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- 12 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 12
Diagnostic Tests Ashraf, Nava, and Natalie KindredHarvard Business School Case 911-007 This case describes barriers to adoption of malaria rapid diagnostic tests in Zambia and highlights the importance of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Shana Hoffman
and through the Rock Accelerator Award, the company won a $5,000 grant to test its beta model with potential users. By being part of HBS, Shana has had access to Harvard Medical School, where gerontologists have helped her incorporate... View Details
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Ravi Belani
curriculum. “The ability to define a direction with uncertain information,” says Ravi, “is a skill you can only develop with practice. The case study method is the most natural and best way to exercise that muscle. At HBS, you’re tested... View Details
- 19 Oct 2012
- News
Past and Present
situations that test both of these abilities every day. “I’ve always tried to take stock of what opportunities were present in my life, and that’s my style of running the business, too,” he explains. “There is no roadmap for how we’re... View Details
- 04 May 2020
- Blog Post
Crisis Leadership with Nikhil Patel: The Critical Importance of Trust
says Patel. At the same time, he crafted models “for addressing mental health issues and comorbidities” while negotiating services and soliciting potential funders for money. Finally, Patel coordinated Detroit’s Rapid Abbott COVID-19 View Details
- 19 May 2016
- Blog Post
5 Lessons from Business School
will be forced out of your comfort zone daily Each day in class, you will take a position on a variety of choices presented in case studies. HBS requires you to defend that position while being open to critically listening to opposing views. This is the best View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
From the Classroom to Casablanca
To put what they have learned in the classroom to the test in the field, more than 900 HBS first-year students embarked in May on the FIELD Global Immersion (FGI), a cornerstone of the MBA Program since 2012. This experiential learning opportunity dispatches students... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Newman's Own Brand of Charity
profits would have to go to charity. "To make money off that would be so tacky," he noted. From the outset, Newman eschewed costly market research and ignored industry wisdom that new product launches initially lose substantial sums of money. Relying on informal taste... View Details
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Wendell P. Weeks, MBA 1987
moment launched Weeks’s career, and it also had a deep impact on Corning’s future as a successful innovator in materials science. The first in his family to go to college, Weeks thrived at HBS. The case method—“pretend doing,” as he calls it—gave him a way to View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
Ace Your Phone or Video Interview
a window when possible, use a ring light if available, and avoid backlighting so that your face is not shadowed. If you do not have a neutral background available, download a professional looking background. Also, always check your technology (audio and camera) and... View Details
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Patrick Chun
wanted to do." Seeking an opportunity to reflect, a platform for pursuing entrepreneurial ideas, and an opportunity to return to Harvard Square, Patrick applied to HBS. Putting concepts to the test In his RC year, Patrick entered not... View Details
- 29 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
SEI25 Series: Misan Rewane, MBA 2013, CEO WAVE
that! What has your connection been to SEI? WAVE was launched off of the momentum and winnings from the Social Enterprise Track of the HBS New Venture Competition in 2013. The lean start-up testing and on-the-ground research was made... View Details
- 10 Nov 2020
- News
Learning to Fight
Eventually, he found a treatment trial at the Mayo Clinic that was testing a new combination of chemotherapy and high-dose radiation. Slowly, Susan’s tumor began to shrink, until there was nothing left but scar tissue. Although she would... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Swimming with the Stream
test only proved her point—releasing the audio and video simultaneously was by far the stronger move. “Her” is Gandhi’s most-streamed song; “Moon in the Sky” is her least-streamed song. Post-release tour Old model: Release and tour New... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 26 Jan 2016
- News
The First Five Years: Jill Applebaum (MBA 2015)
retailers). Another day, we will be testing formulas for a new product, sending pitch emails to editors for PR coverage, and meeting with our designers on packaging updates.” What do you know now about startup life that you didn't know... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Commitment to Leadership
stakeholders. Our group is very excited to be helping fine-tune the new required Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership Development (FIELD) course, which gives students an opportunity to test what they are learning in the classroom in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
After the Fall
understand about the current system—like how to best measure credit standards—that makes it harder to advance.” Accounting for Human Nature Sam Hanson, Marvin Bower Associate Professor Changes in financial regulation since the 2008 crisis—such as the Federal Reserve’s... View Details
- 07 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 7
(forthcoming) Abstract In this paper, I develop and empirically test the proposition that performance pressure acts as a double-edged sword for teams, providing positive effects by enhancing team motivation to achieve good results while... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
and quasi-formal structures. This leads us to expect to find a higher proportion of homophilous interactions within these organizational structures than across their boundaries. We test our theory in an analysis of the rate of dyadic... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 25 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Lean Strategy Not Just for Start-Ups
testing the idea with an experiment. Cook felt bad about his initial response not because the idea ended up succeeding—it didn't—but because he believes strongly in cultivating and maintaining a culture of experimentation. Of the... View Details