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- 01 Oct 1996
- News
The Right Stuff: Getting the Word from MBA Admissions
particularly women. Our research suggests that many women don't think they meet our criteria, when in fact they do." "We are interested in candidates of all backgrounds and ages, particularly women. Our View Details
- 09 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 9
investigates teaming in the high-stakes, fast-paced setting of a hospital emergency room and focuses on the effects of a new organizational structure, which we call a team scaffold, on teaming effectiveness and performance outcomes. Using a multi-method View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 16, 2008
challenge of upward voice. We first undertook in-depth exploratory research in a knowledge-intensive multinational corporation in which employee input was considered crucial. Qualitative data collected in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Steve Alden
Steve Alden has unimpeachable credentials in quantitative analytics, placing first in Massachusetts on the CPA exam in 2007, and in the top-ten nationwide. But when it came time to assess potential MBA programs, Steve gave qualitative... View Details
- Web
2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Boston University, presents "Thinking Expansively About Gender Nonconformity and Workplace Anti-Discrimination Strategies" at the 2017 Gender and Work Symposium. Dr. Connell is a qualitative researcher... View Details
- Profile
Danny Lipsitz
leadership, but also humility; the ability to be part of something bigger than yourself. I’ve met a lot of people here who have successfully married these two qualities.” For Danny, the qualitative skills of leadership – of attracting and... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Theory & Practice
analyses of competitive interaction to explore the uses and limits of game theory as a tool for students of business strategy. As a basis for research as well as a source of teaching materials, Ghemawat focuses on individual cases. He... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
NYC Club Hosts Nonprofits
accountability and governance, and development and marketing. Professor Kash Rangan, who cochairs the School’s Social Enterprise Initiative, reviewed his research on nonprofit trends. Professor John Quelch, a marketing expert, focused on... View Details
- 09 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 9
and professional activities of academic biomedical scientists. In qualitative and quantitative analyses, we show that scientists match to their postdoctoral mentors based on two dominant factors, geography and scientific focus. They then... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Bio-Piracy: When Western Firms Usurp Eastern Medicine
In May 1995, two scientists at the University of Mississippi were granted an American patent for the use of turmeric to treat flesh wounds. Soon thereafter, an Indian research organization won a lawsuit challenging the novelty of the... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Track: Performance Measurement, Control & Strategy
Beginning with the influential work of Professor Emeritus Robert N. Anthony in the 1960s and 1970s, Harvard Business School has given a prominent place to research and course development focusing on the intersection of strategy and... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert Simons
- 19 Dec 2016
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2016
offer “precise” bids for company shares yield better outcomes than those who offer round-number bids, according to research by Petri Hukkanen and Matti Keloharju. Bernie Madoff Explains Himself Eugene Soltes phoned convicted felon Bernie... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- Web
Field Course: Ideation and Prototyping for Innovation - Course Catalog
development, while using AI tools for both research and prototyping. Our goal: have you gain deep expertise in your focus area, while ideally uncovering multiple potential opportunities to investigate further. With respect to problem... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Gimme Shelter
compared to renting. And when paired with the many qualitative benefits of owning a home, this model creates greater stability and access to opportunity for working families. From Baker Library | Bloomberg Center: Learn more about... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 11 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 11
Publications August 2013 MIT Sloan Management Review The Surprising Benefits of Nonconformity By: Bellezza, Silvia, Francesca Gino, and Anat Keinan Abstract—This research demonstrates that, under certain circumstances, people wearing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Hackathons Help Decide Platform Winners and Losers
qualitative interviews with developers, who spoke firsthand about the difficulties in deciding which new platforms to adopt, and told how they learned about new technologies while attending hackathons. From that information, the View Details
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
How the U.S. Army Develops Leaders
understandings of ourselves from our experiences.— Scott A. Snook Within this framework, officer development involves qualitative shifts in how officers make sense of themselves and their experiences. Each shift leads to a progressively... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 16
their collective interest levels to implement a regression discontinuity approach. We confirm the positive effects for venture operations, with qualitative support for a higher likelihood of successful exits. On the other hand, there is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 15
cost of excess inventory. Investors, lenders, and suppliers interpret this statistic for signs of the retailer's health, future sales prospects, and impending costs. While prior research on inventory has typically focused primarily on the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
4 Things You Should Know about Entrepreneurship at HBS
(LTV > CAC!) and learned more qualitatively from the experiences of hundreds of case protagonists, many of whom came and spoke to us in class. One of my favorite courses at HBS was Founders’ Dilemmas. It was taught by Noam Wasserman,... View Details