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- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Books
Japan was most competitive internationally — such as cars, video products, and robotics — government played a relatively minor role. By contrast, the country was least competitive in industries such as chemicals, aircraft, and software...
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- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Reinventing the Industrial Giant
1980s, under the leadership of Roger Smith, GM tried to transform itself into the "21st Century Corporation." 74 The plan was to revamp all of the assembly plants and replace workers with robots and other forms of...
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- 26 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 26
Thinking-Not Feeling-Jobs By: Waytz, Adam, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Technological innovations have produced robots capable of jobs that, until recently, only humans could perform. The present research explores the psychology of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Nov 2023
- Blog Post
Zone Defense: These self-driving, AI-powered drones do recon so soldiers don’t have to
This blog was originally published in 2021. Brandon Tseng (MBA 2017) remembers his aha moment. It was April 2015, and Tseng was a US Navy SEAL approaching the end of seven years’ service; his next step would be Harvard Business School. Tseng was reading about a...
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- 23 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 23, 2016
his firm had a large investment in FANUC Corporation, a leading producer of industrial robots and software for machine tools. Loeb was demanding that the Japanese firm change its financial and governance policies (e.g., distribute more...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Case Study: Ready for an Upgrade
that could cost a company several months of time, hundreds of millions of dollars, or both. Later, working as a product manager for a robotics and automation startup after HBS, McLemore realized that the problem wasn’t unique to the...
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Annual Report 2016 - Annual Report 2016
hair salon, a donut shop, and a hip burger restaurant, and students worked in small teams on problems such as marketing, finance, sales, and growth strategy. Making Robotics Fly HUBweek, a civic collaboration founded by The Boston Globe,...
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- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
Pittsburgh had a second act (or third, counting the city's reversal from untenable air and water pollution levels in the 1940s). Pittsburgh's recovery offers a potential model for Detroit. It went on to become a technology hub, anchored in the computer science and...
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- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
and other medical supplies for New Hampshire health care workers and then worked with FedEx and the State to get them delivered. “Dean Kamen is the hero today,” Senator Jeanne Shaneen told the New Hampshire Union Leader. Cobalt Robotics...
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- 01 Mar 2018
- What Do You Think?
Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?
economy running at near peak efficiency because of the factors you mention? ... A new economy would have new governing rules, but I don’t see new rules taking hold today. Now, having a factory full of AI machines that learn and robot...
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by James Heskett
- 15 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
minutes. This was not to say that it was better than the warfighters or would replace their jobs, but it was evidence that autonomous robots deployed in this fashion could keep up with the pace of operators, serve as a force multiplier,...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work
occupations—management, medicine, law enforcement, and addiction counseling—and noticed three surprising patterns that cut across all four occupations. First, in contrast to the stereotypical image of an emotionally numb performer callously or View Details
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by Martha Lagace
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
works. The book is available at no cost to climate outreach and education organizations. Unfettered Journey By Gary F. Bengier (MBA 1981) Chiliagon Press Unfettered Journey is the story of Joe Denkensmith, an AI scientist who seeks to create true View Details
- 23 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 23, 2018
introduction of robots in place of workers, garnering the interest of academic economists, businesses and policymakers. Another contention was whether declining productivity was the result of secular stagnation, a more permanent economic...
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Sean Silverthorne
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
patterns of bias? Or will job seekers use generative AI to get past robotic gatekeepers? Will HR functions flourish or disappear? But the debate over the use of AI in hiring obscures the extent to which the technology is already being...
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- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
metal-stamping machine is set up and the press is running, a single worker can operate two or three presses. “In fact,” says Chirchirillo, “our McHenry plant produces parts for a lower per-piece price than the high-quality Chinese factories can.” CGM recently purchased...
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
learn advanced manufacturing given the advent of more robotics in the manufacturing environment, or to learn sales and break into, say, tech sales. These are many different pathways that our employers have been talking about for years and...
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
discrimination by casting a wider net—has excluded many qualified workers. In fact, it's not hard to trigger a robotic rejection. It could be gaps in the resume for caregiving or a spouse's work move, underemployment, a history of...
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invaluable for students aspiring to become leaders adept at navigating and leveraging diverse business landscapes for societal and economic benefit. Educational Objectives From cutting-edge robotics to technological art, from big data to...
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