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A Major Roadblock for Autonomous Cars: Motorists Believe They Drive BetterA Major Roadblock for Autonomous Cars: Motorists Believe They Drive Better With all the advances in View Details
- June 2021
- Technical Note
SPAC Space
By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
In 2020, over half of all initial public offerings (IPOs) in the United States were special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), blank-check companies that typically had two years to find a business to take public, usually through a reverse merger. Together, 248...
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Special Purpose Acquisition Companies;
SPACs;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Going Public;
Initial Public Offering;
Investment;
Strategy
Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "SPAC Space." Harvard Business School Technical Note 721-456, June 2021.
- August 2019
- Case
The Allstate Corporation, 2019
By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
In July 2019, Allstate, the United States’ number-three property and casualty (P/C) insurer, released its second-quarter earnings, which reported first-half revenues of $22.1 billion, up 11.4% year-over-year. Shareholders cheered the top-line growth, but P/C premiums...
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Insurance Companies;
Strategic Analysis;
Strategic Change;
Insurance;
Strategy;
Strategic Planning;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Competitive Strategy;
Insurance Industry;
North America
Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "The Allstate Corporation, 2019." Harvard Business School Case 720-366, August 2019.
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students, colleges, and employers. 15 May 2024 Research & Ideas A Major Roadblock for Autonomous Cars: Motorists Believe They Drive Better by Rachel Layne With all the advances in autonomous View Details
- 26 Mar 2024
- Research & Ideas
How Humans Outshine AI in Adapting to Change
the (Proverbial) Fireworks Can Autonomous Vehicles Drive with Common Sense? Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Designer's note: Image created uses elements from...
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- 26 Jun 2023
- Research & Ideas
Want to Leave a Lasting Impression on Customers? Don't Forget the (Proverbial) Fireworks
parts of the experience end up heavily weighted in a customer's mind, and invest in those.” You Might Also Like: You Don’t Have to Quit Your Job to Find More Meaning in Life Can Autonomous Vehicles Drive...
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Podcast - Business & Environment
Einride's Founder, Deputy CEO and Board Member. Einride is launching a fleet of battery electric autonomous trucks, orchestrated via route-optimization software. We discuss how its fleet-based freight capacity-as-a-service business model...
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- 02 Aug 2022
- Blog Post
From HBS to Cutting-Edge Tech
age, he has been interested in using technological innovation to better human lives. When and why did you decide to pursue an MBA? Growing up I always wanted to be an engineer, more specifically a roboticist. The biggest technological problem in 2016 was View Details
- 21 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
You Don’t Have to Quit Your Job to Find More Meaning in Life
its own still helps toward making your life seem more meaningful,” De Freitas says. “With that said, if you must choose, go with what makes you happy.” You Might Also Like: Blissful Thinking: When It Comes to Finding Happiness, 'Your Dreams Are Liars' Can View Details
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- 22 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
TOP 10 MBA VOICES BLOGS OF 2022
problem in 2016 was autonomous vehicles and I was fortunate enough to join Ford as a Machine Learning Researcher. I wrote software, generated intellectual property, and talked about View Details
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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work
and Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej. Autonomous Vehicles: The Rubber Hits the Road...but When?, Harvard Business School case, 2018. With Alilison Ciechanover, Jeff Huizinga, and James Palano. The Gift of Global Talent: How Migration Shapes...
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- 04 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Smart Cities are Complicated and Costly: Here's How to Build Them
Chombosan Much promotion of smart cities assumes that municipalities will take a proactive, top-down, technology-first approach to urban progress. Thus far, these initiatives look for some forward-thinking city official (or immensely deep-pocketed private investor) to...
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- 22 Feb 2022
- News
New Urban Order
next five years. “Imagine if we can go from coast to coast with autonomous trucks in two days.” “Imagine if we can go from coast to coast with autonomous trucks in two days.” TuSimple’s solution fuses...
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energy;
environment;
sustainability;
entrepreneurship;
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Transportation;
Water, Sewage and Supply Systems;
Utilities;
Construction of Buildings;
Construction;
Waste Management and Remediation Services;
Corporate Services
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world’s next generation AI.” Before founding Parallel Domain, he worked at Apple where he focused on autonomous systems and simulation technology. He also worked as a technical artist at Microsoft Game Studios and was a technical director...
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- 01 Mar 2019
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Ask the Expert: Auto Pilot
automotive company Aptiv for the first autonomous commercial rollout in 2018. To date, customers have logged about 25,000 driverless rides and awarded them an average of 4.94 out of 5 stars. (A human pilot and copilot tag along, both to...
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- 07 Jun 2011
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Back to the Future
University. That was as far as the idea went, until recently. Partnering with an MIT expert on autonomous vehicles and mobile robotics, Alden has a new company, Alden DAVe Systems (with “DAVe” an acronym for...
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- 29 Jun 2016
- News
The Latest Local Motor: A Self-Driving Bus
first storefront and future site of another microfactory. “We’re not going to disrupt the automotive industry without a serious breakout success.” What does that look like? “I want to be the first company to put a production autonomous...
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Transportation - Business & Environment
is one of the biggest, if not the biggest, challenges facing my generation. Shared, electric, autonomous vehicles will enable urban areas to become more sustainable and more livable by providing a better...
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- 01 Sep 2011
- News
RoboCar, the Sequel
expert on autonomous vehicles and mobile robotics, Alden has a new company, Alden DAVe Systems (with “DAVe” an acronym for Dual-mode Autonomous Vehicle), designed around the...
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- 01 Jun 2017
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Supercharged
rise of autonomous vehicles and ridesharing. Given the immense financial and technical resources required to develop a clean, fuel-efficient internal combustion engine, any startup that wants to build its...
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