Business Engagement - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Feb 2022
News

March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Metail Economy: 6 Strategies for Transforming Your Business to Thrive in the Me-Centric Consumer Revolution By Joel Bines (MBA 1999) McGraw-Hill Armed with computers, tablets, smartphones, and... View Details

02 Sep 2014
First Look

First Look: September 2

to engage in deception. Drawing on literatures in social psychology and workplace self-esteem, we theorize that negative comparisons with peers could cause either junior or senior employees to seek to improve reported relative performance... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Super Bowl Ads for Multitaskers

can be a competitor, but it can also be a collaborator” If anything, says Harvard Business School marketing professor Thales S. Teixeira, that number understates the prevalence of media multitasking. "That 40 percent figure is... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Advertising; Sports

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European and UK Personal Data Collection Disclosure | HBS Online

Additional Privacy Disclosures 1. Introduction These Additional Privacy Disclosures (“Disclosures”) provide information on collection and use of personal data about individuals located in a Relevant Region (as defined below) and supplement the Harvard View Details

11 Aug 2009
First Look

First Look: August 11, 2009

insiders strategically sell shares prior to the disclosure of goodwill impairment losses. We provide evidence that insiders of goodwill impairment firms engage in abnormal selling of their shares quarters prior to the announcement of such... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Jul 2009
What Do You Think?

Are You Ready to Manage in an Irrational World?

were: What part of the job demands rationality? Yaron Kaufman suggested that "Managers must be rational when it comes to planning, financing, operating and measuring business performance . Irrational thinking is needed when you think... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

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5.6 MBA Community Standards Annual Report | MBA

everywhere. Matthew C. Weinzierl Joseph and Jacqueline Elbling Professor of Business Administration, Senior Associate Dean, Faculty Development and Research Established in 1908, Harvard Business School was... View Details

01 Mar 2007
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The Joy of Work

AMABILE: A decade of research shows that to be creative, people need to feel good about their work. After thirty years of research, I am still passionate about creativity,” says Teresa M. Amabile, the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

01 Apr 1998
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World Class Learning

Education Programs, bringing their valuable global perspective to classroom discussions. While welcoming students from other countries to its classrooms over the years, HBS has engaged in numerous other international outreach activities.... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

08 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

The Startling Percentage of Financial Advisors with Misconduct Records

Mark Egan, an assistant professor of finance at Harvard Business School and a co-author of the study. “The average settlement is in excess of $100,000 and the median is $40,000. These are costly offenses.” Included in the study was any... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

31 May 2023
Research & Ideas

With Predictive Analytics, Companies Can Tap the Ultimate Opportunity: Customers’ Routines

If knowing what customers need is marketing gold, pinpointing exactly when they need it may just be platinum. Services that become part of a customer’s routine may deliver advantages beyond repeat business for a company, Harvard View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Transportation

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Social Entrepreneurship and Systems Change (SESC) - Course Catalog

social entrepreneurs (both for-profit and non-profit) who want to lead effective social enterprises that create impact and ultimately solve big social and environmental problems. Business leaders who seek to influence the systems that can... View Details

16 Nov 2021
Blog Post

Building an Internship Program at Your Startup: An Interview with Facily’s Diego Dzodan (MBA 1999)

with cancer and passed away a couple of years later,” Dzodan shared. “After he passed, I had to start working on the company because it was a small business and there were no managers.” Their father’s passing took an emotional toll on the... View Details

01 Mar 2017
News

A Summit Higher Than Everest

Vogl (MBA 1998), CEO of The Mountaineers, explores the past, present, and future of the adventure business on our new Skydeck podcast MORE Tom Vogl (MBA 1998), CEO of The Mountaineers, explores the past, present, and future of the... View Details

Keywords: April White; mountain; climb; climbing; adventure

01 Jun 2012
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Around the World

are very different from 25 years ago. Some of that results from new materials, but some is because we’re empowering foreign students to bring their backgrounds into classroom discussions.” For a school that pioneered participant-centered View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

24 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

These Coronavirus Heroes Show Us How Crisis Leadership Works

American manufacturer of antibiotics—those life-saving drugs required for pneumonia caused by COVID-19—as others have abandoned them to pursue more lucrative drugs. Frazier elected to stay in the business because he knows how essential... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Health

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Hiring Process | Employment

Hiring Process Harvard is a large organization, employing 15,000 employees. To simplify hiring, each major business unit or school is responsible for its own. The following are details regarding the Harvard View Details

18 Mar 2014
First Look

First Look: March 18

Second, we compare patenting by venture‐backed startups and incumbent firms. Using a variety of measures, we find that VC‐backed startups are engaged in more novel and more highly cited innovations compared to incumbent firms. Incumbent... View Details