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- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Case Study: The Home Team
Illustration by Jon Krause Illustration by Jon Krause Brendan Kennealey (MBA 2006) wasn’t even searching for a business idea. A couple of years ago, the Wilmington, Delaware, native met up with an old friend who’d bought a new house. Over dinner this friend enumerated... View Details
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Emily Schlichting
large public agency." Other schools offer joint degree programs, but Emily observes that, "Harvard is the only one that offers a seamless experience and strong community. You get the same class cohort of 20-40 people who study... View Details
- Web
Events - Creating Emerging Markets
At this online conference, speakers shared their experiences using CEM transcripts and video materials for teaching in different institutional contexts in Europe, India, Latin America and the United States. May 28 28 May 2019 Santiago,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Turkish Delight
BYFORD: Changing careers is well worth the effort. Grenville Byford (MBA ’79) was practical when he decided to pursue his interest in international relations. “Unless your name is Kissinger, you have to specialize in a particular area of the world,” he says. “As a... View Details
- 15 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 15, 2015
decision support tool for Rue La La's daily use. We conduct a field experiment and find that sales do not decrease due to implementing tool recommended price increases for medium and high price point products. Finally, we estimate an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
Distance Still Matters in Business, Despite the Internet
suggests the latter became much richer than the former. Silverthorne: To ask a question posed in your own title, how does the internet shape geography? Greenstein: To appreciate the subtleties, every one of us must step back from our own View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Transportation; Telecommunications; Shipping; Publishing; Technology
- 30 Apr 2020
- Book
Fighting Climate Change Requires a New Capitalism
Rebecca Henderson spent her young adult years living two lives. At work, she preached the risks of resisting change to MBA students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, drawing on lessons she learned while watching factories close as a management consultant.... View Details
- 31 Jul 2023
- News
Striving for Imperfection
number of launches per year from, say, three or four a year to more than 20 a year. As they’ve been doing that, they’ve experimented with new technologies like 3D printing of rocket parts, like reusing rocket parts, like using new... View Details
- 05 Dec 2023
HBS Global Voices: International Student Insights
Join us for a virtual session designed for current international college students as we discuss the opportunities and experiences awaiting you at Harvard Business School. The event will include a panel of current students and recent... View Details
- 15 Aug 2016
- Blog Post
Writing a Case as a Student at HBS
experience (by writing a case on a company you’ve worked with) or learn something completely new. If you are looking to dig deep into a company or topic, writing a case is one of the best ways to do it. Additionally, case writing is a... View Details
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Health Care Curriculum - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
efforts to reorganize health care delivery and engage in meaningful policy reform. The multiplier effects of the curriculum are already evident in our experiences over the past five years. Curriculum on Value-Based Health Care Delivery:... View Details
- Web
Pre-Class Arrival - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
Assessment & Feedback Sample Class A case discussion class is not merely an intellectual exercise, but also an emotional and interpersonal experience that requires trust and collaboration. To develop and reinforce an effective case... View Details
- 05 Oct 2020
- Book
Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time
to some perfect ideal in our minds,” Whillans says. “We have to disconnect the experience from money, since that doesn’t adequately measure its value.” Use it or lose it Tending to our time takes careful thought and planning, since it’s... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Oct 2010
- HBS Case
Tesco’s Stumble into the US Market
Fresh & Easy experiment no doubt prompted the recent announcement that Fresh & Easy would be given a two-year reprieve until 2013. Tesco has the resources to continue, and the US market's size remains a juicy target if Tesco can... View Details
- 23 Oct 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Economic Impacts of Immigration: A Survey
Keywords: by Sari Pekkala Kerr & William R. Kerr
- Research Summary
The Psychology of Conversation
Conversation is a profound part of the human experience. To share our ideas, thoughts, and feelings with each other, we converse face to face and remotely—via phone, email, text message, online comment boards, and in contracts. Conversations form the bedrock of our... View Details
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Mutiny in the Workplace: When Leaders Are Challenged From Within
My dissertation focuses on the rarely studied phenomenon of mutiny in organizations. Based on three recent cases of mutiny in professional organizations, I examine the process by which employee dissatisfaction transforms into collective mobilization... View Details
- Forthcoming
- Article
Eliciting Advice Instead of Feedback Improves Developmental Input
By: Hayley Blunden, Ariella Kristal, Ashley Whillans, Jaewon Yoon, Hannah Burd, Georgina Bremner and Michael Yeomans
Most organizations encourage employees to provide feedback to one another to support learning, personal growth, and career advancement. However, employee feedback often fails to improve performance because it lacks concrete, specific guidance. We provide a temporal... View Details
Keywords: Feedback; Personal Development and Career; Employee Relationship Management; Performance Evaluation
Blunden, Hayley, Ariella Kristal, Ashley Whillans, Jaewon Yoon, Hannah Burd, Georgina Bremner, and Michael Yeomans. "Eliciting Advice Instead of Feedback Improves Developmental Input." Management Science (forthcoming). (Pre-published online July 22, 2025.)
- 2025
- Working Paper
Why Most Resist AI Companions
By: Julian De Freitas, Zeliha Oğuz-Uğuralp, Ahmet Kaan Uğuralp and Stefano Puntoni
AI companion applications—designed to serve as synthetic interaction partners—have recently
become capable enough to reduce loneliness, a growing public health concern. However,
behavioral research has yet to fully explain the barriers to adoption of such AI and... View Details
Keywords: Generative Ai; Chatbots; Artificial Intelligence; Algorithmic Aversion; Lonelines; Technology Adoption; AI and Machine Learning; Well-being; Emotions
De Freitas, Julian, Zeliha Oğuz-Uğuralp, Ahmet Kaan Uğuralp, and Stefano Puntoni. "Why Most Resist AI Companions." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 25-030, December 2024. (Revised May 2025.)