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Frances Dixon

learn leadership.” She chose the Air Force because it had the highest percentage of career fields open to women. After two years stationed in Florida, Frances then spent six years in Nevada working with remotely piloted aircraft (RPAs or... View Details

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Emily Hannenberg

socioeconomic backgrounds—who want to know more about me as a military person, as a queer person. That's been really rewarding." Emily has seized upon numerous "micro-opportunities to further leadership," serving, for example, as a View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit/Government/Education

13 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

Paid Search Ads Pay Off for Lesser-Known Restaurants

Michael Luca and Weijia (Daisy) Dai, an assistant professor of economics at Lehigh University, recently studied effectiveness of paid search ads for small businesses by designing a large-scale field... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage

29 Apr 2015
Blog Post

2+2: Challenging Conceptions of Business

what made you interested in applying? I had no formal business background so I always assumed I was not the right candidate for HBS. When I discovered the 2+2 Program and learned that HBS was committed to engaging students in diverse disciplines who wanted to apply... View Details

18 Sep 2017
Blog Post

Applying HBS Lessons in an African Context

career. It is true that many cases we study take place in developed economies. But what I remember about those cases are lessons for how to make business decisions that apply anywhere. There were many moments where I felt “this is... View Details

01 Jun 2001
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"Unheard Voices" Brings to Light Three Centuries of American Women at Work

“Over the last decade, the library has fielded an increasing number of inquiries from scholars interested in topics beyond traditional economic or business history,” notes Laura Linard, Baker’s director of Historical Collections. “We’ve... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Professor Elton Mayo; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

05 Apr 2017
Research & Ideas

For Women Especially, It Pays to Know What Car Repairs Should Cost

Women who come prepared to challenge an auto repair quote can overcome gender discrimination and negotiate a fairer price, according to recently published research. That's one conclusion from the research study Repairing the Damage: The... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild Swearingen; Auto; Service

24 Nov 2009
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First Look: Nov. 24

Working PapersWalking the Talk in Multiparty Bargaining: An Experimental Investigation Authors:Kathleen L. McGinn, Katherine L. Milkman, and Markus Nöth Abstract We study the framing effects of communication in multiparty bargaining.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 Apr 2021
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Revealing the Rules

Consulting Group, Ng wrote The Unspoken Rules: Secrets to Starting Your Career off Right as a guide for early career professionals—and particularly to help level the playing field for the outsiders. But it’s equally important, he says,... View Details

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Grant Donnelly & Michael Norton

when Grant chose to pursue his graduate studies in the Marketing program here. HBS is a place tailor-made for students who are driven to do research that has impact. Grant came with experience running both organizations and View Details

07 Aug 2017
Research & Ideas

'Be Yourself (Within Reason)' and Other Job Search Survival Tips

kept getting longer, and I finally realized I might be able to do a service by putting all this information into one package. Silverthorne: Is the academic job market for accounting PhDs a difficult field to break into? Rouen: Every year,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Accounting; Education

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Max Wibaux

degree of openness in mind. "Our classes are based on the input from others," he says. "You often learn more from your classmates than the direct teaching from professors. In fact, many times students have actually worked in the companies we’re View Details

Keywords: CPG

01 Jun 2008
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Alumni Books

how to “fix the broken sales process” while applying the concepts and actions to a case study of a fictitious software company. The Breakthrough Imperative: How the Best Managers Get Outstanding Results by Mark Gottfredson (MBA ’83) and... View Details

Keywords: Management

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Faculty & Research | MBA

Professors often build relationships with students through office hours and advising students on start-up ideas and career goals. A Commitment to Teaching In an HBS classroom, faculty lead 90 individuals from all over the world in case discussions and View Details

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Eligibility & Criteria | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

of a Field Course, you will be asked for additional information in the application; and projects will be accepted on a case-by-case basis. Meet all project and eligibility requirements outlined on the HBS Independent Projects website.... View Details

11 Oct 2016
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October 11, 2016

to which citizens can see the often-hidden work that government performs. Across two studies using laboratory and field data, increasing operational transparency improved citizens’ views of and increased... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

The Competition of Countries

involved in a large-scale field study of best practice in environmental management. Having just completed a case text on competing countries, Vietor discusses globalization and national development... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

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Allen Yang

While Allen Yang certainly has the intellectual chops to tackle big ideas, he's always had a hunger for the tangible and the practical—for hands-on reality. "In college, I studied economics," Allen says. "But it was all... View Details

Keywords: CPG; Tech; Financial Services

01 Apr 2002
News

Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction

kindergarten through fourth grade. The first phase of the initiative , an on-campus book drive led by Matthew S. Fields and Marleta Y. Ross, both HBS '02, has resulted in the collection of nearly one thousand books. In its second phase,... View Details

Keywords: H Naylor Fitzhugh; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

25 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 25

When, and How Much to Entertain Consumers in Advertisements? A Web-based Facial Tracking Field Study By: Teixeira, Thales, Rosalind Picard, and Rana el Kaliouby Abstract—The presence of positive... View Details