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  • 30 Oct 2019
  • Video

Where are Students Heading for Field Global Immersions?

  • Awards

Economics for Management Lecture Series ISES-Fundación BBVA Prize

Received the 2011 Economics for Management Lecture Series ISES-Fundacion BBVA Prize. The award is given in recognition of contributions to the field of Economics and for the impact of this research on the business world. View Details
  • January 2004 (Revised February 2005)
  • Background Note

A Note on Methodological Fit in Management Field Research

By: Amy C. Edmondson and Stacy McManus
To use in doctoral-level management courses on the design of field research methods. Advocates the importance of fit, or internal consistency, among the different elements of a field research project. Although the scientific method provides an essential framework for... View Details
Keywords: Management; Research
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  • 30 Sep 2013
  • News

Mark Fields Steps into the Limelight

Keywords: automotive industry; change management; Ford Motors; Manufacturing
  • 10 Apr 2014
  • Blog Post

HBS FIELD 2 - A good sneak-peek into consulting

One of Harvard’s most interesting experiences during the first year of the MBA is FIELD 2. FIELD 2 is a program where students work in small teams to complete projects for companies operating in emerging... View Details
Keywords: Consulting
  • February 2001 (Revised December 2002)
  • Case

Marshall Field and the Rise of the Department Store

By: Nancy F. Koehn
Analyzes Marshall Field's efforts to develop a market for mass retailing in late 19th-century Chicago. Examines Chicago's expansion in the 1860s and, within this context, how Field struck out on his own to, build a wholesale and retail business. Concentrates on the... View Details
Keywords: Fluctuation; Industry Growth; Corporate Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Brands and Branding; Society; Distribution Industry; Retail Industry; Chicago
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  • April 2020
  • Article

Field Comparisons of Incentive-Compatible Preference Elicitation Techniques

By: Shawn A. Cole, A. Nilesh Fernando, Daniel Stein and Jeremy Tobacman
Knowledge of consumer demand is important for firms, policy makers, and economists. One common tool for incentive-compatible demand elicitation, the Becker-DeGroot-Marschak (BDM) mechanism, has been widely used in laboratory settings but rarely evaluated for... View Details
Keywords: Incentive-compatible Elicitation; Experimental Methods; Weather Insurance; Rainfall Insurance; Agricultural Extension; Demand and Consumers
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  • 25 Sep 2018
  • Video

Out of the Comfort Zone: FIELD Global Immersion

    Incentives versus Reciprocity: Insights from a Field Experiment

    We conduct a field experiment in which we vary the sales force compensation scheme at an Asian enterprise that sells consumer durable goods. With variation generated by the experimental treatments, we model sales force performance to identify the effectiveness of... View Details

    • Web

    1.18 Field Global Capstone | MBA

    1.18 Field Global Capstone 1.0 Academic Information & Policies FIELD Global Capstone (CAP) is a semester-long course offered in the Required Curriculum (RC) Year that requires students to build on what... View Details
    • 21 May 2015
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Incentives versus Reciprocity: Insights from a Field Experiment

    Keywords: by Doug J. Chung & Das Narayandas
    • April 2014
    • Article

    Awards Unbundled: Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment

    By: Nava Ashraf, Oriana Bandiera and Scott S. Lee
    Organizations often use non-monetary awards to incentivize performance. Awards may affect behavior through several mechanisms: by conferring employer recognition, by enhancing social visibility, and by facilitating social comparison. In a nationwide health worker... View Details
    Keywords: Social Comparison; Awards; Optimal Expectactions; Zambia; Status and Position; Performance Expectations; Motivation and Incentives; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; Zambia
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    • June 2022
    • Background Note

    FIELD Immersion 2022: Albuquerque, New Mexico

    By: Alberto Cavallo and Stacy Straaberg
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    • September 2000
    • Teaching Note

    Woodland Partners: Field of Dreams? TN

    By: Thomas J. DeLong, Ashish Nanda and Stephanie L. Woerner
    Teaching Note for (9-800-070). View Details
    Keywords: Banking Industry; Service Industry
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    • 02 Aug 2023
    • HBS Conference

    Conference on Field Experiments in Strategy

    • TeachingInterests

    Immersive Field Course: China and Taiwan

    By: Willy C. Shih
    I designed this course to enable students to examine cross-strait issues between the Peoples Republic of China and the Republic of China—(Taiwan) at a critical juncture. Many products produced for the global marketplace—televisions, computers and computer components,... View Details
    • 1987
    • Book

    Accounting and Management: Field Study Perspectives

    By: Robert S. Kaplan and William J. Bruns
    Keywords: Accounting; Management; Perspective
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    • 11 Dec 2014
    • News

    Defining the field of cause-related marketing

    After being diagnosed with breast cancer at age 30, Amy Schiffman Langer (MBA 1977) left a career in investment banking to launch the National Breast Cancer Coalition and changed the way organizations raise awareness about important causes. (Published December 2014) View Details
    • 01 Mar 2012
    • News

    New Fund Supports FIELD Module 3

    Module 3 of the new, yearlong required course called FIELD (Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership Development). The fund is intended to be spent over two consecutive academic years. View Details
    Keywords: Profess Rebecca M. Henderson; Professor Robert Steven Kaplan; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
    • 04 Dec 2023
    • HBS Conference

    Systems Change: Lessons from the Field