This series introduces Harvard Business School AI Institute Associates Program projects which aim to answer important questions at the intersection of artificial intelligence and digital technologies in business and society. This article shares insights from Michael Lingzhi Li, Assistant Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School who is pursuing research on the topics of […]
As AI learns directly from how people work, a new tension is emerging about expertise, power, and governance. Listen to this article: In many workplaces, the newest addition to virtual meetings isn’t a colleague, but an AI assistant like Granola or Otter. Suddenly no one has to scramble for action items or wonder who said […]
The Frontier Firm AI Initiative was designed around a simple conviction: the most important questions about AI in business can’t be answered in theory. Listen to this article: On Wednesday, March 11, 2026, senior leaders from across the Frontier Firm AI Initiative came together at Harvard Business School for Journey to the Frontier, an event […]
This series introduces Harvard Business School AI Institute Associates Program projects which aim to answer important questions at the intersection of artificial intelligence and digital technologies in business and society. This article shares insights from Elie Ofek, Malcolm P. McNair Professor of Marketing, Harvard Business School and Julian De Freitas, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, […]
This series introduces Harvard Business School AI Institute Associates Program projects which aim to answer important questions at the intersection of artificial intelligence and digital technologies in business and society. This article shares insights from Dr. Livia Alfonsi, Assistant Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, whose research studies labor markets and the transition […]
This series introduces Harvard Business School AI Institute Associates Program projects which aim to answer important questions at the intersection of artificial intelligence and digital technologies in business and society. This article shares insights from Alex Chan, Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit at Harvard Business School who is […]
A new study shows how AI can influence the kind of innovation you end up funding. Many of us have started using AI as an “answer machine” to brainstorm ideas, analyze data, and pressure-test assumptions. You might even have a set of preferred prompts saved for just these purposes. But how often do you switch […]
Harvard Business School faculty, in collaboration with Microsoft and its clients, will study human-AI work, publish evidence-based blueprints, and deliver custom workshops for executives to rapidly reinvent global businesses as Frontier Firms; Eli Lilly and Company, EY, Lumen Technologies, and Nestlé among 14 organizations in the inaugural cohort. BOSTON, November 18, 2025 – Faculty at the Harvard Business School AI Institute [1] today […]
A recent white paper produced by the blackbox Lab at D^3 presents a state-of-the-market analysis of 182 companies offering tech-enabled DEI products, highlighting key patterns in company formation, leadership composition, market positioning, and companies’ rhetorical strategy. It offers an in-depth but broad view of how the tech industry is approaching search efforts for much-needed talent […]
This series introduces Harvard Business School AI Institute Associates Program projects which aim to answer important questions at the intersection of artificial intelligence and digital technologies in business and society. This article shares insights from Boris Groysberg, Richard P. Chapman Professor of Business Administration who is pursuing research on the topics of artificial intelligence and […]