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Team - Case Method Project

Chaderjian is a member of the teacher support team who partners with educators as they train in and utilize the case method in high school classrooms. Motivated by the conviction that immersive engagement with history is foundational to cultivating vibrant civic... View Details

10 May 2010
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What Top Scholars Say About Leadership

world's foremost scholars in fields ranging from psychology to economics, sociology, and history. “Leadership is based on complex phenomena." -Rakesh Khurana As Khurana explains below, leadership—what it means, why it matters—is an... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

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4.1 Student Travel - MBA

Policy for information on the Harvard-wide policy on student travel. The Harvard Global Support Services Office is a helpful resource for students planning Harvard-related travel. Students should refer to the Global Experience Office... View Details

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Kanwulia Gwam

The grass field in front of my apartment building became whatever us neighborhood kids needed it to be. On this cool summer afternoon, it became my laboratory, and the experiment was my identity. I was in... View Details

13 Aug 2012
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When Good Incentives Lead to Bad Decisions

loan officers were more judicious about issuing loans when their bonus incentives were tied to whether the loans performed well. More surprisingly, they found that incentives actually have the power to distort loan officers' perceptions of how a loan will perform. An... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking

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Events - Business History

business leaders in emerging markets since 2008. These are hosted on a public website featuring full interview transcripts and associated video clips that are free to download and use for teaching, research, or general interest. At this online conference, speakers... View Details

25 Apr 2024
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Origin Stories

Jersey, to New Orleans, Louisiana. One soloed in a single engine airplane on Long Island at the age of 14. Another toured Cleveland’s factories with her father at the height of the city’s industrial powers. That range of experiences... View Details

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Community | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

“launching pad” for students just starting to explore interests in social impact across multiple sectors, or for students with deep experience in the space looking to meet like-minded peers. Social Enterprise Conference An annual two-day... View Details

12 Apr 2022
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Swiping Right: How Data Helped This Online Dating Site Make More Matches

Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment. McFowland coauthored the paper with Jui Ramaprasad of the University of Maryland, Ravi Bapna of the University of Minnesota, Probal Mojumdar of Indian Institute of Management Udaipur, and... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

05 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019

either back peaceful settlements or support warring groups and continued fighting. Attitudes toward peaceful settlement are expected to be especially obdurate for civilians who have been exposed to violence. In a survey of 1,120 Syrian refugees in Turkey conducted in... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

30 Jun 2022
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Scaling Hope

them. It was a night that would change both his son’s life and D’Antonio’s. Today, both men work in the field of addiction treatment. D’Antonio’s son, now with more than six years of continuous sobriety, is trained as a peer recovery... View Details

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It’s Time to Build: Why the MS/MBA Is Right for You! - MBA

Business & Environment Career Change Career and Professional Development Case Method Clubs Curriculum Digital Entrepreneurship FIELD Financial Aid Health Care Instagram Takeover JD/MBA Leadership Letters to Classmates MBA/MPP & MBA/MPA-ID... View Details

07 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 7, 2008

broader field of study. Microprocess research in organizational studies reveals implicit phenomenological assumptions that vary in the extent to which microprocesses are treated as parts of larger systems. We suggest that phenomenological... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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1.4.4 Elective Curriculum (EC) - MBA

Curriculum (RC) 1.4.4 Elective Curriculum (EC) 1.4.5 Required Summer Work Experience & Internship Courses 1.5 Attendance 1.6 Degree Requirements 1.7 Grading 1.8 Academic Honors 1.9 Course Registration 1.10 Cross-Registration 1.11 Leaves... View Details

20 Apr 2011
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Blind Spots: We’re Not as Ethical as We Think

and actual behavior, according to the authors. The rapidly developing field of behavioral ethics has described a decision-making process whereby we recognize what we should do—give equal weight to job candidates of all races, for... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

22 Jun 2022
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Four Elements for Finding the Right Career Path

When people contemplate a career change, astute thinking alone won’t necessarily take them in the right direction. Instead, when career changes and other huge life-changing experiences are at stake, people should tap into their “full... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

14 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 14

theoretical understanding of brand relationship phenomena and ideas for practical application from experiments and execution in commercial practice. Strong Brands, Strong Relationships will be the perfect read for marketing faculty and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Sep 2020
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Are You Sabotaging Your Own Company?

During World War II, the predecessor to the US Central Intelligence Agency produced a secret field manual detailing how “citizen-saboteurs” could disrupt the operations of enemy organizations. In addition to inflicting physical damage,... View Details