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  • 25 Feb 2019
  • Research & Ideas

How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence

and math—just the fact that there’s an average male advantage in math shapes her belief that her own ability in math is lower.” Women discount positive feedback about their abilities In an experiment for Coffman’s working paper Stereotypes and Belief Updating,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • January – February 2012
  • Article

How Managers Use Multiple Media: Discrepant Events, Power, and Timing in Redundant Communication

By: Paul Leonardi, Tsedal Neeley and Elizabeth M. Gerber
Several recent studies have found that managers engage in redundant communication; that is, they send the same message to the same recipient through two or more unique media sequentially. Given how busy most managers are, and how much information their subordinates... View Details
Keywords: Communication; Media; Information; Groups and Teams; Projects; Management Style; Power and Influence; Motivation and Incentives; Technology
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Program Requirements - Doctoral

a more advanced course in econometrics are required. One additional one-term graduate level economics course is required. This course should be chosen to help prepare for advanced course work in the second year. Econ 2010d is one possibility, which is strongly... View Details
  • 22 Nov 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Humans vs. Machines: Untangling the Tasks AI Can (and Can't) Handle

School faculty worked closely with BCG to test AI in real-world simulations. They found that consultants using AI complete certain kinds of tasks faster, with results that are 40 percent higher in quality (though AI may somewhat stifle... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Information Technology; Information Technology
  • 31 Jul 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018

largest insurance program. To meet this target, the government will rely on technology to effectively scale services, monitor quality, and ensure accountability. While India has seen great strides in informational technology development... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • Program

Senior Executive Leadership Program—Middle East

Learning Upon completing the Senior Executive Leadership Program—Middle East, you will become a lifetime member of the HBS alumni community—gaining exclusive access to our vast global alumni network and an array of resources that... View Details
  • 11 Mar 2008
  • Working Paper Summaries

Finding Missing Markets (and a disturbing epilogue): Evidence from an Export Crop Adoption and Marketing Intervention in Kenya

Keywords: by Nava Ashraf, Xavier Giné & Dean Karlan; Food & Beverage
  • 26 Apr 2016
  • First Look

April 26

traditional rating and ranking system. The new process involved informal monthly meetings between managers and their reports, and it more closely tied bonuses to business performance. Would it serve to motivate employees? Could its... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • May 2019 (Revised May 2020)
  • Case

fidentiaX: The Tradable Insurance Marketplace on Blockchain

By: Alexander Braun, Lauren H. Cohen and Jiahua Xu
Three years ago, Alvin Ang and his partner founded fidentiaX in Singapore, with the ambition to create the world’s first marketplace for tradable insurance policies on blockchain. With a 26-page white paper, the start-up closed a successful fundraising round through an... View Details
Keywords: Blockchain; Insurance; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Technology Adoption; Business Strategy; Insurance Industry; Technology Industry; Singapore
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High Potentials Leadership Program

information and defend your decisions, and what it takes to motivate a diverse workforce. In the process, you will transform your leadership approach and optimize your potential to stay on the fast track throughout your career. Details... View Details
  • 2020
  • Article

Inconvenient Truths: Interpreting the Origins of the Internet

By: Shane Greenstein
A conventional economic narrative provides intellectual underpinnings for governments to subsidize research and development ("R&D") that coordinates risky research to benefit many in society. This essay compares this narrative with the origins and invention of the... View Details
Keywords: Lead Users; Technology Transfer; Internet and the Web; History; Analysis; Research and Development; Governance; Information Technology; Policy
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  • 20 Apr 2023
  • Blog Post

Tackle the First 90 Days of Your Next Role: A 5 Step Process for Success on the Job

first 90 days, the next step is to identify the stakeholders you should meet and interview. The conversations you have as a new employee may be an extension of what you learned during the interview process or provide completely new and... View Details
  • 2019
  • Working Paper

Design Rules, Volume 2: How Technology Shapes Organizations: Chapter 10 Variations on the Theme of Flow Production

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin
The purpose of this chapter is to explore how technologies and organizations engaged in flow production evolve over time. To allow for an apples-to-apples comparison, I examine organizations using essentially the same physical technologies, making similar products, and... View Details
Keywords: Flow Production; Ford; General Motors; Competitiveness; Information Technology; Organizational Design; Production; Auto Industry
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  • 29 Mar 2016
  • First Look

March 29, 2016

scrutiny in the last decade, with an increased expectation that private profit not come at the expense of consumer welfare. Consumers, Corporations, and Public Health assembles 17 case studies at the intersection of business and public health to illustrate how each... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Feb 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Breaking Through the Self-Doubt That Keeps Talented Women from Leading

ads, Coffman and her colleagues ran a first experiment on freelance job platform UpWork, where job-seekers complete extensive profiles outlining their education, credentials, scores on skills tests, and work history. The team acted as... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
  • Program

Women on Boards

Summary Traditionally, the majority of board appointments are made through informal networks that are especially hard for women to break into. Designed specifically for top women executives, this program provides insight into navigating... View Details
  • Web

Accounting & Management - Doctoral

Accounting & Management The doctoral program in Accounting and Management, which falls under the PhD in Business Administration, focuses on understanding the role of information and measurement systems for: allocating resources among... View Details
  • Web

MD/MBA Harvard Medical School - MBA

strongly encouraged to enter and complete a medical residency, or other kind of postgraduate clinical training, upon graduation from the joint degree program. MD/MBA graduates are expected to provide the View Details
  • Web

Application Requirements - Doctoral

senior year are welcome to apply. Required Application Materials Completed online application form Resume Statement of Purpose Personal Statement Transcripts for all college/university degrees and courses Self-reported transcripts are... View Details
  • 16 Aug 2010
  • Lessons from the Classroom

HBS Introduces Marketing Analysis Tools for Managers

The marketing analysis toolkits are a suite of analytical tools that managers can use to inform decision-making in marketing. Each toolkit includes a technical note that outlines the analysis technique, provides examples of how it is used... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert