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Brandon Graves

Coming to HBS is like Entering a new world in which the words “not possible” or “no” don’t exist. HBS fosters an environment that constructively challenges my self-imposed limits and assumptions. Conversations with section mates and... View Details

12 Sep 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Climate Entrepreneurs Circle: Taking Climate Solutions from Idea to Action, Faster

peer group of founders who are all working on innovative solutions to tackle climate change. The Climate Circle is run by the Harvard Innovation Labs i-lab along with Harvard Alumni for Climate and the View Details

23 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

8 Strategies to Sustain Business Innovation

environments are ripe with some of these tensions,” says McDonald. “If left unaddressed or mishandled, they will hurt you. The key is to harness them, so they will not be a negative, but a positive.” “McDonald says the book was inspired... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

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Online Leadership Principles Course | HBS Online

Entrepreneurs Prepare for leadership roles after working as an individual contributor or functional specialist. "I found the content of the course to be extremely informative and applicable to the real challenges of being a leader. I... View Details

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Commodities, Currencies, and Balancing of the Trade Deficit - A Chronicle of the China Trade

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

07 Jul 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Innovation Labs: Where Passion and Purpose Meet

and connected community.” Segneri explains that being part of this environment gives students and alumni from HBS and Harvard University’s 12 other schools access to a wide range of support systems and resources, as well as the... View Details

February 1979
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Effects of External Evaluation on Artistic Creativity

By: T. M. Amabile

Examined the conditions under which the imposition of an extrinsic constraint upon performance of an activity can lead to decrements in creativity. 95 female undergraduates worked on an art activity either with or without the expectation of external evaluation. In... View Details

Keywords: Creativity; Social Psychology; Performance Evaluation; Motivation and Incentives; Situation or Environment

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05 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 5, 2007

Working PapersDesigning a Two-Sided Platform: When to Increase Search Costs? Authors:Andrei Hagiu and Bruno Jullien Abstract We propose a model for analyzing an intermediary's incentives to increase the search costs incurred by... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

08 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

Decision Rights: Who Gives the Green Light?

these hurdles begins with the following steps: 1. Routinely Review And Update How Decision Authority Is Distributed Because organizations, what they do, and the environment in which they operate continually change, decision-rights updates... View Details

Keywords: by Peter Jacobs

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A Guided Experience into the World of Entrepreneurship - 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

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The Forward Fellowship Convinced Me That I Belong at HBS - 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

30 Mar 2023
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Breaking Barriers and Building Community: Get to Know the HBS Women’s Student Association (WSA)

work tirelessly to make sure that HBS women are supported in their professional endeavors. The WSA has become known for their “final review sessions,” where RC (first-year) women take the stage in Klarman Hall and present the content... View Details

02 Mar 2009
Research & Ideas

When Goal Setting Goes Bad

performance, the authors agree. But goal setting must be prescribed in doses, not as a standard remedy to increase productivity. They even offer a warning label and list 10 questions managers should ask themselves before starting goal setting. The View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Design Thinking Course | HBS Online

with finding new ways to make their work impactful and useful for their target audience.” Cebisa Ncube Design Thinking and Innovation Participant Discover frameworks and techniques you can leverage to bring new and innovative products or... View Details

10 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

Taking Advantage of Life’s (Few and Far Between) Inflection Points

grasp those few "inflection points" that present themselves to change our lives—if we recognize the opportunity. Howard Stevenson is the Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business Administration. Slingshot Round the Moon From Howard's Gift: Uncommon Wisdom to Inspire Your... View Details

Keywords: Re: Howard H. Stevenson

14 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Getting Down to the Business of Creativity

Tripsas "Big breakthroughs are great, but we found that even incremental progress evokes a powerfully positive inner work life," Amabile notes. "In my Managing for Creativity course, I ask students to consider how they will... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion; Entertainment & Recreation

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Invention of the Polarizer - 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... View Details

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2018 Financial Risk and Regulation Survey - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

that under-provision of credit due to excessive regulation posed a great threat to the financial system. Figure 6: In Your View, Do Any of the Following Pose a Threat to the U.S. Financial System? These two main concerns - political risk and high debt and low interest... View Details

03 May 2023
Research & Ideas

Why Confronting Racism in AI 'Creates a Better Future for All of Us'

the T.R.A.P. Lab? Turner: I consider it both a think tank and a time saver for people doing rigorous research on race and technology. It's an environment where social scientists working on these matters... View Details

Keywords: by Barbara DeLollis

01 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

First Minutes are Critical in New-Employee Orientation

reasons behind the findings, the researchers conducted a similar experiment in the controlled environment of a university lab. They recruited 175 college students for a three-hour study, conducted over two consecutive days. The students... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Web Services; Service; Telecommunications

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