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- 16 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why ‘Sleep on It’ No Longer Sounds Like Great Advice
believe that with all of these positive cognitive effects, you might also get benefits for decision making,” says Karmarkar, who conducted the research with UMass Amherst psychology professor Rebecca Spencer and Stanford Graduate School...
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- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Career Services Shifts into High Gear
from the graduating class went abroad; in 2008, those figures rose to 50 percent and 6.2 percent, respectively. With that in mind, this year MBA Career Services will host conferences in Shanghai and Paris focused on potential employers. As always, the View Details
- 23 May 2018
- News
Christopher B. Howard, MBA 2003
Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1969 Born, Mt. Pleasant, Texas 1991 Earns BS, Political Science, US Air Force Academy 1995 Awarded Doctorate, Politics, Oxford University 1996 Completes Flight School as a helicopter...
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Susan Young
- 12 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 12, 2006
on human behavior. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=404091 Note on Human Behavior: Reason and Emotion Harvard Business School Note 404-104 Human beings are driven by reasons and emotions....
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Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Oct 2017
- Blog Post
4 Advantages of the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program
two nuclear physicists for grandparents, I grew up in a strongly STEM household. My family fostered in me a desire to understand how things worked and I latched on to the then-nascent Internet and computer revolution. When it came time to go to college, my View Details
- 05 Jan 2022
- News
Untapped Potential
part of investors. In 2015, the accelerator had 80 applicants; in 2020, it had 600 across three global programs. “The influx of talent is real,” Ferguson notes. But he saw those companies struggle to find early-stage funding. “It was increasingly frustrating that there...
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- 11 Jun 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching the Next Generation of Energy Executives
You may think that being an energy executive—especially a manager in a leading oil company—might be the easiest job around. Just flip the production switch, and watch gas prices head toward $4 a gallon. But students enrolled in Harvard Business School professor Forest...
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- 20 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
When Predicting Other People's Preferences, You're Probably Wrong
even a potential mate. “When you’re observing another person’s choice, the choice itself becomes very diagnostic,” says Barasz, who graduated in May and will soon join the faculty of the IESE Business School...
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- 12 Feb 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
‘UpTick’ Brings Wall Street Pressure to Students
In a Harvard Business School classroom, students in the Dynamic Markets class may have one minute to make a decision in a pressure cooker one called "the most stress I've experienced in ten years." It's margin call time in a...
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- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Stephen M. Moret: A Campaign for Positive Change
but his choice was driven by the School’s mission to develop leaders who contribute to the well-being of society. “HBS has given me an expanded sense of perspective and of what is attainable,” says Moret, who recently completed a field...
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- 12 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 12, 2008
the Statement of Financial Accounting Standards, No. 141R. Purchase the note: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=108067 ADR Choices Harvard Business School Note 908-040 Six different...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Xue (Ken) Yuan
Just before beginning his MBA studies, Xue was a summer associate at Northern Light Venture Capital, where he reviewed “new materials and clean-technology companies.” For Xue, HBS was the clear choice for advancing his career. “I knew I...
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- 16 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 16, 2008
extent to which they hold should films longer than want films decreases. Our results suggest that myopia has a meaningful impact on choice in the field and that people may learn about their myopia with experience and, as a result, gain...
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- 11 May 2011
- News
The PMD 70 Tree and Other Memorials at HBS
academe: a tree planted near Burden by the PMD 70 class at their graduation. The class may have been inspired by the Partners Association, which had planted a tree in front of Soldiers Field Park apartments. PMD 70 donated the money for the tree but left the View Details
- 08 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 8, 2010
determinant of choices than fairness, and iii) agents display a marked propensity to work for principals with similar distributional concerns. Working PapersReport on the State of Available Data for the Study of International Trade and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 2
has to decide where to locate the company's new manufacturing line for high horsepower engines. He has three choices to decide from: Seymour, Indiana; Daventry, England; and Pune, India. The Community Education Coalition (CEC) in Columbus...
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Anna Secino
- 03 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 3
self-report of the licensee. The self-reporting aspect of the environment gives rise to demand for auditing by the licensor or third-party attestation by the licensee. We characterize the optimal royalty contract, accounting system choice...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
In War-Torn Liberia, Student Gains a Wealth of Experience
environment." A joint-degree candidate working on her MBA at HBS and her master's in public administration at the Kennedy School of Government, Ballou spent eight weeks in the West African nation, helping local communities rebuild their...
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- 01 Oct 2001
- News
HBS Press Books in Brief
believes the key to making better strategic choices in turbulent markets lies in understanding the level of uncertainty faced in a given situation. 20/20 Foresight provides a framework for learning to separate what can be known from what...
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- 12 Nov 2015
- Research & Ideas
Can Consumers be Trusted with Their Own Health Care?
presentation given at the fifth U.S.-China Health Summit at Harvard Medical School in September by John A. Quelch, the Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School...
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