Projects - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Dec 2015
News

Field 2 Gives Students Hands-On Exposure To Business Practices In Malaysia

though she and her teammates did some introductory project work during the preceding semester, it was daunting to deliver a viable business plan in-country in just a week’s time. Still, adds Henderson, it was an enlightening experience.... View Details

01 Sep 2015
News

Greater Than the Sum of its Parts

fact that the whole of Harvard has the potential to be much greater than the sum of its parts. The benefits of One Harvard are easily apparent throughout the University, which has seen an increase in the faculty working together, both formally and informally, on... View Details

27 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Dan McGinn on How to Ace Your Presentation

podcast, a workplace advice show. Before coming to HBR in 2010, I spent 17 years as a writer and editor at Newsweek. At both HBR and Newsweek, I’ve been fortunate to be able to do book projects on the side; PSYCHED UP is the latest of... View Details

01 Jun 2019
News

City on a Hill

beds in the West Wind dormitory, where Marietta broke ground on a $475,000 renovation project last fall, they’ll burn some calories learning traditional Appalachian folk dances from a teacher who attended day camp at Pine Mountain as a... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Clay Cook

08 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

How to Negotiate “Yes” Across Cultural Boundaries

into their negotiating approach. It's a lesson many companies have learned the hard way. And influence on negotiations need not be driven by an informal, underlying power structure, as U.S. Stone Container Corporation learned. While negotiating the terms of a major... View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius

23 Sep 2020
Blog Post

Jo Tan (MBA 2021) Draws on Experience

brilliant project because it channels the HBS energy, it’s relatable, it’s vulnerable, it’s honest.” The Portrait Project is an HBS series featuring student essays with artsy black and white portraits in... View Details

29 Feb 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: JSW Steel and Cement and the Quest to Capture Carbon in Hard to Abate Sectors

facility, around 2:30 outside of Mumbai, we met the company’s executives and learned about both their net zero commitments and how sustainability is embedded in the company’s culture, through a series of high ROI projects which also help... View Details

12 Aug 2014
First Look

First Look: August 12

the problems in participants' incentives and in legal rules. Publisher's link: http://www.benedelman.org/publications/pitfalls-and-fraud-in-online-advertising-research-jar-jun2014.pdf August 2014 Economic Journal Highway to Success: The Impact of the Golden... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 22, 2008

Services (revised) Authors:Robert S. Huckman, Bradley R. Staats, and David M. Upton Abstract Much of the literature on team learning views experience as a unidimensional concept captured by the cumulative production volume of, or the number of View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

Start to Measure Your E-commerce Success

potential payoffs of e-commerce investments. Measuring returns on e-commerce projects can be a daunting challenge. Predicting customer behavior is difficult, because using the Web to do business is still relatively new to many businesses... View Details

Keywords: by Marc J. Epstein

01 Apr 1997
News

A Conversation with Dean Clark

information technology, and new developments in our MBA Program have motivated us to take a close look at our plans for the campus over the next decade. These plans have focused on several needs that we see emerging. In addition to new space for the Executive Education... View Details

01 Sep 2016
News

Case Study: Alumni Advice for a Health Care Startup

was operating as a kind of project manager for her mom—and that she was one of 66 million Americans taking care of an ill, aging, or disabled loved one—she began to build a more modern solution to care management. Wellthy provides loved... View Details

05 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 5

now also has an equity stake in the Bahamas' gaming and resort industry. The case explores the growing role of project financing by way of China's Export-Import Bank and its implications for business dealmaking and the competitiveness of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Nov 2015
Blog Post

What to Expect During Your Second Year at HBS

EC’s get to create our own mini-courses, so to speak, called independent projects. You can consult for specific companies or create your own curriculum with the supervision of a faculty advisor. I took on two independent projects in my... View Details

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Global Climate Change

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Ralph Johnson

project was in education; we were given a free hand to design the ideal model school of the future, one focused on entrepreneurship and able to incorporate new technologies into its curriculum. We even changed the teaching training model,... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

14 May 2013
Blog Post

Scratching the surface

as many people as these two years will allow. Meeting others is by far what I was most looking forward to. Before this, I worked primarily in insulated, small-team environments where opportunities to branch beyond your project or group... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

12 May 2016
Blog Post

Reflecting on the JD/MBA Experience

as the New Venture Competition. It's an intense two years, but JD/MBA students have the ability to broaden their personal and professional horizons and even take on independent research and writing projects in one discipline or the other... View Details

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Managing Global Operations

Use these resources to jump start your MGO course project. We encourage you to fully utilize Baker Library Services for in-depth project research support. I need to... View Details

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Global Experience | MBA

Play Video duration: 2:58 MBA Students Explore Capitalism in Italy MBA Students traveled to Italy in January for the Immersive Field Course “Italy; Capitalism - Past, Present, and Future.” 29 countries visited for FIELD Global Capstone from 2012-2024. 158 field-based... View Details

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