Multiple Audience Problem - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2016
News

Research Brief: The High Cost of Election Expectations

impact of a robust get out the vote effort. The trio visited the country multiple times to develop and roll out a text message campaign to encourage voting, which ultimately reached 2 million—about 40 percent—of Kenya’s registered voters.... View Details

Keywords: Erin Peterson

01 Jun 2018
News

Floor It

research ecosystem have delayed the delivery of lifesaving advances. Think of it as a plumbing problem: The third-floor shower in an old house doesn’t have enough water pressure. The problem may be with the third-floor pipe, but it’s far... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Mengxin Li

28 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Football Stars Debate ‘The Social Capital of the Savvy Athlete’

in front of a standing-room-only audience at the Harvard Innovation Lab at Harvard Business School. Other participants included Arizona Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald, Houston Texans running back Arian Foster, and Domonique Foxworth,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Sports

29 May 2013
Research & Ideas

Faculty Symposium Showcases Breadth of Research

An internal event held each May, the annual Faculty Research Symposium affords the opportunity for a few Harvard Business School faculty to share their latest research with an audience of doctoral students, HBS staff, and other... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

01 Sep 2007
News

Where Are They Now?

works on strategy issues, is point person for global initiatives and acquisitions, and oversees day-to-day operations across all of the group’s functions and its multiple brands, which reap $9 billion in annual sales and include Bath &... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

02 May 2023
Blog Post

From Harvard Business School to Spotify: Four Lessons in My Journey to Land My Dream Job

Rodolfo A. Diaz Cabello (MBA 2021) reflects on how his experiences at Harvard Business School supported his path to building new products at Spotify. In October 2022 I joined Spotify as a Senior Product Manager leading a team that introduces younger View Details

19 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Empathy: The Brand Equity of Retail

Harvard Business School, professor Ananth Raman discussed the importance of empathy in customer-facing business. "As we're talking about things like retail efficiency and profitability, this is a topic that I think needs more attention," Raman told an View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

22 Apr 2021
News

Leading for a Better World in Boston; Virtual Event Showcases Japan Fellowship

speakers in the program, very often, have no networks and little resources. Yet they see a problem and say ‘I’m going to fix that.’ And they’ve done it with amazing results There’s no better role model.” For the panel, Hunger and Food... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

20 Nov 2007
First Look

First Look: November 20, 2007

problem for the consortium is how much to raise its previous bid. A reasonable bid must be based upon how much value the private equity consortium can create through improvements in Hertz's global operations on the one hand, and a more... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Actively Addressing Unconscious Bias in Recruiting

that are compatible with Zoom backgrounds, could be sharing living space with limited private quiet areas, or managing multiple responsibilities including child or elder care. None of these factors impact how well a candidate could do the... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

12 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Solving COVID'S Mental Health Crisis

who need them, especially among vulnerable populations. Racial inequities, laid bare by the pandemic, and social unrest provoked by recent police killings have escalated tensions. In the course of writing Problem Solving: HBS Alumni... View Details

Keywords: by Howard Stevenson and Shirley Spence; Health

Web

Systems Change Forum | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

specific themes and challenges they saw across the field. The forum raised multiple insights and challenges that are elaborated on in the full forum proceedings document at the bottom of this page. We highlight five themes and three... View Details

13 Sep 2019
Blog Post

An Uncommon Summer: Project Management at an Education Non-Profit

stored, used, and collaborated on information in eight digital systems and their knowledge management practice was, in their words, “a nightmare.” The team’s leadership acknowledged these problems but didn’t have the capacity to work... View Details

16 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Resolving Patent Disputes that Impede Innovation

billions of dollars annually licensing patents for its code-division multiple access (CDMA) technology, which is the heart of several mobile communication standards. Standards bodies often act as regulators, setting rules in order to... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Legal Services

23 Jun 2020
Book

Beginning America Over Again with a New Electoral System

result, write the authors, is a polarized government unable to compromise to solve the nation's greatest problems or realize its highest aspirations. The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

13 Oct 2015
First Look

October 13, 2015

Shiv, and Rebecca M.C. Spencer Abstract—Conventional wisdom and studies of unconscious processing suggest that sleeping on a choice may improve decision making. Though sleep has been shown to benefit several cognitive tasks, including View Details

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Creating Value in Business and Government (HKS-HBS Joint Degree Seminar) - Course Catalog

provisions in legislation and how business and government can work together to shape an international environment that is conducive to economic growth. The aim of the course is to cultivate in students the capacity to view problems... View Details

01 Mar 2004
Lessons from the Classroom

Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science

experiences as to which were the most useful to adopt moving forward. Unfortunately, it turned out that NASA had what might be called a "learning disorder." Q: So, what went wrong with FBC? A: The first problem lay in NASA's... View Details