STEM - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Feb 2007
Working Paper Summaries

Adding Bricks to Clicks: The Effects of Store Openings on Sales through Direct Channels

Keywords: by Jill Avery, Mary Caravella, John Deighton & Thomas Steenburgh; Retail

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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

when the goal is to make life better. Healthy Aging and the Heart Professor Richard Lee, M.D. , Harvard Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology + More Info – Less Info W.C. Fields once said, “Don't worry about your heart, it will... View Details

07 Feb 2023
Research & Ideas

Supervisor of Sandwiches? More Companies Inflate Titles to Avoid Extra Pay

pattern when it came to strange-sounding management titles and overtime laws. He found a “strong” association between enforcement actions by the US Department of Labor’s hours and wage division and complaints stemming from management jobs... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

01 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Encouraging Dissent in Decision-Making

that lives and dies by its ideas." Edmondson says this reluctance to speak up stems variously from fears that superiors will not like the idea or that it may appear to criticize the status quo, which most people find reassuringly... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

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Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy - Recruiting

having a certain background or certain skin color. It's about coming as you are, and that to us is what ‘You look good’ is all about.” Leahy is proud of the business results she and her team are driving and knows they stem from financial... View Details

25 Jun 2012
Research & Ideas

Collaborating Across Cultures

researchers found that affective trust was much more likely to stem from having high cultural metacognition than cognitive trust. This time, 60 managers attending another executive MBA course were asked to complete a network survey... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Partners - Case Method Project

School Bainbridge Island, WA Subjects: AP U.S. Government and Politics, AP U.S. History, American Studies WA 15 of 26 Andrew Ivy Nikola Tesla STEM High School Redmond, WA WA 16 of 26 Angela Jackson-Selle Paideia High School Valley, WA WA... View Details

20 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Five Discovery Skills that Distinguish Great Innovators

is basically a genetic endowment, but creativity is not. Nurture trumps nature as far as creativity goes. Six other creativity studies of identical twins confirm the Reznikoff et al. result: roughly 25 percent to 40 percent of what we do innovatively View Details

Keywords: by Jeff Dyer, Hal Gergersen & Clayton M. Christensen

27 Nov 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Skilled Immigration and the Employment Structures of US Firms

Keywords: by Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr & William F. Lincoln

01 Dec 2006
What Do You Think?

How Important Is Quality of Labor? And How Is It Achieved?

necessary skills? And in the meantime, what should government do, if anything, to stem job and worker flows while maintaining the quality of labor of its citizens? What do you think? View Details

Keywords: by by Jim Heskett

20 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Three Stories from HBS PRIDE for National Coming Out Day

I finally felt at ease in embracing my authentic self. I came out as gay to my friends, colleagues, and members of the broader community. Despite continuing to face personal and professional challenges stemming from my sexual orientation,... View Details

27 Feb 2019
Research & Ideas

The Hidden Cost of a Product Recall

manufacturing processes and stem reputational damage. In one of the costliest recalls in history, Johnson & Johnson spent more than $100 million in 1982 (more than $260 million in today’s dollars) to recall 31 million bottles of... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Manufacturing; Consumer Products; Auto; Medical Devices & Supplies

22 Feb 2023
Blog Post

Meet the Disability Advocacy and Affinity Group (DAAG)

and job opportunities with leading companies. My disability advocacy stems from my time at Cornell University, where I was recognized as a Truman Scholar for my work on disability initiatives with students on campus, youth across the... View Details

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Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project

Subjects: AP US History, Debate NJ Kirsten Huze Passaic Preparatory Academy Passaic, NJ MA Isong Ibokette Newton North High School Newtonville, MA NJ Andrew Inzer Passaic Preparatory Academy Passaic, NJ WA Andrew Ivy Nikola Tesla STEM... View Details

01 Oct 2021
News

Fueling the Faculty Pipeline

Private Equity Group, and executive chairman of the firm’s private equity business in Asia. Melwani’s support for the School stems from the deep impact his two years in the MBA Program have had on his life as well as his belief in the... View Details

17 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

If the CEO’s High Salary Isn't Justified to Employees, Firm Performance May Suffer

the issue because the US Securities and Exchange Commission in September 2017 adopted a rule stemming from the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The rule mandates that companies disclose the ratio of the CEO’s... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

police killings of Black people; the Jan 6th invasion of Congress by election-result deniers, goaded on by our very own former President; the passage of racist voter suppression bills; and increased violence against Asian Americans, particularly older women. all View Details

Research Summary

Overview

Having grown up in a developing country, Professor Sikochi’s research focus is driven by a desire to understand how capital flows to firms and entrepreneurs with the ultimate goal to help build capital markets in the developing economies. To this end, he conducts... View Details

11 Dec 2023
Blog Post

Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy

knows they stem from financial and strategy decisions, but also decisions the company is making around culture and values. “We're very committed to having a modern, diverse workforce and so we're embracing and celebrating hybrid work so... View Details

14 Sep 2018
Blog Post

10 Things I Learned During My First Month in the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program

learn this past month? Regarding my classmates: 1. There’s a variety of STEM backgrounds I came in expecting everyone to be a software engineer, but fortunately, I was wrong. There’s a mix of different types of engineers, as well as... View Details

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