field experience - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Nov 2016
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Field Course Helps Nascent Entrepreneurs Connect with Customers

Entrepreneurial Sales and Marketing (ESM), a field course that debuted in spring 2016. “To a greater degree than in established firms, marketing and selling in entrepreneurial ventures are linked to product development and strategy... View Details

01 Jun 2004
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At Work in the Fields with the Lord

In California’s Coachella Valley, Sister Marsha Allen (MBA 1976) is spearheading a coalition of nonprofits and charitable organizations in an effort to build a tent city for the 20,000 migrant farmworkers and their children who come to the valley every year to harvest... View Details

Keywords: Agriculture

03 Feb 2023
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Immersive Field Courses Take the Classroom on the Road

As part of the HBS Elective Curriculum, MBA students can enroll in an Immersive Field Course (IFC). These courses are driven by faculty research and industry connections and provide students with an opportunity to get out of the classroom and put the skills they’ve... View Details

22 Apr 2014
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Mark Fields Follows a Legend Leaving Ford in Prime Condition

Keywords: automotive industry; Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers; Retail Trade

16 Jun 2020
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Megan Rapinoe on Leading - On and Off the Field

01 Dec 2000
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In War-Torn Liberia, Student Gains a Wealth of Experience

business experience in the private sector. "Some people may not think there are many connections between business and nonprofits, but there are," she states. "Understanding and having credibility in both View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Mining (except Oil and Gas); Mining

17 Dec 2015
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Field 2 Gives Students Hands-On Exposure To Business Practices In Malaysia

capital as part of FIELD 2, the second module of the required course Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership Development. She and her five teammates helped Groupon Malaysia... View Details

01 Jun 2011
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Faculty Think Tank

A faculty team charged with designing the new yearlong FIELD course — short for Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership Development — in the first year of the MBA Program... View Details

Keywords: FIELD program

01 Mar 2016
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HBS Fund Helps Fuel Faculty Research and New Learning Experiences

the student had interviewed industry leaders to better understand the barriers to growth that Indian private equity firms face — his analysis echoing findings from Sadun’s own research. “It built on intuitions that I already had, but seeing firsthand View Details

23 Oct 2019
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An Experiment in Online Education Reaches 50,000 Learners in Five Years

that has educated more than 50,000 people in 170 countries. “We have brought much of what is special about the HBS experience to life online, helping the School to achieve its educational mission of educating leaders, wherever they are... View Details

Keywords: HBS Online; Educational Innovation

01 Dec 2011
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Reimagining the MBA

to a dozen cities in 10 countries during the January Term. It’s all part of an ambitious undertaking in the MBA curriculum centered around a new yearlong required course called FIELD (Field Immersion View Details

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