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- 15 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Unspoken Messages of COVID-19 Restrictions
fact, Harvard University research suggests that reopening restaurants last spring, shortly after the pandemic’s first wave, may have led some people to assume that eating out was safe—despite the now-documented links between indoor dining...
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- 20 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
The U.S. Patent Game: How to Change It
ways that are often invisible. A provocative new book by economists Adam B. Jaffe and Josh Lerner describes what's wrong, but shines a light on ways to fix the system, too. Their book, Innovation and Its Discontents: How Our Broken Patent...
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by Ann Cullen
- 22 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 22
PublicationsThe Burden of Guilt: Heavy Backpacks, Light Snacks, and Enhanced Morality Authors:Gino, F., M. Kouchaki, and A. Jami Publication:Journal of Experimental Psychology: General Abstract Drawing on the embodied simulation account...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Field Course: Startup Operations - Course Catalog
skills necessary to manage the many complexities of operating a startup. Sessions will feature skill-building exercises led by the instructor and outside experts as well as weekly peer-to-peer critiques on work-in-progress. Students are...
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- 03 Apr 2019
- News
Finding Common Ground
nights in a shelter during a three-year period), Cicero data indicates that more than 70 percent of homeless people have spent fewer than 90 nights in a shelter over the last three years. That knowledge sheds light on the need to...
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Deborah Blagg
- 15 Jul 2019
- Blog Post
Exploring the World of Electric Adventure Vehicles
flexibility in her working style. “For me, the opposite of my comfort zone is working in a highly unstructured environment with very light leverage—the kind of situation where the project is vaguely defined and the resources are hard to...
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- 23 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
2024 Summer Internships in Business & Environment
Energy is one of the largest and most innovative clean energy companies in the world. Headquartered in Florida, NextEra operates primarily through its subsidiaries, including Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) and NextEra Energy...
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- 18 Nov 2020
- News
Networking Goes Truly Global; Confronting Institutional Racism with Case Method Webinar
London and HBS Women’s Association of New York, led by Charles Lazarevic (AMP 161, 2001) and Kathy Murray (AMP 112, 1993), held a joint virtual Global Networking Event, featuring a review of the Future of Work presentation for the 44...
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Margie Kelley
- 27 Oct 2016
- News
Paying It Forward
how fortunate I am, especially in light of my dad’s history. I’m also happy that my son Ricky has started taking an interest in helping too. For example, he led a workshop introducing the kids to Scratch...
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Margie Kelley
- Web
Concrete Symbols - A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School 1908-1927 – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
designed to serve as the visual and intellectual focal point of the campus. The Library’s bell tower and gilded cupola echoed the tower on Eliot House across the river, and a grand portico led to an elegant first-floor entranceway. The...
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- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Short Takes
Smoking Gun When impressionable teenagers light their first cigarettes, they initiate what all too often becomes a lifelong, life-threatening habit. The vast majority of smokers begin in their teens, yet the tobacco industry has...
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Eileen K. McCluskey
- 16 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 16
financial environment, and possibly for firms in industries with highly liquid assets as well. This result sheds light on the link between financial and economic development. Estimating the Effects of Large Shareholders Using a Geographic...
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Martha Lagace
- 13 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
5 Weight Loss Tips From Behavioral Economists
Later: Decreasing Impatience over Time in Online Grocery Orders" by Todd Rogers, Katherine L. Milkman, and Max H. Bazerman. TIP #2 - Put your money where your mouth is. Leslie John, now an assistant professor at HBS, led an experiment at...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 22 Mar 2022
- News
Clubs Mark a Milestone and the Lunar New Year
who just applied to HBS, and another who was just accepted.” Tao says the guests had a lively conversation about the importance of Asian representation across all industries, especially in light of recent anti-Asian attacks. “We talked...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Alfred L. Cheauré - A Dog's Life
special. My competitive nature led me to contact a local dog club about showing her in competition, and one thing led to another. For about a year I went almost every weekend to a dog show with Anni and...
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Susan Young
- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Researchers Contribute Globalization of Markets Papers
at the failure of the Japanese economy in light of Levitt's insights. When Levitt wrote "The Globalization of Markets" in 1983, Japanese companies were held up as model competitors. Today, the Japanese economy and the...
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by Working Knowledge editors
- 19 Jun 2018
- Research Event
Has Environmental Sustainability Lost its Relevance?
iPhoto For businesses and other organizations seeking to overcome roadblocks to sustainability over the last few decades, much can be learned from the debates I heard at the recent Harvard Business School conference, Understanding and Overcoming Roadblocks to...
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- 05 Jan 2011
- Op-Ed
Funding Unpredictability Around Stem-Cell Research Inflicts Heavy Cost on Scientific Progress
In light of the latest developments of the on-again, off-again, on-again government funding of human embryonic stem-cell research, it is time to consider the devastating implications of this chaotic funding environment. And to do that,...
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- 16 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Private Meetings of Public Companies Thwart Disclosure Rules
handful of people meet with management at the same time, and they all happen to make the same decision—buy or sell—it suggests a connection," Soltes says. More disturbing to the spirit of Reg FD, the research showed that private meetings apparently View Details
- 18 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 18, 2008
target individual observing the choices of a paired individual. The results showed that observing others, rather than being observed, led to the pattern of increased risk taking. The findings of the two studies indicate the importance of...
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Martha Lagace