Field Studies - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 2000
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New Global Initiative Director Takes Broad Outlook

of staff for Tufts president John DiBiaggio and another five years coordinating one of the Fletcher School's academic programs with activities in Japan, China, Korea, Canada, and Russia. "Coming to the Global Initiative was a natural progression for me," says Ryan, who... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Educational Services

01 Dec 2002
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Faculty Updates

real estate in particular, Poorvu began teaching Real Property Asset Management and Field Studies in Real Property and writing cases at HBS in 1965. A former faculty member at the Harvard Graduate School of... View Details

01 Jun 2008
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A Binary Formula

Harvard’s initiatives in stem cells, bio-inspired engineering, systems biology, chemical biology, and innovative computing. The colloquium featured a number of case studies about academic labs as well as private-sector firms that are... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; science; research; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management

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In Charts: Like Einstein, Global Inventors Bring Big Ideas Across Borders | Working Knowledge

Strategy and Innovation In Charts: Like Einstein, Global Inventors Bring Big Ideas Across Borders Featuring Prithwiraj Choudhury . By Ana Elena Azpúrua on May 20, 2025 . Mobile "superstar" inventors play a crucial role in spreading knowledge among nations and advancing... View Details

22 Feb 2022
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The Well-Healed Athlete

to studying athletes of different ages, genders, and ethnicities to better understand the potential of the healthy human body and to improve knowledge of injury prevention and rehabilitation. The goal is to give people of all abilities... View Details

Keywords: April White; Health and Personal Care Stores; Retail Trade

14 Jul 2009
First Look

First Look: July 14

studied and how it relates to the environment in which it occurs—affect the dissemination of knowledge from subfields to the broader field of study. Micro-process research in organizational View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Jeremy Lipstein

working with an up-and-coming company wrestling with the management challenges that come with growth." In fact, the internship became a field study in Jeremy's Elective Curriculum year, in which he and... View Details

Student-Profile

Omar Olivarez

scholars through the PhD Project, which he joined in 2020 as he was preparing to apply to doctoral programs. He gained valuable insight from his fellow members that has helped him contextualize his interests within the field of business... View Details

09 Aug 2011
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A Toast to Macchu Pisco

Business Plan Contest, I did a marketing independent study on how to launch a premium pisco brand in the United States. We entered a plan in the contest and were semi-finalists. The alumni I contacted during my second year were extremely... View Details

Keywords: Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Mar 2013
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Delivering the Power to Dream Big

says Howe. "As HBS grads, we have a sense of duty to dream big." That sense, as anyone who's walked the Soldiers Field campus can attest, comes from the School's mission—to educate leaders who make a difference in the world—and is fueled... View Details

Keywords: solar power; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

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Paola Lara

Paola Lara studied software engineering for a simple reason: “I thought it was the future of the world.” But once she immersed herself in the industry, Paola “realized I didn’t want to be programming the rest of my life,” and decided to... View Details

08 Jan 2007
Research & Ideas

Who Rises to Power in American Business?

to comprehensively analyze the demographics of leadership and access in business in the United States. The last comprehensive studies were published in 1955: (1) Mabel Newcomer's The Big Business Executive, the Factors that Made Him,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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2016 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland where she spoke about the role of confidence in women's economic empowerment. In 2012 and 2013, she partnered with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to study a decade of gender in the... View Details

22 Oct 2013
News

Pulling the Plug

mention his entrepreneurial spirit—can be traced back to his time at HBS. As a student, he loved former HBS lecturer Irving Grousbeck's popular course on starting new ventures and conducted a field study of... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs; Telecommunications; Information; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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Use of Electronic Resources | Baker Library

materials in pursuit of research, teaching and private study Use quotes or excerpts of licensed materials in academic work with proper citation and in accordance with fair use Under our license agreements, users may not: Permit anyone... View Details

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2.6 Sample Disciplinary Violations | MBA

officials, recruiters, or others Misrepresenting or failing to disclose intent of research or field study Misrepresenting one's identity (e.g., when sending an email) Unauthorized use of HBS or Harvard name... View Details

01 Dec 2012
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50 Years & Counting

The Power of Women Related Links The Accidental Pioneers From Where We Stand Celebrating the Women of HBS W50 Summit Registration A Daring Experiment exhibit Women's Student Association 2013 Dynamic Women in Business Conference Kathleen McGinn was first drawn to the... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

20 Jan 2010
First Look

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