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- 17 Mar 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Adam Enbar (MBA 2010)
to code help make a difference—in education and also more broadly on a society level? “We often think about technology in the context of the ‘tech’ industry. The reality, though, is that software has transformed every industry out there.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Rethinking the MBA
roles and responsibilities in society, about making the right kinds of judgments, and about their own approaches to thinking through problems in ways that actually adhere to the oath. If all of that happens in the context of classes,... View Details
- 24 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA
But how? "That's the big question," says Datar. "To put it in the context of HBS, do we believe that every one of these things can be taught in a ninety-person classroom in a case-discussion format? That is the fundamental... View Details
- 29 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018
policyholders, downstream intermediaries, and other actors thus constitutes a balancing act. The context of this case is an underdeveloped market whose reputation has suffered from broker misconduct. In light of the market’s legacy issues... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 22, 2016
prior studies have shown that the open-content production model can lead to high-quality output in the context of uncontroversial and verifiable information, it is unclear whether this production model will produce any desirable outcome... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Should Compete for Your Privacy
to use? A: Yes, this is a key ingredient of our analysis. As is the case in any market, consumers need to be informed about products to make the right decisions. In the context of consumer privacy, consumers need to be informed about the... View Details
- 19 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 19, 2010
organizational context makes a difference for what Big Five personality factors influence leader performance: extroversion appears to be more influential in highly social and active work environments, whereas conscientiousness has greater... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 15, 2008
of the major accounting terms used by Mexican banks. The main purpose of this document is to provide a standardized guide to better understand financial information produced before and after the crisis, within the current context of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Camel and the Unicorn
portfolio of these high-risk things, some of which work really, really well and some of which fail completely, inspired the way the venture capital model works today. It's worked extraordinarily well in Silicon Valley and in the context... View Details
- 27 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
New Research: Surviving Bankruptcy, Useful Economics, and Retirement
Mercadal “We use a detailed dataset on electricity transactions to investigate the impact of market-based deregulation in the context of the United States electricity sector. We find that the increase in markups dominates despite modest... View Details
- 31 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Taking the Fear out of Diversity Policies
amount of anxiety for people," says Lakshmi Ramarajan, an assistant professor of organizational behavior at Harvard Business School. "A lot of times the context of the conversation is around diversity as a problem—isolation,... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 10 Nov 2008
- Research Event
Social Media Leads the Future of Technology
set the context for the ensuing discussion. Today, millions of Web users generate free content, and we are witnessing an "explosion" in video and cell phone use, he continued, with more than 100 million smartphones already in... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 10 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 10, 2008
governance, voluntary public-private partnerships and self-regulation programs have proliferated. However, because few have been subjected to robust evaluation, little is known about whether these innovative approaches are achieving their objectives and enhancing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Mobilizing Private Sector Action For Racial Equity in Milwaukee: SE Summer Fellow Zach Komes (MBA 2022)
tailoring solutions to the local context and end-user needs, rather than necessarily “copying and pasting” others’ efforts. The “lean startup” hypothesis-driven entrepreneurship toolbox from The Entrepreneurial Manager (TEM) course and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Consumer Finance Makes HBS Debut
against rivals? The third level of analysis is the political economy. All the businesses that we study at HBS work in the context of a larger political economy. Consumer finance businesses, in particular, more so than many others, operate... View Details
- 13 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
‘Humblebragging’ is a Bad Strategy, Especially in a Job Interview
hypothesized. The takeaway: Humblebragging is annoying. "It's as if you're trying to say something good about yourself, but then you cover it up with something else," Gino says. "And people don't like that." The second study looked at humblebragging in the View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 26 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 26
that this deterrence effect is stronger for smaller companies and in institutional contexts featuring stronger activist pressures and stronger norms of corporate transparency. Examining the decisions of 2,043 firms headquartered in 42... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Immigrant Innovators: Job Stealers or Job Creators?
inherent in the methodology. "We didn't know if a person was a first-generation immigrant; he or she could be second-generation," he says. "Then you get into things such as name changes due to marriage or, more problematic, names like Lee, which could be Chinese but... View Details
- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Is There Help for the Big Ticket Buyer?
well-documented tendencies to be overconfident and to act on overly optimistic assessments (Thompson 2001). Interestingly, many people know that they have these tendencies, but fail to notice them in the context of a specific decision.... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman
- 20 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
Moving from Supply Chains to Supply Networks
principles in a way that matches the context of the particular company, industry, and supply chain. EE: How would you summarize the program's takeaway value to participants? Or stated another way, how will this learning experience benefit... View Details
Keywords: by Staff