Field Study - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 May 2015
News

The First Five Years: Rena Xu (MBA 2014, MD 2014)

with the MBA, I’ll be better equipped to identify promising new ideas in the field and help bring them to fruition in clinical practice.” What has your experience as a first-year resident been like? “For the first few weeks of residency,... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Jun 2000
News

Managing the Map

We are at the dawn of a new epoch in the world of science, one that will cast strong light on a unique corner of the biotechnology field known as genomics. The designation refers to the study of genes, those... View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs

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Paul Lenehan

of cold calls." Tribes and technology For his EC year, Paul would like to pursue a field study "in a 'tribe' with a similar passion for emerging media. In particular, I'd like to look at online... View Details

20 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 20

Study Results Author:Robert Simons Abstract This paper reports the collective finding from 102 field studies that look at the relationship between two organization design... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Jul 2020
Blog Post

How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence

have to encourage women a few times if you want to close these gaps.” It's important to note, Coffman says, that these studies also show that men have less confidence than women in their ability to shine in View Details

25 Jun 2019
Blog Post

Learning the Language of Business and Science – The MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Program

My path into the field of biotechnology began at a young age. I was largely influenced by my mother, who is a chemical engineer with an MBA, and by my upbringing in Boston, which exposed me to one of the top biotech/healthcare... View Details

21 May 2013
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First Look: May 21

traces the consequences of these differences. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=44781 How Do Risk Managers Become Influential? A Field Study in Two Financial Institutions By: Hall,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Feb 2020
News

The Influence of Geography on Work and Innovation

valuable—effect: When workers cross geographic borders to work together, their different cultural experiences and fields of expertise create new knowledge. “That ‘recombined knowledge’ is greater than the sum of its parts,” he says. “If... View Details

Keywords: April White

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Harvard Business School and Polaroid - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Effect of Federal Taxes on Growing Enterprises . Study No. 2 focused on Polaroid as representative of the post-war financial issues facing new, expanding firms without large capital resources. Both graduates of Harvard's economics... View Details

01 Sep 2009
News

Consumer Finance Makes HBS Debut

TUFANO: His new consumer finance elective is part of a broader effort to legitimize the field as an important area for research and teaching. Last spring HBS became the first top-ranked U.S. business school to offer a course in consumer... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance

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Urban development

How do I find articles on urban development and environmental issues in city planning? EBSCO covers studies on various topics in the field of urban development, such as third world planning issues,... View Details

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Alfred D. Chandler Papers | Baker Library

Alfred D. Chandler Papers Alfred Chandler portrait, March 10, 1971. HBS Archives Photograph Collection: Faculty and Staff. HBS Archives, Baker Library, Harvard Business School (olvwork380753). Professor Alfred Chandler defined the field... View Details

22 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 22

Publications August 2013 PLoS ONE Prosocial Bonuses Increase Employee Satisfaction and Team Performance By: Anik, Lalin, Lara B. Aknin, Elizabeth W. Dunn, Michael I. Norton, and Jordi Quoidbach Abstract—In three field studies, we... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Courses by Faculty - Course Catalog

Entrepreneurial Management Spring 2025 Q3 1.5 Entrepreneurial Sales 102: Building, Managing, and Scaling the First Sales Team as a Founder, Investor, or Advisor Entrepreneurial Management Spring 2025 Q4 1.5 Field Course: Go to Market... View Details

16 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

What Happens When Zambian Schoolgirls Receive Negotiation Training

2009, Harvard Business School Professor Kathleen McGinn has developed keen insight into the exigent nature of such challenges. Her experiences there prompted her to study how teaching communication and negotiation skills at critical... View Details

Keywords: Re: Kathleen L. McGinn

24 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 24

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-021.pdf How Do Risk Managers Become Influential? A Field Study of Toolmaking and Expertise in Two Financial Institutions Authors:Matthew Hall, Anette Mikes, and Yuval Millo... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

Profile

John Speer

that’s how I trained for the B-2.” John’s FIELD 2 experience in Brazil opened up an entirely new challenge as well. His assignment: an online shoe retailer, Dafiti.com, looking for a customer-loyalty program appropriate for its national... View Details

01 Mar 2012
News

Business History Gets a Boost

A leader in the study of business history, HBS recently announced the creation of the Business History Initiative, a multidisciplinary research and teaching effort that underscores the importance of the topic to business management. In... View Details

Keywords: Dean Nitin Nohria; Professor Geoffrey G. Jones; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

23 Feb 2015
Research & Ideas

How to Break the Expert’s Curse

says. "Their advice reflected that." Corporate Field Studies Zhang and her faculty advisors hope to study the effects of rediscovery in a corporate setting, where mentorship... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

19 Dec 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

New Year, New Habits

bad behavior causes memories of those acts to gradually become less clear—a phenomenon they call “unethical amnesia.” Research Papers Habit Formation and Rational Addiction: A Field Experiment in Handwashing This View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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