by Tom Quinn - Publications - Faculty & Research

26 Sep 2024
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If a Car Can Drive Itself, Can It Make Life-or-Death Decisions?

Badaracco says. “You want really good, honest back and forth with thoughtful, knowledgeable people. We don’t fully understand how these AI programs work, but we don’t fundamentally understand how our own brains make decisions either.” Tom... View Details

Keywords: by Tom Quinn; Auto; Technology

April 2003 (Revised November 2003)
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Tom Tierney's Reflections

By: Ashish Nanda

The case writers began taking notes on Thomas (Tom) Tierney's life experiences and the lessons that he has derived from them based on his presentations at several Harvard Business School MBA and executive education seminars during 2000 through 2002. This was followed... View Details

Keywords: Personal Development and Career

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27 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Asian and American Leadership Styles: How Are They Unique?

Political connections and family control are more common in Asian businesses than in the United States. In addition, says HBS professor D. Quinn Mills, American CEOs tend to use one of five leadership styles: directive, participative,... View Details

Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills

06 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

The Problem with Hedge Funds

now emerge as managers in hedge funds. But investors who lost their shirts in the Internet and telecom funds managed by these people no longer give them their money. So how can the money managers (once of Internet mutual funds, now of... View Details

Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills

12 Aug 2002
Research & Ideas

‘Let the Buyer Beware’ Doesn’t Protect Investors

The American regulatory agencies, described by Henry Kaufmann as "...less than robust... Understaffed, under-funded, and badly fragmented," have been, in his words, "slow to recognize some of the more serious abuses"... View Details

Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills

01 Jun 2006
News

One-on-One with Tom Oreck

Oreck Illustration by Zachary Pullen When Tom Oreck (OPM 26, 1998) took over the family vacuum cleaner business seven years ago, his biggest challenge was to transform the firm from an entrepreneurial... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

April 2024
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Dr. Tom Mihaljevic and Cleveland Clinic

By: Linda A. Hill and Lydia Begag

In December 2022, Dr. Tomislav (“Tom”) Mihaljevic, CEO and President of Cleveland Clinic, was reflecting on the last few years at the hospital, marked both by unprecedented challenges and remarkable achievements. Cleveland Clinic had recently been ranked the world’s... View Details

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28 May 2019
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3-Minute Briefing: Tom Hulme (MBA 2007)

Above: Hulme on the rooftop of Google’s London offices (photo by Jon Enoch) What the design-thinking approach at IDEO taught me is that perfection is the enemy of progress. Great entrepreneurs realize that any business is a series of... View Details

Keywords: April White

26 May 2016
News

Distinguished Alumnus Tom Tierney (MBA 1980) Addresses Harvard MBA Class of 2016

03 Jun 2011
Working Paper Summaries

Inducement Prizes and Innovation

Keywords: by Liam Brunt, Josh Lerner & Tom Nicholas

01 Jun 1998
News

Renewing Baker: Tom Michalak, Executive Director of Baker Library

of HBS. We are currently working to acquire business "Deal Books" from 1924 through 1984 from Lehman Brothers. These books offer a unique picture of the evolution of twentieth-century American business and industry. In the next five years we will index these... View Details

13 Jun 2017
Blog Post

What is the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program? A Q&A with Professor Tom Eisenmann

program website. As an Admissions team we were curious to learn more about the impetus behind creating this degree, the kinds of candidates it will attract, and what its graduates might be expected to go on and do. We had the chance to connect with HBS faculty... View Details

02 Sep 2021
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I Expect COVID Vaccine Boosters to Be Mandated by Companies: Gimbel

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21 Dec 2010
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Nine New Books by Harvard Business School Faculty

24 Apr 2014
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One by one, connecting veterans to opportunities

While working as an intern at LinkedIn, Ben Faw (MBA 2014) took advantage of the company’s InDay—an opportunity one day a month at work where one can explore new ideas or volunteer in the community—to support veterans. Faw, a veteran of the Iraq war, worked with View Details

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September 2015
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Deflategate and the National Football League

By: Marco Iansiti and Christine Snively

On January 18, 2015, the New England Patriots faced the Indianapolis Colts in the AFC Championship game. In the second quarter, a Colts player intercepted a pass from Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. Colts equipment personnel alerted NFL officials that the ball's air... View Details

Keywords: ＂Deflategate＂; Analytics; National Football League; NFLPA; Roger Goodell; Tom Brady; Operations; United States

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