Randomized Field Experiment - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2002
News

Up to the Challenge: Lori Schock - Listen and Learn

with an open mind.” A Cincinnati native, Schock's lilting Midwestern voice is peppered with moments of laughter as she recounts the work experiences that helped shape her communications skills. Before she enrolled at HBS, Henkel/Cognis... View Details

Keywords: Kathleen Brill

22 Feb 2022
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March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

Change, and Making Good Things Happen By Zoe Chance (DBA 2011) Random House You were born influential. But then you were taught to suppress that power, follow the rules, wait your turn, not make waves. Yale professor Zoe Chance will show... View Details

01 Jun 2013
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Collective Wisdom

understanding how communities and contests can be better designed and managed to solve real-world challenges. My colleagues and I at the lab work closely with our partners to design field experiments that... View Details

Keywords: crowdsourcing; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Jun 2020
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Homeschooled

John Jong-Hyun Kim (MBA 1993) saw the School pivot its entire MBA and doctoral curriculum to an online model in just ten days—a move informed by years of experience developing HBS Online, the Harvard Business Analytics Program, and other... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie; online learning; Educational Services

01 Jun 2008
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Alumni Books

implicit in the book’s title, the authors interviewed more than forty CEOs from both industry and the nonprofit sector, studied what successful managers do right, and drew on their own years of experience at Bain. They came up with four... View Details

Keywords: Management

01 Sep 2006
News

Light Years Ahead

more direct international experiences for our students, and for our faculty. One idea might be short study trips that would combine immersion in key regions around the world with individual preparation beforehand and class work or View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Dec 2016
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Carving a Niche

Balsa, beech, poplar, flax, Kevlar, titanium, and carbon are all ingredients Faction uses in highly tuned recipes for just the right balance of weight and torsional rigidity—the degree of give that can make it easier to navigate deep View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Feb 1998
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Women at the Top

world's most influential women business executives gathered at Soldiers Field for Women Leading Business: An Executive Forum, the first-ever HBS Executive Education program developed for businesswomen. Anchored in the School's... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Susan Young

01 Jun 2022
News

Closing the 'Network Gap'

she could help. In an open message on LinkedIn, she offered her own contacts and experiences to any Black college student or recent graduate interested in the finance or tech sectors. “The next morning, my entire calendar was booked up,”... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Dec 2015
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Giving Advice

as much as you can, meet leaders and beneficiaries, and experience the work firsthand as much as is practical. Then assess: For the amount of money you want to donate or the time you want to spend, what kind of results could you create in... View Details

11 May 2017
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Going with the Flow

self-sustaining if it was going to be successful.” Another family lesson, about taking the long view, was first put to the test soon after Fisher, a standout field hockey player, entered Ursinus College. The small liberal arts school,... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

01 Sep 2016
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Advancing the Vision for HBS

Volunteers The HBS Campaign is... Accelerating the School’s efforts to innovate in its educational programs “Experiential learning through courses like FIELD helps our students to be more effective, particularly in the early stages of... View Details

01 Oct 1997
News

Shaping the Way Business Does Business: HBR at 75

example," she continues. "It's where HBS professor Ted Levitt first outlined the principles that defined the field of marketing and where Mike Porter first identified the five competitive forces that shape strategy. It's also where key... View Details

01 Oct 1997
News

Benaree Wiley

for bringing new life and direction to the program, which was started in the 1970s at the time of Boston's school busing crisis. In her work, Wiley draws on her own experiences pursuing a consulting career and starting a family in Boston... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner

01 Dec 2005
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Campaign Ends, Exceeds Expectations

With the creation of Hawes Hall and the renovation of Aldrich Hall, all classrooms are now wired with state-of-the-art technology. Walking through HBS today, visitors experience a school that has been transformed. Spangler Center, home... View Details

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

01 Apr 1996
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Technology for Learning's Sake

Officer Susan Rogers, an accomplished HBS administrator with a wealth of experience in technology and other projects, including total responsibility for the recent reconstruction of Morgan Hall. Ground Wires As Upton and others involved... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig

25 Aug 2014
News

Gerald Chertavian, MBA 1992

Up stems from his experience as a volunteer in the Big Brother Big Sister program. After earning a degree in economics from Bowdoin College, Chertavian worked at Chemical Bank in New York City, where he volunteered as a mentor to... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Oct 2001
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Looking for a Leader: The Role of Executive Search Firms

field research. Over a period of six years, he interviewed nearly forty board members of Fortune 500 companies who, together, had participated in more than a hundred CEO successions. Subsequently, he visited leading executive search... View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs; Telecommunications; Information

01 Apr 1999
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New Releases

Organizations, and Business Schools; Business History; and the Global Financial System Project. In surveying McArthur's accomplishments at HBS, readers are reminded that the former Dean's HBS experience began back in 1957, when he arrived... View Details