... View Details
      • Blog

      Is AI Coming for Your Job?

      be displaced in large numbers. Those job losses will be partially offset by job gains for machine learning specialists and emerging jobs like prompt engineers. But, once companies learn how to exploit generative AI, we can anticipate... View Details