Active Seller Learning - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

What Drives Supply Chain Behavior?

To err is human, but most research on supply chain management doesn't take psychological, functional, incentive-related, and other biases into account. HBS professors Rogelio Oliva and Noel Watson have devised their latest research to View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston

20 Dec 2016
First Look

December 20, 2016

induces U.S. manufacturing firms to contract their operations along multiple margins of activity goes a long way toward explaining the response of U.S. innovation to the China trade shock. Download working paper:... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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2.3.1 Drug & Alcohol Policy - MBA

part of any Harvard activity are violations of HBS policy as well as the law. Possession, use, or distribution of certain non-prescription drugs, including marijuana, amphetamines, heroin, cocaine, and non-prescription synthetics;... View Details

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Power and Influence for Positive Impact | HBS Online

really works and develop their own power to gain influence and make an impact—within their professional relationships, organizations, and society at large. The program was developed by leading Harvard Business School faculty and is delivered in an View Details

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Online Business in Society Courses | HBS Online

in a dynamic, interactive learning experience. You’ll engage in a new activity every three to five minutes and apply your knowledge through polls, quizzes, and problem-solving exercises designed to... View Details

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Cash House | About

on the strategic use of information technology in the service sector. During his time at the School he served as Chair of the MBA Program, head of the Leadership and Learning initiative, Chair of Baker Library, and Senior Associate Dean... View Details

10 Jan 2022
Research & Ideas

How to Get Companies to Make Investments That Benefit Everyone

learning more advanced coding. Build shared platforms like the United Nations Development Programme’s Accelerator Labs. This network of small teams exchange information to combat a range of problems, from food shortages in Zimbabwe to... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

01 Jun 2024
News

Redefining How Businesses Operate

In her LinkedIn profile, Rebecca Hu (MBA 2023) describes herself as a “biologist-turned-technologist obsessed with building great software products.” A product manager at the language learning app Duolingo, Hu immersed herself in... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

16 May 2000
Research & Ideas

Getting the Message: How the Internet is Changing Advertising

the ad and be taken to a Web site where she can learn more about the product and purchase it. The entire process—from ad to purchase—might take less than five minutes. In addition to streamlining the flow of information and transactions,... View Details

Keywords: by Susan Young

28 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Can Navigate Politicized Conversations and Inspire Collaboration

receptiveness, according to Gino: Actively acknowledge the other perspective. You can do this by saying things like: "I understand that...," or "You are saying ..." Acknowledging the opposing view doesn't mean that you agree with it—it... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

03 Jun 2014
First Look

First Look: June 3

of Entrepreneurship and Innovation By: Chatterji, Aaron, Edward Glaeser, and William R. Kerr Abstract—This chapter reviews recent academic work on the spatial concentration of entrepreneurship and innovation in the United States. We discuss rationales for the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

The Better Way to Forecast the Future

and how likely each outcome is, conveying richer information related to business decisions. Its use is on the rise, but businesses are still learning how best to leverage it. Examples of this technique are everywhere. When meteorologists... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Air Transportation; Transportation

11 Jul 2019
Blog Post

Meet the MBA Class of 2020

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE National Basketball Association HBS ACTIVITIES Community Values Rep, African-American Student Union (AASU) co-president, 2019-20 Vivian Scalfi “THIS IS THE PLACE TO LEARN HOW TO... View Details

05 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Connecting with Consumers Using Deep Metaphors

and some linguists argue the only way, to learn about the content of emotions. Knowing the actual content of an emotion is critical. The right type of emotion might be activated but involve the wrong... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Consumer Products

21 Feb 2005
Op-Ed

Is Business Management a Profession?

jurisprudence. Law students now learn the law not as a collection of statutes but rather as a set of principles, doctrines, and rules that have evolved over the course of centuries and are said to constitute legal reasoning itself. The... View Details

Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice

29 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

How Organizations Create Social Value

both nonprofits and corporations, a focus on EV and SV can enhance their reputation with consumers, government, and community. Corporations are seen as caring, and nonprofits are seen as efficient. Comparing Nonprofits And Corporations When comparing the social... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

24 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

How to Get People Addicted to a Good Habit

behavior affect them today. For example, if a rational addict learns that taxes on cigarettes are going to double in six months, she may be less likely to take up smoking today. Hussam remains agnostic on whether the behavior of addicts... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

15 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

The New Global Business Manager

competitive by integrating activities and coordinating resources across national borders. At the same time, they also need to be sensitive and responsive to national differences in consumer tastes and government requirements, for example.... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

19 May 2021
Op-Ed

Why America Needs a Better Bridge Between School and Career

success in terms of both educational attainment and labor market outcomes. For example, only 33 percent of the organizations tracking college-related outcomes also prioritize employment outcomes. [div class=infogram-embed data-id=_/g2wL26M8Cevs8vcYugEn][/div] Situated... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller and Rachel Lipson

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Research & Development, Project Code SX-70 - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details

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