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Industry 4.0

It is no surprise that the inception of the Industrial Revolution remains an epicenter for innovation and growth in the digital economy. Smart factories, advancements in supply chain management, and transformations of traditional manufacturing relationships – all are markers of the new face of industry in the digital age.

The Business Impact of AI Innovations: Driving Profitability and Growth

As AI technologies continue to evolve and diffuse throughout the economy, understanding their value and impact on innovation has become increasingly important. Human decision-making plays a crucial role in the development and implementation of AI, with significant implications for stakeholders across industries, from investors and firms to policymakers and society at large. In their working […]

Unlocking Growth: How Private Equity Fuels Digital Transformation Across Industries

In the last few years, businesses have seen a significant shift towards digitalization, transforming industries and opening new opportunities for growth and innovation. Private equity (PE) investors, who traditionally focused on stable industries, are now playing a major role in speeding up this digital shift. “Private Equity and Digital Transformation” by the Harvard Business School […]

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Navigating Markups and Cost Pass-through: What Business Leaders Need to Know

Understanding how costs are passed through along the supply chain is critical for business professionals who want to effectively navigate inflationary pressures and pricing strategies. In the working paper “Markups and Cost Pass-through Along the Supply Chain”, members of the Harvard Business School AI Institute Pricing Lab Santiago E. Alvarez, Alberto Cavallo, and Paolo Mengano, […]

Bridging the Generative AI Leadership Gap

On May 7, the Harvard Business School AI Institute (previously the Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard (D^3)) hosted Leading with AI: Exploring Business and Technology Frontiers. The conference featured breakout sessions where industry experts discussed specific and specialized topics. The breakout session on “Bridging the Generative AI Leadership Gap” featured two presenters, Charlene Li, […]

D^3’s AI Lab for Startups Introduces New Cohort of AI-Powered Ventures

After a successful pilot of the program, the AI Lab for Startups is  thrilled to announce its latest cohort of innovative founders. These remarkable, academic-led ventures, emerging from various labs across Harvard, are breaking new ground in their respective industries, with AI at the core of their innovations. Through the support and resources provided by […]

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Build with AI and Introduction to Open Source

On May 7, the Harvard Business School AI Institute (previously the Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard (D^3)) hosted Leading with AI: Exploring Business and Technology Frontiers. The conference featured breakout sessions where industry experts discussed specific and specialized topics. The breakout session on “Build with AI and Introduction to Open Source” featured two presenters, […]

Governance as a Competitive Advantage in AI Innovation

The Harvard Business School AI Institute (previously the Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard (D^3)) recently sat down with Stephen Goodman, Founder and Managing Director of Madrone O/A, an operational partner and advisory firm, to discuss the importance of companies utilizing frameworks for AI Governance to drive innovation. Goodman has structured and managed dozens of […]

Leadership in an AI-Enabled World

On May 7, the Harvard Business School AI Institute (previously the Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard (D^3)) hosted Leading with AI: Exploring Business and Technology Frontiers. The conference featured breakout sessions where HBS staff and industry experts discussed specific and specialized topics. Sunand Menon, an Executive Fellow at HBS, led an interactive breakout session […]

A New Paradigm for Skill Development: A Large-Scale BCG Experiment

On May 7, the Harvard Business School AI Institute (previously the Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard (D^3)) hosted Leading with AI: Exploring Business and Technology Frontiers. The conference featured breakout sessions where HBS staff and industry experts discussed specific and specialized topics. The breakout session on The A New Paradigm for Skill Development: A […]

Leading AI-nization: Fueling Growth with Data and AI

On May 7, the Harvard Business School AI Institute (previously the Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard (D^3)) hosted Leading with AI: Exploring Business and Technology Frontiers. The conference featured a one-on-one conversation between Tsedal Neeley, the Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and Hiroshi (Mickey) Mikitani, the founder, chairman, and […]

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