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Live from Klarman Hall - Alumni
13 Dean’s Welcome Address 8:30–9:30 a.m. ET Both livestreamed and recorded Speaker: Srikant Datar , Dean of the Faculty, George F. Baker Professor of Administration Dean Srikant Datar kicks off Reunion Weekend by sharing updates on the... View Details
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Podcast - Business & Environment
imagery, AI, and systems design to enable more targeted insurance underwriting and disaster preparedness. She also explains how Bellwether is creating geospatial AI infrastructure and tools to support natural disaster response by the... View Details
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Executive Education | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
The Program Experience HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL Taught by a team of faculty members from HBS and other graduate schools within Harvard University, our open enrollment and custom programs feature a wide range of management cases and... View Details
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Strategy - Faculty & Research
these types of frames is essential. By using outcome frames to address immediate concerns and shifting to process frames to resolve longer-term tensions, leaders can build stakeholder support for complex resource reprioritization efforts.... View Details
- 2024
- Working Paper
The Wandering Scholars: Understanding the Heterogeneity of University Commercialization
By: Josh Lerner, Henry Manley, Carolyn Stein and Heidi Williams
University-based scientific research has long been argued to be a central source of
commercial innovation and economic growth. Yet at the same time, there have been
long-held concerns that many university-based discoveries never realize their potential
social... View Details
Lerner, Josh, Henry Manley, Carolyn Stein, and Heidi Williams. "The Wandering Scholars: Understanding the Heterogeneity of University Commercialization." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-043, January 2024. (Econometrica, Conditionally Accepted.)
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Events - Business History
Events Events Upcoming Events Business History Seminar The Fall 2025 Business History Seminar, co-organized by Geoffrey Jones and Christina Lubinski, explores the theme "Rethinking Entrepreneurial History." The Seminar meets via Zoom on... View Details
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Women at HBS - Alumni
and mobilizes professionals who deliver strategic and tactical advice to a wide range of clients. Chief , cofounded by Carolyn Childers (MBA 2008) , supports New York—based women in their journey to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Every Trick in the Book
Carolyn Brody (MBA 1983) photo by HollenderX2 BookHampton has been a mainstay of the Long Island, New York, community of East Hampton for more than 40 years. Carolyn Brody (MBA... View Details
Keywords: April White
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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition
Enterprise Track, 2024 New Venture Competition video Play Video duration: 1:32 2024 New Venture Competition Runner-Up, Social Enterprise Track: Trans Health HQ Trans Health HQ is a tool built by the trans community that addresses... View Details
- 28 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Launching a Career in the COVID Economy? Here Are 5 Tips.
MATTERS, THE MORE YOU WILL MATTER." Says Ng, “The better you understand what matters to those who matter, the more you’ll be able to align yourself with work that matters. And the more you do work that matters, the more you will matter.” About the Author View Details
- January 2022 (Revised November 2023)
- Case
Expanding the Culture of Learning at Kraft Heinz
By: Ashley V. Whillans and Carolyn Watson
The Kraft Heinz Company (KHC) was an American food company formed in 2015 by the merger of Kraft Foods Group, Inc and the H.J. Heinz Company. The company sold food products like Heinz Ketchup, Kraft Mac & Cheese, Kool-Aid, and Philadelphia cream cheese to supermarkets,... View Details
Keywords: Learning; Culture; Work Culture; Workplace Practices; Mergers; Mergers and Acquisitions; Competitive Advantage; Human Capital; Training; Performance Evaluation; Growth and Development; Personal Development and Career; Employee Relationship Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Food and Beverage Industry
Whillans, Ashley V., and Carolyn Watson. "Expanding the Culture of Learning at Kraft Heinz." Harvard Business School Case 922-036, January 2022. (Revised November 2023.)
- 2020
- Working Paper
Draw Near to Go Far: The Role of Convergence in Capitalizing on Exploration
By: Carolyn Fu
Organizations are often advised to engage heavily in exploration in order to succeed – to cast a wide net for diverse solutions that are superior to what they currently exploit. However, what is the organization to do when the fruits of its exploration are inconsistent... View Details
Fu, Carolyn. "Draw Near to Go Far: The Role of Convergence in Capitalizing on Exploration." Working Paper, April 2020.
