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Frequently Asked Questions | MBA
what should I expect from the interview process? How many seats are available in the 2+2 program? Which standardized tests does the 2+2 Program accept? When is the latest I can take the GMAT or GRE? Is it... View Details
- 16 May 2016
- HBS Case
Food Safety Economics: The Cost of a Sick Customer
when more than 50 people in 11 states were sickened by an initial E. coli outbreak. “Do those smaller local organic growers have the experience, resources, and commitment to test their products for various food safety risks?” The chain... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Faculty Q&A: Price Check
of all the others. After we built and implemented a software tool to make demand predictions and optimize prices, we ran a field experiment to test the impact of our tool and saw a 10 percent revenue increase in the View Details
- 17 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
Man vs. Machine: Which Makes Better Hires?
weakness?"Source: FredFroese The data included test results for a specific low-skilled job across 15 different companies in a variety of industries. (The researchers agreed to keep the actual job description confidential, but say it... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
GMAT Added to Admissions Criteria
In April, Dean Kim B. Clark announced that Harvard Business School will add the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) to the portfolio of criteria used to evaluate a candidate's application to the MBA Program, effective for... View Details
- 29 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 29, 2006
variable using dispersion among experts' forecasts. We test this methodology using three datasets, demand data at item level, sales data at firm level for retailers, and sales data at firm level for manufacturers. We show that the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
Ratcheting, Competition, and the Diffusion of Technological Change: The Case of Televisions Under an Energy Efficiency Program By: Amano, Tomomichi, and Hiroshi Ohashi Abstract—In differentiated goods markets with societal implications, quality View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
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From Brainstorm to Breakthrough: HBS IT Hackathon Inspires AI Innovations | Information Technology
Harrison, Communications Lead What did you learn during the Hackathon? For our Hackathon project, we decided to test whether different GenAI tools could help the IT Communications team more quickly draft accurate IT Announce emails. We... View Details
- 24 Jul 2020
- News
Reimagining Chicago’s Schools
Photo courtesy of Melissa Zaikos Back in 2011, when Melissa Zaikos (MBA 2000) began digging deeply into the standardized test scores of the Chicago Public Schools, she saw some concerning trends. Elementary... View Details
- 12 Nov 2015
- Research & Ideas
Can Consumers be Trusted with Their Own Health Care?
and a profile that varies by situation and according to the patient’s life stage.” Patient Empowerment Taken Too Far? As an example of patient empowerment—and a glimpse at its potential problems—Quelch talked about taking the 23andMe test, a saliva-based... View Details
- 11 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 11, 2008
implementation of an innovative, but ultimately unsuccessful strategy. Quarterly strategic reviews, based in part on the firm's balanced scorecard, led executives at Store24 to identify problems with, and eventually abandon, this strategy over a two- year period. We... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Dec 2024
- News
Magic Numbers
country. The impact is notable: Statewide analyses show students who use Zearn show double-digit gains on standardized exams. But while test scores and market share are great, Sharma also has loftier goals... View Details
Keywords: Amy Crawford
- 12 Dec 2022
- Research & Ideas
Buy-In from Black Patients Suffers When Drug Trials Don’t Include Them
October. However, when the drug testing panel includes a proportionate share of Black participants, doctors are much more willing to write a prescription. Black patients, in turn, were more likely to trust a medicine when clinical trials... View Details
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Application Process | MBA
Recommendations video Play Video duration: 2:35 Recommendations The MBA Admissions team walks you through the Recommendations section of the HBS application. Play MBA Application Tips: Test Scores video Play Video duration: 2:04 View Details
- 16 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Improve Decision-Making in Hiring: Common Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them
pool. Be aware of how video background and noise out of a candidate’s control influence your perception and offer alternatives. Standardize your interview process so that each candidate answers the same questions and performs the same... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
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Improve Decision-Making in Hiring: Common Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them - Recruiting
different perspectives. Another way to standardize the interview process is to include work sample tests . This concept is like a case-based interview in which candidates are asked to solve a problem similar... View Details
- 17 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Rating Fund Managers by the Company They Keep
from the Working Paper.Ann Cullen: How is your system different than traditional mutual fund rating systems? Cohen: Our method takes advantage of a wealth of previously unexploited information about fund holdings. Standard metrics rate... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 02 Oct 2019
- What Do You Think?
What Grade Would You Give Walmart CEO Doug McMillon?
ammunition in response to shootings in and around Company stores. None of those giving him low marks indicated they would stop shopping at Walmart. But if these same responses are any indication, efforts by Walmart and other major corporations to live up to the... View Details
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Negotiation - Course Catalog
(often-overlooked) value-creating potential in different situations; Design and execute agreements that unlock maximum value on a sustainable basis; End up with an appropriate share of the value that is negotiated; Understand the vital role of ethics in negotiation,... View Details
- 24 Jul 2019
- Lessons from the Classroom
Can These Business Students Motivate Londoners to Do the Right Thing?
Insights Team (BIT), which became the world’s first government organization dedicated to incorporating behavioral economics into policy. BIT saw the tax letter as an opportunity to test the value of behavioral interventions in a context... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman