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- 15 Oct 2019
- News
In Pursuit of Academia
consultant at A.T. Kearney in Lisbon, Fernandes decided to try out the alternative career she would consider as a final test of her calling to academia, so between her MBA years she interned in the human capital division at Deloitte...
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- 19 Sep 2019
- News
Predicting Human Behaviors
spreadsheet of startups that the i-lab created.” Today, Boston-based Perceptive Automata is working with suppliers and automakers in the United States, Europe, and Asia, and the technology is in testing in autonomous vehicles and highly...
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April White
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
The End of the Noncompete Clause
full-fledged union in its midst, Johnson says. EARN’s first test run came during EMC’s recent acquisition by Dell. Johnson orchestrated a pop-up union for EMC’s employees. While the company didn’t publicly acknowledge EARN’s efforts,...
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Janelle Nanos
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
HBS Club of Ireland Puts Management Skills to Work
their efforts was a weekend seminar held in January that was an enjoyable combination of academic discussion, public service, and relaxation. The event centered on three new case studies on companies situated near the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of...
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- 01 Dec 2006
- News
HBS Honors Four Alumni
saying that he hoped to elicit from the award winners some of their “accumulated knowledge and insight.” Then came his “wisdom” cold call, directed to Sir Ronald Cohen. After noting that he would be wise to avoid answering such a question, Cohen observed that wisdom...
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- 01 Aug 2001
- News
T.J. Dermot Dunphy (MBA '56)
summer employment to take a road trip across America. Captivated by the country, he decided to stay on after graduation; in 1961, he became a U.S. citizen. Dunphy was recruited by Westinghouse Electric and worked in various marketing and management roles. But after...
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- 01 Jun 2005
- News
The Nature of Change
members of the Class of 1949 describe their changing perspective on what defines success and offer advice to those just starting out in business. “The class discussion is like a litmus test of what students care about and how that has...
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- 14 Nov 2012
- News
Remembering His Roots
that Curiel performed during his second year. Classmates and cofounders Chadd Garcia and Misha Simmonds joined his effort to test that idea following graduation. The RFDF’s “Mini MBA” program offers migrant students online courses in...
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farmworkers
- 08 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Civic Benefits of Google Street View and Yelp
Boston-specific algorithm. More than 700 people entered the competition. The research team tested algorithms from 23 finalists; the tournament was won by a statistician from London. “Using a Boston-specific algorithm, we found that you...
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- 14 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
New Agenda for Corporate Accountability Reporting
leveraged to test and improve the quality of corporate accountability reporting. Ramanna thinks accounting theory has a lot to contribute, in three particular ways: (1) by giving stakeholders the ability to verify what the corporation...
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- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Five Bright Ideas
organization is involved, we charge. Advertising also brings in revenue." ALISON enables potential employers to immediately test the skill of certificate-holding ALISON graduates through 20-question "flash tests" that assess their...
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- 09 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 9
Abstract—We tested whether engaging in expansive (vs. contractive) "power poses" before a stressful job interview-preparatory power posing-would enhance performance during the interview. Participants adopted high-power (i.e.,...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 13, 2010
micro-determinants are not well understood. We test leading theories of low demand for financial services in emerging markets, combining novel survey evidence from Indonesia and India with a field experiment. We find a strong correlation...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 17
recommendations for stocks with larger market capitalizations and lower return volatility than their sell-side peers, consistent with their facing fewer conflicts of interest and having a preference for liquid stocks. Tests with no...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Day in IFC: Marta Milkowska (HKS), United Kingdom - MBA
750 pages of interviews with subject matter experts in journal articles, academic papers, books, and other literature. In January 2017, our team spent ten days working with BI Ventures to design a "rainy day savings" intervention plan. The following photos showcase a...
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- 19 Aug 2016
- News
Lending a Hand to Small Businesses in Emerging Markets
In emerging markets, where traditional credit scores are rare, how can lenders decide who is creditworthy? Just ask, says DJ DiDonna (MBA 2010), cofounder and chief strategy officer of the for-profit Entrepreneurial Finance Lab. The company has developed a 20- to...
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- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Truth in Lending
30-minute credit test is based on research in psychometrics conducted at Harvard’s Center for International Development to help lenders understand both the skills and the personality of loan applicants. The questions on the View Details
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April White
- 15 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 15, 2006
financial markets change the interaction between banks and corporations? This paper compares the importance of interlocking boards of directors between corporations and banks in Brazil, Mexico, and the United States circa 1909. The hypothesis View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Eric Sonnier
industries, including oil, telecom, and retail. Then Eric became interested in entrepreneurship. “I wasn’t sure it was right for me, but you don’t know until you test it,” Eric says. “I went from the largest professional-services company...
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- 03 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
The HBS Show Must Go On
Saturday, however two days prior one of our cast members self-isolated out of an abundance of caution after exposure to COVID-19. While the cast member fortunately did not test positive, the Cabaret team scrambled to fill her two numbers...
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