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- 19 Aug 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
years ago, it would have been easy to dismiss Levy’s vision as mere wishful thinking. First proposed in the early 1980s by the theoretical physicist Richard Feynman, quantum computing represents an entirely novel approach to computation. But the same fundamental View Details
- 23 Aug 2017
- News
Developing Leaders Behind Bars
walked down between lines of 70 prisoners high-fiving me. The smiles on their (often-tattooed) faces were ear to ear. During the course of the weekend, I would personally interact with over 100 prisoners. Every single one of them was... View Details
Keywords: Robert Bochnak
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Lego Stays on Script
interlocking bricks and figures: “He was talking to himself and telling stories. He had a much bigger adventure in his head than what was physically in front of him. I realized it would touch people universally if we could make a movie... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 27 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Customer Loyalty Programs That Work
The customer rewards cards that clutter wallets and clog key chains of many a shopper may soon be no more, as retailers move from physical to digital (read: mobile apps) forms of loyalty program member identification. It's a smart... View Details
- 20 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 20, 2016
Social Psychological & Personality Science Agent-based Modeling: A Guide for Social Psychologists By: Jackson, Joshua Conrad, David Rand, Kevin Lewis, Michael I. Norton, and Kurt Gray Abstract—Agent-based modeling is a longstanding but underused method that allows... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 May 2016
- Research Event
Crowdsourcing, Patent Trolls, and Other Research Insights Highlighted at Harvard Business School Symposium
In the Harvard Biodesign Lab, Conor J. Walsh, the John L. Loeb Associate Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences at SEAS, is working on creating soft wearable robots, lightweight equipment that is strapped to the body to help increase mobility for people who are... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman & Carmen Nobel
- 30 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
COVID Not Slowing VC Investment
in-person pitch meetings has stymied an industry used to schmoozing. “Informal networking is so critical to deal flow,” Gompers says. “And of course, less time is being spent on networking because you’re not physically together.” The... View Details
- 21 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
Know Your Audience: Recruiting HBS Students for Consumer Products
regarding the types of products students are passionate about. “We are seeing increased interest in innovative consumer products including tech enabled products and companies in the health and wellness space” said Lauren. Wellness could be narrowly defined to View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 10 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace
physically together during periods of temporary colocation and encourage asynchronous communication and knowledge codification. It is also important to plan for virtual watercoolers to foster informal social View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 26 Jun 2025
- News
The Vinyl Revival
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. When Caren Kelleher (MBA 2010) was at HBS, she started managing bands, mainly as a way to stay involved in an industry that she loved. It was right... View Details
- 17 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Beyond Pajamas: Sizing Up the Pandemic Shopper
industry, which reached global sales of $1.9 trillion in 2019. Even before the pandemic, roughly 28 percent of global apparel transactions were happening online. At the same time, many brands had closed their physical stores in the... View Details
- 15 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
Deconstructing the Price Tag
sentiment, the researchers conducted six lab experiments in which participants answered questions about a simulated website of a fashion retailer selling T-shirts. The research also included a field study of sales figures at a real online... View Details
- 13 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees
happiness. Another factor that workplaces can focus on right now is creating opportunities for informal conversations. Small talk can play an important role in workplace happiness—and these casual interactions are the first to “go... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 16 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16
certain circumstances; and they tend to be physically and psychologically distant from the companies’ activities. Joseph Bower and Lynn Paine examine the agency-based model’s foundations and flaws and its implications for companies before... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 10 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 10, 2007
media content. Raises issues of how technology interacts with creative processes and outcome possibilities, and also invites discussion of strategic and organizational questions raised by the very different business models of the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 29
defaults during a market drop. To measure the systemic impact of this ratchet effect, we simulate the U.S. housing market with and without equity extractions and estimate the losses absorbed by mortgage lenders by valuing the embedded... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 22
PublicationsThe Burden of Guilt: Heavy Backpacks, Light Snacks, and Enhanced Morality Authors:Gino, F., M. Kouchaki, and A. Jami Publication:Journal of Experimental Psychology: General Abstract Drawing on the embodied simulation account... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Creating Leaders for Science-Based Businesses
It's been said that in this century, carbohydrates will replace hydrocarbons, and biology will supplant physics as the innovation-producing science. As science fiction becomes science fact, and with science-based firms presenting unique... View Details
- 26 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
New Winners and Losers in the Internet Economy
Direct employment in the US Internet ecosystem has doubled in those four years, with 1 million new jobs added to the million that already existed in 2007, according to a recent study commissioned by the Interactive Advertising Bureau,... View Details
- 29 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Managing Innovation is Like Theater
become something new, something they would not become without the intervention of a maker. This definition usually points to work that changes physical materials, iron ore and charcoal into steel, for instance. But the work and management... View Details
Keywords: by Rob Austin & Lee Devin