21
May
2009
Harvard Business School Hosts Annual Faculty Research Symposium
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Harvard Business School Hosts
Annual Faculty Research Symposium
BOSTON — Harvard Business School faculty continuously address big research questions that cut across multiple disciplines and geographical regions, and the work showcased at this year's Faculty Research Symposium was no exception. Topics at the today's event in Hawes Hall on the HBS campus ranged from entrepreneurship and innovation to corporate lending and overseas investments. The Symposium is designed to highlight faculty research and course development accomplishments, share knowledge, and strengthen the School's sense of intellectual community.
"The research generated by HBS faculty influences business practitioners, management scholars, students, and other educators - and the research methods we use are increasingly diverse, including field research, field and lab experiments, survey research, empirical research, and analytical modeling," said Professor Srikant Datar, Senior Associate Dean and Director of Research. "Our faculty is committed to research and course development that address today's business problems effectively and reach a wide audience around the globe."
The 2009 Symposium program included the following topics and presenters:
- Regional Disadvantage: How Non-Compete Agreements Impact Careers, Entrepreneurship, and Innovative Dynamics
Professor Lee Fleming
- Toward a Behavioral Theory of Strategy
Associate Professor Giovanni Gavetti
- The Empire Trap: America's Attempts to Protect Its Citizens' Overseas Investments, 1898-2008
Associate Professor Noel Maurer
- Balancing Control and Learning in Customer-Facing Operations
Assistant Professor Dennis Campbell
- The Changing Nature of Corporate Lending
Assistant Professor Victoria Ivashina
- Rich Versus King and Other Founding Dilemmas
Associate Professor Noam Wasserman
- Converging Codes of Conduct or Situational Morality: The Global Business Standards Project
Professor Rohit Deshpande
- Creating Predictable Time Off in a 24/7 World
Professor Leslie Perlow
- Deal-Process Design: Evidence from the M&A; Marketplace and Broader Applications
Professor Guhan Subramanian
- Business Research in a Post-Crisis World: Opportunities for Integration and Collaboration?
Professor Lynn Paine, Professor Rakesh Khurana, and Professor Marco Iansiti
Additional information on particular research is available upon request. |
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Harvard Business School, located on a 40-acre campus in Boston, was founded
in 1908 as part of Harvard University. It is among the world's most trusted sources
of management education and thought leadership. For more than a century, the School's
faculty has combined a passion for teaching with rigorous research conducted alongside
practitioners at world-leading organizations to educate leaders who make a difference
in the world. Through a dynamic ecosystem of research, learning, and entrepreneurship
that includes MBA, Doctoral, Executive Education, and Online programs, as well as
numerous initiatives, centers, institutes, and labs, Harvard Business School fosters
bold new ideas and collaborative learning networks that shape the future of business.
