Design thinking - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Apr 2019
Blog Post

Finding Your Creative Outlet on Campus

HBS podcast designed to take an in-depth look at various people in the MBA community. Early in the year, I was interviewed for an episode about creatives on campus. A few weeks later, I decided to get involved as the podcast’s Marketing... View Details

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Senior Executive Leadership Program—China

global context, drive new levels of innovation, and build accountable, high-performance organizations. Key Benefits Taught in both Chinese and English with simultaneous translation, this program is designed to strengthen the leadership... View Details

22 Feb 2024
Research & Ideas

How to Make AI 'Forget' All the Private Data It Shouldn't Have

Trustworthy AI Lab at the Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard. Neel shared insights on the nascent field that focuses on wiping the powerful technology’s virtual memory. “Increasingly, these models are trained on very large datasets... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology; Information Technology

26 Mar 2024
Research & Ideas

How Humans Outshine AI in Adapting to Change

avatar and navigate to a goal. “People were solving everything faster; self-orientation doesn’t seem to exist at all for AI.” The games were designed so that, in principle, a player could solve them without self-orienting, for example, by... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology; Information Technology

03 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 3, 2009

Several conclusions arise than can help inform the design of care delivery platforms for HIV/AIDS. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-093.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsAccenture's War for Talent in India Harvard... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Lifelong Learning - Alumni

research and thinking for business leaders from leading HBS faculty members. Baker for Alumni Access the services of Baker Library, including librarian-curated resources, powerful databases, custom research and reports, for yourself and... View Details

23 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

Management’s Role in Reforming Health Care

knowledge to solving the problems of individual patients—offer enormous potential to help patients and the U.S. health-care system overall, says HBS senior lecturer Richard M.J. Bohmer, a physician and researcher on the intersection of medical care and management... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health

16 Jul 2018
Research & Ideas

Kids of Working Moms Grow into Happy Adults

imitate, McGinn says. So when these daughters grow up, they often follow in the footprints of their working mothers. “Having an employed mom makes daughters think that employment is compatible with parenting,” McGinn says. “If you’re... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Marketing - Faculty & Research

future. Recent Publications Balancing Digital Safety and Innovation By: Tomomichi Amano and Tomomi Tanaka May–June 2025 | Article | Harvard Business Review Designers of consumer-facing digital products have tended to focus on novelty and... View Details

2011
Working Paper

How Foundations Think: The Ford Foundation as a Dominating Institution in the Field of American Business Schools

By: Rakesh Khurana, Kenneth Kimura and Marion Fourcade

The question of institutional change has become central to organizational research (Powell, 2008). Recent scholarship has demonstrated, often through carefully researched cases, that institutions can and sometimes do change. According to this research, there are two... View Details

Keywords: Change; Business Education; Business History; Organizations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Relationships; Behavior

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24 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

How Kayak Users Built a New Industry

in how designs are created and then turned into real things. Many management scholars and economists fall into the habit of thinking that innovation is something that firms uniquely do in order to make... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation

03 Dec 2020
Blog Post

The HBS Show Must Go On

The HBS Show is a cherished tradition at Harvard Business School. Twice a year, theater nerds among the student body congregate and perform two productions – the fall cabaret and the spring full-scale musical – designed to poke fun at... View Details

21 Apr 2023
Research & Ideas

The $15 Billion Question: Have Loot Boxes Turned Video Gaming into Gambling?

players use to compete. "People are thinking about ways to design policies and products so you can actually engage with the product in more responsible ways without getting people too overinvolved in playing... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis; Video Game; Media & Broadcasting

26 Jul 2023
Research & Ideas

STEM Needs More Women. Recruiters Often Keep Them Out

much as 80 percent of tuition for delivering top applicants. “If you're not really thinking about how these little subtle differences might occur here, before people even apply, then maybe you're missing out on potential non-traditional... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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Harvard Business School Online Courses & Learning Platforms

July 7 $1,850 Certificate New Creating Brand Value Professor Jill Avery Build strong, differentiated brands that resonate with consumers and give your company a competitive edge. 6 weeks, 3-8 hrs/week Pay by June 19 $1,850 Certificate 3 Courses Credential of Readiness... View Details

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Driving Nonprofit Performance and Innovation—Virtual

sessions on innovation and organizational learning; generating evidence about an intervention's effectiveness; building a culture of performance measurement; and managing for collective impact amid the challenges of today's rapidly changing world. As a participant, you... View Details

26 Jun 2023
Research & Ideas

Want to Leave a Lasting Impression on Customers? Don't Forget the (Proverbial) Fireworks

marketers think of the customer experience like a play in three acts—pre-purchase, purchase, and post-purchase. However, research by De Freitas and fellow researchers looked more holistically at the customer journey and found that most... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Entertainment & Recreation

24 Jul 2023
Research & Ideas

Part-Time Employees Want More Hours. Can Companies Tap This ‘Hidden’ Talent Pool?

become more sought-after. “What will be left is the capacity to deal with other human beings,” Fuller says. “Over 20 years, companies have massively shifted toward looking for people with high social skills. Guess what? When you test for social skills aptitude, who... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

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Programs & Resources - Entrepreneurship

in innovative companies around the world. THE Rock 100 Alumni New Venture Competition Rock Entrepreneurship Advisor Program YouTube Channel Executive Education Given the importance of innovation and entrepreneurship within organizations, our programs are View Details

20 Apr 2010
First Look

First Look: April 20

thinking and feeling to physiology and subsequent behavioral choices. That a person can, via a simple two-minute pose, embody power and instantly become more powerful has real-world, actionable implications. Download the paper: View Details