Rigor - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2023
News

Drop Everything, Read This

psychiatrist Palmer’s thesis that “mental disorders are metabolic disorders of the brain” provides new therapeutic pathways based on a rigorous synthesis of existing literature. Low-cost, low-risk lifestyle interventions include sleep,... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

27 Jun 2019
Blog Post

My Week at Harvard Business School's Summer Venture in Management Program (SVMP)

rich, dynamic, and representative of the world we live in. Coming to the program with an Engineering background I was ecstatic to flex my problem-solving skills in a different way through the program's rigorous case method style of... View Details

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New Venture Competition | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

for eligible graduate students across Harvard University to explore social entrepreneurship and test ideas for social innovation in a rigorous and supportive environment. Social Enterprise Track entries may include nonprofit, for-profit,... View Details

16 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive

policies, frequent and more rigorous sanitation of all surfaces, touch-free interactions between customers and waitstaff, scanning QR codes, single-use menus or contactless, mobile-device ordering and payment, waitstaff screening and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery; Food & Beverage

20 Oct 2023
News

Highlights from the Fall 2023 Alumni Board Meeting

On the evening of Wednesday, October 11, Alumni Board members joined with current HBS students in the Spangler Center for "A Conversation about Life Lessons", which was led by Leslie Perlow, the Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership. This October, more than 75... View Details

01 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Encouraging Dissent in Decision-Making

cannot surface: Abjuring rigorous debate about its merits, a youthful president John F. Kennedy essentially rubber-stamped a 1961 plan to invade Cuba at the Bay of Pigs, resulting in one of the biggest U.S. foreign policy fiascoes in... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

17 Oct 2023
Blog Post

HBS Section I Celebrates Parents, Mentors, and Partners Day

geographical locations in the pursuit of academic excellence. Professor Fubini led the discussion with the same level of rigor and high expectations that he maintains in any Harvard Business School class. Described by parents as... View Details

05 Sep 2023
Blog Post

Video: Welcome MBA Class of 2025

opportunity, this platform, to serve the public good.” Jana Kierstead: “You belong here. Make sure you take advantage of it. Appreciate every minute of it.” Adhavan Adityan (MBA 2024), Student Association Co-President: “The rigor of the... View Details

25 Aug 2022
News

Understanding the Digital, Data, and Design Institute at Harvard

leverages the School’s strengths and resources. It encompasses rigorous research, immersive learning, and cutting-edge practical applications that arise from cross-disciplinary partnerships within the Harvard community and with... View Details

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Founder - Entrepreneurship

the summer? Apply to one or both of the following: Rock/SEI Summer Fellowship Student i-Lab Membership SUMMER Work on your new venture: Rock Summer Fellowship program is a rigorous and practical program where you apply the skills you are... View Details

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Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online

program length. Our goal in offering different program lengths is to give learners different options to balance the program’s rigors with their particular lifestyle and responsibilities. The median time required to complete the program is... View Details

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C. Roland Christensen - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

energetic and rigorous discussion. The process involved much more than subject matter. It was an education in analysis and good judgment. Outside of class, he was dedicated to an immense amount of preparation and to making himself... View Details

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Geography of Care - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Anderson IPU model and credentialing of affiliated physicians at the geographic expansion site. The major risk of geographic expansion is damage to the reputation of the main center if care at distant sites does not result in similar outcomes as the main center.... View Details

13 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk

recent vaccine for Ebola took five and a half years. And why does it take so long? First of all, it requires a rigorous scientific assessment. And here we didn't even understand the virus itself or how the virus affects the immune system.... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Pharmaceutical

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Understanding Customers

In conventional business case studies, protagonists almost never have the option of stepping back to seek a new understanding of the customer. But to be effective in practice, managers need both the self-assurance and ability to initiate and pursue, with rigor and... View Details

26 Jan 2015
Research & Ideas

National Health Costs Could Decrease if Managers Reduce Work Stress

rarely experience just one form of stress, Goh, Pfeffer, and Zenios developed a mathematical model that enabled them to rigorously assess the impact of co-occurring factors. After coming up with formulas to take these factors into... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

15 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

Looking For a Job? Some LinkedIn Connections Matter More Than Others

and anecdotal information, but despite having over 65,000 citations in the last 50 years, there have been no large-scale experimental causal tests of this theory as it relates to employment.” Enlisting a LinkedIn algorithm To put the theory through a View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

28 May 2020
Blog Post

How to Fit in at HBS

and conversational mind. The cases used in each course are challenging and support the foundation of the academic rigor at HBS. But the section—the incredibly diverse group of 94 classmates, hand-picked by the administration to create a... View Details

20 Oct 2015
Blog Post

What to Expect Your First Year at HBS

work is almost certainly going to put you out of your comfort zone, adding to the intensity of the experience. The rigor of the experience extends beyond academics – your social life will keep you plenty busy as well. With 900+ people in... View Details

13 Mar 2023
Research & Ideas

The Power of Personal Connections: How Shared Experiences Boost Performance

performance builds off that solid foundation.” Look at wider team-building Managers may want to build on the main finding: going through rigorous training together forms bonds that benefit the patient—or the customer—by fostering mutual... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health

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