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Tim Kluska
our section and the fun we can have with our work! What is one thing you brought with you to campus, and one thing you'll be leaving with? With a class size of over 900 students, and coming in knowing very few, I brought with me uncertainty about where I would View Details
- 16 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Advice on Advice
full picture on their own. That's why it's important for both the advice-seeker and the advice-giver to ask questions of each other. The advice-seeker needs to get clarifications on the adviser's thinking to determine whether the advice View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Aug 2016
- Blog Post
Writing a Case as a Student at HBS
any topic goes! 2) Determine how you want to fit the case writing into your schedule. Options include replacing a class your second year with an independent project, or treating case writing like an extracurricular activity in addition to... View Details
- 09 Jan 2020
- Book
Rethinking Business Strategy in the Age of AI
integrated 21-inch tablet computers have become a fitness sensation. For $39 per month, Peloton offers access to live-streamed classes where members can track their performance on a leader board, virtually connect with fellow classmates,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- November 2021
- Article
Ratings, Reviews, and the Marketing of New Products
By: Itay P. Fainmesser, Dominique Olié Lauga and Elie Ofek
We study how user-generated content (UGC) about new products impacts a firm's advertising and pricing decisions and the effect on profits and market dynamics. We construct a two-period model where consumers value quality and are heterogeneous in their taste for the new... View Details
Keywords: Online Reviews; Product Ratings; Social Networks; Word Of Mouth; Pricing; User-generated Content; Advertising; Product Marketing; Price; Consumer Behavior; Product Positioning; Social Media
Fainmesser, Itay P., Dominique Olié Lauga, and Elie Ofek. "Ratings, Reviews, and the Marketing of New Products." Management Science 67, no. 11 (November 2021): 7023–7045.
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Case Study: Testing the Waters
Illustration by Christina Spano Endurance training was nothing new to Lauren Picasso (MBA 2014), who’d raced through her younger years as a cross-country runner and swimmer. In 2017, when she was director of marketing at Jet.com and looking for a physical challenge,... View Details
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6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees - Recruiting
an attempt to recruit and retain more minorities, but the initiatives often fall short, the authors say. The problem: These programs tend to focus on helping black employees fit into the status-quo culture, rather than eliminating... View Details
- 12 Oct 2022
- Blog Post
11 Stories from HBS PRIDE for National Coming Out Day
me about being queer is that since I am bi - or whatever label I can use to explain that my sexuality doesn’t fit in a neat box - I don’t get to come out just once. I will have to come out over and over again, countless times, for the... View Details
- 18 Jan 2023
- Blog Post
Career Planning and Development: Interview with Career Coach Wendi Zhang (MBA/MPP 2013)
distractions and noise that get in the way of individuals’ ability to uncover their authentic selves. Great career coaches also guide individuals in defining goals and implementation plans that are consistent with their true values and View Details
- 10 Nov 2015
- Op-Ed
Authentic Leadership Rediscovered
flexible styles that fit the situation and capabilities of their teammates. At times, authentic leaders are coaches and mentors, inspiring others and empowering their teammates to lead through the most important tasks without a great deal... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 18 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
How New Managers Become Great Managers
ones in which the fit is imperfect—it is a 'stretch'... Indeed, people find it nearly impossible to accomplish their development alone. To grow and develop, individuals must be prepared to seek assistance. They must devote time and energy... View Details
Keywords: by Linda Hill
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
David Moss is Rewriting History
How do you fit a case discussion into the confines of a high-school schedule? How do you record the information when you aren’t blessed with HBS’s abundance of blackboards? Can the case method incorporate the type of “active learning”... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 11 Jul 2016
- HBS Case
Neurodiversity: The Benefits of Recruiting Employees with Cognitive Disabilities
Professor of Information Systems, Ivey Business School, delve into the growing neurodiversity initiative at software behemoth SAP in their case study SAP SE: Autism at Work. Software testing is exacting and requires precision, so can be a good View Details
- 05 Feb 2018
- What Do You Think?
Should Companies Disclose Employee Compensation?
would avoid a "one size fits all" approach to the practice of making compensation known. These are the views put forth by participants in this month's discussion of transparency in compensation. Disclosing pay ranges vs.... View Details
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Funding Opportunities - Business & Environment
ranges from $5,000 – $15,000. Award availability is determined based on an applicant's earnings and need-based debt, as well as employment and job fit criteria. Funds awarded can be used only to reduce existing need-based loans.... View Details
- 16 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business
well as well-being. For example: Abundant communication. Regular briefings, communication from many levels, town hall dialogues. Cross-training, so people can fill in for one another. Flexible work schedules, start and stop times that fit... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Case Study: Staking a Claim
Illustration by Nhung Lê Kate Terry (MBA 2005) knows that no one attends their fifth-grade career fair and comes home hoping to pursue a career in insurance—but that’s exactly where she wound up. “I really fell in love with it,” she says. As cofounder and CEO of... View Details
- 09 Feb 2021
- News
Investing in Entrepreneurship
fuel innovation throughout Harvard for the next decade and beyond,” said Dean Srikant Datar. “We are delighted to have the Crisp name associated with the work of the i-lab and Peter’s example as a model for the students, alumni, faculty, and staff who engage with it.... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- Web
For Recruiters - Health Care
outside perspective as well as strong analytic and strategic training. For students, the summer provides a rare opportunity to apply new skills and to experience the rewards and challenges of the health care industry. Both parties have the benefit of testing their... View Details
- 16 May 2023
- Blog Post
Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS (part 2)
accent and learned slang only Americans say to just fit in. One day, I was cold called on a China case and stumbled through a comment in class. After class, a section mate came saying “thank you for sharing with us about your culture and... View Details