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- 05 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
It’s Alive! Business Scholars Turn to Experimental Research
tools, and six small-group rooms. "The level use of experimental research at HBS has grown beyond what anyone imagined when we first built the CLER lab," says Director of Research Computing Chase Harrison. "We're constantly evaluating how...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 18 Dec 2017
- Op-Ed
Why Employers Must Stop Requiring College Degrees For Middle-Skill Jobs
Credit: Pixsooz American companies have a problem. Over the past decade, they have begun to demand a bachelor’s degree in hiring workers for jobs that traditionally haven’t required one. This uptick in credentialing, or “degree inflation,” rested on the belief that...
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by Joseph Fuller
- Web
The Africa Business Conference at HBS: Reimagining the Road Ahead - MBA
Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year...
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- 08 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Knowledge Transfer: You Can't Learn Surgery By Watching
While some lessons can be learned by watching—a parent’s reaction after touching a hot stove can be a good lesson for a youngster on dangers in the kitchen—other lessons are harder to learn through observation alone. No matter how many View Details
- 17 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 17
and civil aviation authorities might undertake over time horizons of months to years as well as tactical measures that may be adopted on a daily basis in response to dynamic, "real time" developments like poor weather or...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 6, 2007
centered on proving masculinity—in which such displays and interactions were absent. We use this case to develop theory about how organizational features, such as work practices and norms, can disrupt conventional masculine...
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Martha Lagace
- Web
Harvard Business School
published in management journals including Harvard Business Review, worked for the Small Business Administration, US Department of Commerce, Bank of America, and Stanford Research Institute; taught at Georgetown University; and was...
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- 08 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Recalling My First Cold Call: A Conversation with Second-Year Students
experience for me. In college I studied computer science, and those classes usually don’t have much participation—just a lecture and individual exercises to complete. All of my previous schooling was in Israel, so I was used to a learning...
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- 01 May 2017
- Research & Ideas
Bad At Your Job? Maybe It's the Job’s Fault
Simons says. “They control this narrow slice, but their jobs are tied to things like revenue growth and profitability. The missing piece is the support they are given to accomplish their goals.” When using the tool, a job can be evaluated...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- Profile
Erin Kaivan
that it lets you sample many different industries," Erin says. "I'm planning on using the time to find out what I really love. All of my doors are open, and none are closed!" She concludes...
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Consulting
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
Valleydene provided Barford with the flexibility he needed to spend more time with his ailing wife (who died in 1991 after a long struggle with multiple sclerosis) and six children. Beyond the boardroom, Barford has been associated in...
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- 11 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
BTG Bioliquids: Creating Fast Pyrolysis Bio-Oil from Biomass Residue Streams
the leadership team of BTG Bioliquids in Enschede, the Netherlands, to learn about their fast pyrolysis technology, which converts second-generation biomass residues into bio-oils and other useful renewable bio-chemicals. The authors:...
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Disruptive Innovation Online Course | HBS Online
Maintaining a Disruptive Scope to You Featured Exercises Reflection: Determining Ways in Which Your Organization Could Use a More Integrated or Specialized Strategy Reflection: Discovering the Scope for Your Organization 5-6 hrs Module 5...
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- 22 Sep 2022
- News
The Beauty Guide
Courtesy Michelle Freyre Courtesy Michelle Freyre When Michelle Freyre (MBA 1997) was a brand manager at Neutrogena, Michael McNamara, global president of the beauty brand at the time, asked what she wanted to do with her career. She answered, “I want to be you. I want...
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Maureen Harmon
- 04 Nov 2010
- What Do You Think?
Why Do We Chase Stars?
organization to another. Several discussants maintained that portability is high for certain leadership talents. C. J. Cullinane stated, "The manager who is experienced in cost-cutting and turn-arounds can use this talent in many...
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by Jim Heskett
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Jonathan M. Nelson, MBA 1983
some business skills, but more importantly, I learned about people,” he says of his time at HBS. With his new MBA, Nelson joined Narragansett, one of the few firms in the burgeoning industry—and the only one in his home state of Rhode...
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Susan Young
- 13 Jun 2011
- HBS Case
Mobile Banking for the Unbanked
their handsets. The GSM Association predicts that by 2012, nearly 300 million of the previously "unbanked" will be using some form of mobile banking. “The mistake a lot of us make is to look at the...
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- 26 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 26
self-employment. Using the reform to instrument for private-sector labor supply, we find that private-sector labor demand is very elastic, with elasticity estimates ranging between -3.1 and -5.3. Download working paper:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Monsignor Frederick Dolan Finds a New Calling at HBS Club of Montreal
here. Alumni really want us to keep in touch.” As for the future, Dolan is taking one step at a time and appreciating the opportunity he has been given. He says, “I can now give something back to the School,...
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- 23 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Overcoming Nervous Nelly
Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Alison Wood Brooks. “It was surprising to see such a devious twist that people would take advantage of someone in an anxious state” "People who are perfectly healthy feel anxious many times...
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by Michael Blanding