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11 May 2009
Research & Ideas

The IT Leader’s Hero Quest

lifting spirits throughout the company. Optimism percolated through the offices and hallways. At the same time, Barton had been scoring victory after victory. A recent all-hands IT department meeting had gone extremely well; he'd fielded... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

24 Jul 2018
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The Global Classroom: From Boston to Jakarta

learn about her experience in Jakarta through the FIELD Global Immersion (FGI) course. FIELD Global Immersion is the exciting way that we end our first year at Harvard Business School. Students have the... View Details

22 Feb 2022
Research & Ideas

Lack of Female Scientists Means Fewer Medical Treatments for Women

tackle different sorts of markets or different sorts of problems.” How to boost patents by women In recent years, progress has been made toward gender parity in science, as more women enter STEM fields and enroll in technical degree... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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Outdoor Spaces | About

south side main entrance road and is named in honor of Frank Batten (MBA 1952) for his leadership gift to support the renewal and enhancement of the Soldiers Field campus. Burden Park With the decommissioning of Burden Hall in 2017, HBS... View Details

11 Apr 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching a ‘Lean Startup’ Strategy

something I had thought about a little. But the students really seized on the question: When is the product shaped by the founder's vision, and when is it shaped by market feedback?" Eisenmann acknowledges that the lean startup methodology is easier to apply in... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Computer

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By: Ashley V. Whillans

Engaged with field work in East Africa, South Asia, and in several large hybrid organizations in the United States, Professor Whillans places a focus on exploring questions with strong theoretical motivation in the social psychological literature and relevant... View Details

07 Dec 2022
Blog Post

2022 Climate Symposium: Tackling Climate Together

Commercializing Climate Tech; The Future of Food. When asked about the experience the co-chairs hoped to cultivate during the Symposium, Angela Son explained: “I hope that our attendees not only learned something new about their field of... View Details

19 Apr 2024
News

Alumni Host Energy CEO Summit in Houston; Austin Club Co-Hosts SXSW Reception

Clubs News Clubs News Houston Alumni Host Annual Energy CEO Summit The HBS Club of Houston presented its fourth annual Energy CEO Summit on April 3, which featured four of the industry’s top CEOs discussing trends and challenges around the theme of “Energy Security and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

16 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

Adam Smith, Behavioral Economist?

Economic Perspectives, the authors find that Smith's insights from 1759 can contribute to modern thinking on everything from our fascination with celebrity to the theory of loss aversion. In fact, says Ashraf, Moral Sentiments presages the emerging View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

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Global Business Course | HBS Online

HBS Online offers a better overall experience than competitive online business programs The cases were phenomenal. I got engulfed in the videos; they made you feel like you were in sort of a planetarium, right in the tea fields in Asia,... View Details

13 Nov 2017
Blog Post

5 Worries I Had about Applying to HBS

through my section, industry interest groups like the Venture Capital and Private Equity Club, or on travel during FIELD Global Immersions. There are many opportunities to connect and build deep friendships with your classmates. And I... View Details

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Strategy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Awarded the 2017 Viipuri Prize for outstanding research in the field of strategic management. The prize is awarded every two years by the Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) School of Business and Management. Andy Wu : Finalist... View Details

20 Feb 2020
Blog Post

Black Visionary Leadership and Redefining What's Possible

capital space. According to McKinsey, an entrepreneur with a “warm” connection—someone they’ve met—is 13 percent more likely to get funding than a “cold” connection. Forty percent of VCs go to two schools: Harvard and Stanford. It’s a View Details

Portrait Project

David Chan

lifetime, average winter temperatures in my hometown have warmed 5°F, and snowstorms are now anything but certain. Since 2001, 17 of the 18 warmest years on record have occurred. Having studied atmospheric science in college, it always stings when I hear my View Details

18 Feb 2020
Blog Post

A Vision of Love@HBS in 2020

dinner. I’d never seen such starry eyes. Every week, after an hours-long heated seminar discussion, we cooked, arranged flowers, wined and dined together at class dinners. And on a field trip to Asheville, for a behind-the-scenes tour of... View Details

06 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Technology Re-Emergence: Creating New Value for Old Innovations

in pursuing a field study about successfully managing an identity change, or if your industry/organization has recently experienced a re-emergence, please see his listing on The Research Exchange. View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Apparel & Accessories; Technology; Consumer Products

08 Nov 2021
Blog Post

4 Ways the MS/MBA is Preparing Me for a Career in Health Care and the Life Sciences

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, focusing on neuroscience. There I was part of two academic labs, one focusing on the impact of stress on the immune system, and the other on translational bioengineering. Looking at my long-term goals, which include innovation in the... View Details

08 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

Knowing What Your Boss Earns Can Make You Work Harder

employers, underscoring how changing the salary of one worker can affect the behavior of other employees. “These externalities can have important implications for the provision of incentives within the firm and for pay transparency,” the authors write. Cullen and... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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V.G. Narayanan | About

research focuses on management accounting with an interest in performance evaluation and incentives. He uses field experiments to understand how firms can use incentives and performance feedback to improve performance. VG is studying how... View Details

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K–12 Education | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

program for PreK-12 school leaders, is an innovative collaboration between the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Harvard Business School. Bridging the fields of business and education, CSML integrates world-class faculty and... View Details

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