- July 2020
- Article
Who Should Select New Employees, Headquarters or the Unit Manager? Consequences of Centralizing Hiring at a Retail Chain
By: Carolyn Deller and Tatiana Sandino
We examine how changing the allocation of hiring decision rights in a multiunit organization affects employee-firm match quality, contingent on a unit’s circumstances. Our research site, a U.S. retail chain, switched from a decentralized hiring model (hiring by... View Details
Keywords: Control; Selection; Decentralization; Company Values; Retail Chains; Employees; Selection and Staffing; Local Range; Business Headquarters; Decision Making
Deller, Carolyn, and Tatiana Sandino. "Who Should Select New Employees, Headquarters or the Unit Manager? Consequences of Centralizing Hiring at a Retail Chain." Accounting Review 95, no. 4 (July 2020): 173–198.
- November 2024
- Article
A National Analysis of General Pediatric Inpatient Unit Closures and Openings, 2011–2018
By: Carolyn San Soucie, Nancy D. Beaulieu, Jason D. Buxbaum, David Cutler, JoAnna K. Leyenaar, Sarah C. McBride, Olivia Zhao and Alyna T. Chien
OBJECTIVES: This paper provides an examination of: (1) the frequency and net rates of change for general pediatric inpatient (GPI) unit closures and openings nationally and by state; (2) how often closures or openings are caused by GPI unit changes only or caused by... View Details
Keywords: Health Industry
San Soucie, Carolyn, Nancy D. Beaulieu, Jason D. Buxbaum, David Cutler, JoAnna K. Leyenaar, Sarah C. McBride, Olivia Zhao, and Alyna T. Chien. "A National Analysis of General Pediatric Inpatient Unit Closures and Openings, 2011–2018." Hospital Pediatrics 14, no. 11 (November 2024): 899–908.
- 2019
- Working Paper
Who Should Select New Employees, Headquarters or the Unit Manager? Consequences of Centralizing Hiring at a Retail Chain
By: Carolyn Deller and Tatiana Sandino
We examine how changing the allocation of hiring decision rights in a multiunit organization affects employee-firm match quality, contingent on a unit’s circumstances. Our research site, a US retail chain, switched from a decentralized hiring model (hiring by business... View Details
Keywords: Control; Selection; Decentralization; Company Values; Retail Chains; Decision Making; Economics; Geography; Employees; Selection and Staffing; Organizational Design; Situation or Environment; Retail Industry
Deller, Carolyn, and Tatiana Sandino. "Who Should Select New Employees, Headquarters or the Unit Manager? Consequences of Centralizing Hiring at a Retail Chain." Harvard Business School Series in Accounting and Control, No. 16-088, January 2016. (Revised August 2019. Forthcoming in The Accounting Review.)
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Consumer Neuroscience: Advances in Understanding Consumer Psychology
By: Uma R. Karmarkar and Carolyn Yoon
While the study of consumer behavior has been enriched by improved abilities to generate new insights, many of the mechanisms underlying judgments and decision making remain difficult to investigate. In this review, we highlight some of the ways in which our... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Neuroscience; Neuroscience; Neuroeconomics; Consumer Psychology; Customer Behavior; Predictive Analytics; Neural Prediction; Neuroimaging; fMRI; Eye-tracking; Consumer Behavior; Marketing
Karmarkar, Uma R., and Carolyn Yoon. "Consumer Neuroscience: Advances in Understanding Consumer Psychology." Current Opinion in Psychology 10 (August 2016): 160–165.
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Success Through Shared Effort
With donations totaling $1.77 million, the MBA Class of 2003 set a new 10th Reunion giving record last spring. "The most important catalyst for giving was leadership at the section level," says Carolyn Wolff Dorros, who served as reunion... View Details
- 01 Aug 2014
- News
Success Through Shared Effort
leadership at the section level,” says Carolyn Wolff Dorros, who served as reunion gift cochair with Dan O’Keefe. With members of the class donating a total of $1.77 million, the class now holds the fundraising record for a 10th Reunion.... View Details
- 08 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 8, 2016
Consumer Neuroscience: Advances in Understanding Consumer Psychology By: Karmarkar, Uma R., and Carolyn Yoon Abstract—While the study of consumer behavior has been enriched by improved abilities to generate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Dec 2017
- Blog Post
The 23rd Annual Harvard Business School Tech Conference
Carolyn Everson, Vice President of Global Marketing Solutions at Facebook. The highlight of this session was when Carolyn shared a story about how one day she received a fax from Pets.com, a company she had... View Details
Keywords: Technology