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offers remote and onsite alumni services. For more information, go to: https://www.library.hbs.edu/Alumni . Shad Hall HBS alumni are eligible for membership at the Shad Hall fitness center. For fee information, call the fitness desk View Details

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Entrepreneurial Management - Faculty & Research

Eleanor W. Dillon, Sonia Jaffe, Nicole Immorlica and Christopher Stanton We present evidence on how generative AI changes the work patterns of knowledge workers using data from a 6-month-long, cross-industry, randomized field experiment.... View Details

20 Oct 2011
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Getting the Marketing Mix Right

whereas gains from detailing would come at the expense of competing drugs (84 percent). By contrast, the random coefficient logit model predicted that gains from DTCA, M&E, and detailing would come... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

2020
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Business, Ethics and Institutions. The Evolution of Turkish Capitalism in a Comparative Perspective

By: Asli M. Colpan and Geoffrey Jones

This chapter offers a survey of the evolution of Turkish capitalism from the 19th century Ottoman Empire until the present day. It shows that Turkish business over the last century and a half was shaped in an institutional context similar to those in many developing... View Details

Keywords: Business Groups; Capitalism; Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Government and Politics; History; Religion; Business History; Turkey; Central Asia; Middle East

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17 Feb 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

How Entrepreneurs Can Find the Right Problem to Solve

difference between a modest angel round and a strongly led seed- or A-round. I’ve recently written an in-depth look at this topic, Product Discovery 101, which I encourage you to read. Here are some highlights. Interest vs. problem... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

10 May 2020
Blog Post

Let’s Hear it For the Moms – The Incredible Balancing Act of Student Mothers

The many times I showed up at Shad missing a shirt or bra because my daughters decided to reorganize my backpack before school. Kanako Sakai | Class of 2021 Little(s): Ren (3) Pre-HBS Industry: Management... View Details

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MBA Experience - Health Care

deeply into various health care sectors. Health Care Welcome Reception Takes place each fall and is hosted by the Initiative. This kick-off meet and greet introduces first-year students to the various health care resources at HBS. Health... View Details

02 Apr 2024
Research & Ideas

Employees Out Sick? Inside One Company's Creative Approach to Staying Productive

placing a table at each station, where individuals would sign in and out for their shifts. They found that managers struck informal agreements with the managers on either side of them to lend and borrow workers as needed. Since managers... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Fashion

13 Mar 2023
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What Would It Take to Unlock Microfinance's Full Potential?

In the 50 years since modern microfinance was introduced as a tool to fight poverty, institutions have distributed hundreds of millions of loans to people in developing countries. Such loans are repaid at rates often as high as 98... View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint; Financial Services

03 Jan 2013
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The Value of Advice: Evidence from Mobile Phone-Based Agricultural Extension

Keywords: by Shawn A. Cole; Agriculture & Agribusiness

08 Mar 2021
Blog Post

International Women's Day Featured Stories

International Women's Day (IWD) celebrates the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. It is an official holiday in at least 20 countries and grows in recognition each year. This year’s IWD theme is Choose to... View Details

14 Aug 2023
Blog Post

Crossing the Bridge: A Reflection on the HKS/HBS Joint Degree Program

Can you tell us about your background, including your pre-MBA industry and role? I am a joint degree MBA/MPP (Masters in Public Policy) candidate at Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School of Government. I graduated summa cum... View Details

18 Jul 2023
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The First Five Years: Brooke Biederman (MBA 2019)

real world events, on that end of the spectrum. Audiences exchange precious time off from long jobs to engage with entertainment. I feel the stories they turn to should inspire them, uplift them, and at least, do what the category name... View Details

Keywords: Robert Bochnak

21 Apr 2023
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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 and spending." A new paper by Tomomichi Amano, assistant... View Details

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

22 May 2019
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What is FIELD Global Immersion?

their RC Sections! Projects are then assigned to teams at random being mindful of potential conflicts of interest. What is GEO and what is its role in the planning and execution of FIELD? GEO is short for... View Details

01 Dec 2023
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The Imposter Among Us

Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; Illustrations by Peter Arkle It was their rst day at Harvard and like the rest of his cohort, Edgar Wallner (PMD 22, 1971) will never forget meeting Robert Gaines-Cooper. Frankly, it would have been... View Details

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

23 Jan 2024
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More Than Memes: NFTs Could Be the Next Gen Deed for a Digital World

Two years after non-fungible tokens (NFTs) captured the attention of artists, celebrities, and brands, debate still rages over their value. But NFTs could be poised to make a comeback in 2024, argues Scott Duke Kominers, the Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Information Technology; Technology; Financial Services

09 Feb 2024
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Slim Chance: Drugs Will Reshape the Weight Loss Industry, But Habit Change Might Be Elusive

employees to miss more days of work. Herzlinger, the Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration at HBS, recently spoke to HBS Working Knowledge about the challenges of treating morbid obesity,... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Health; Pharmaceutical

23 Jan 2023
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After High-Profile Failures, Can Investors Still Trust Credit Ratings?

through which to look at what went wrong with the ratings system and how much it has changed. “What we wanted to find out was, are there times that they actually do a good job? Do we find they provide ratings that are accurate?” During... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

10 Jan 2023
Research & Ideas

How to Live Happier in 2023: Diversify Your Social Circle

positively associated with well-being. On the other, interactions with random strangers can sometimes make us happier than interacting with our partner or spouse. “When people are with their significant other, they can be on cruise... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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