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  • 01 Dec 2023
  • News

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 difficult to miss the Englishman, who... View Details
Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
  • Web

Middle East & North Africa - Global

equipping participants with strategies for approaching tough conversations with confidence and clarity. The discussion was led by Christina Wing , Senior Lecturer in the Technology & Operations Management Unit, who shared insights from... View Details
  • July 31, 2017
  • Article

A Commitment Contract to Achieve Virologic Suppression in Poorly Adherent Patients with HIV/AIDS

By: Marcella Alsan, John Beshears, Wendy S. Armstrong, James J. Choi, Brigitte C. Madrian, Minh Ly T. Nguyen, Carlos Del Rio, David Laibson and Vincent C. Marconi
Objective: Assess whether a commitment contract informed by behavioral economics leads to persistent virologic suppression among HIV-positive patients with poor antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence. Design: Single-center pilot randomized clinical trial and a... View Details
Keywords: Adherence; Antiretroviral Therapy; Behavioral Economics; Commitment Contract; Financial Incentives; HIV-1 Virologic Suppression; Health Disorders; Motivation and Incentives
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  • March 2012 (Revised September 2012)
  • Case

INRIX

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Ryan Johnson
Since its founding in 2004, INRIX, a leading global provider of traffic information and driver services, had received four rounds of financing from leading venture capital (VC) firms and by 2012 had been cash flow positive for the past six quarters. Its founder, Bryan... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Leadership; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Exit or Shutdown; Business Startups; Organizational Structure; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Competitive Strategy; Information Technology Industry; Service Industry; Washington (state, US)
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  • 2025
  • Book

Talk: The Science of Conversation and the Art of Being Ourselves

By: Alison Wood Brooks
We all struggle with difficult conversations, but we're often not very good at easy ones either. Though we do it all the time, conversation is one of the most complex, demanding, and delicate of all human tasks, rife with possibilities for misinterpretation and... View Details
Keywords: Interpersonal Communication
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    Learning to Successfully Hire in Online Labor Markets

    Hiring in online labor markets involves considerable uncertainty: which hiring choices are more likely to yield successful outcomes and how do employers adjust their hiring behaviors to make such choices? We argue that employers will initially explore the value... View Details
    • 2024
    • Report

    Overcoming Barriers to Resolving Gaza and Beyond

    By: James K. Sebenius
    As of early January 2024, discussion of the Gaza war heavily focuses on its humanitarian costs, cease fire possibilities, hostage prospects, and “day after” options. Yet what longer-term strategy guides actions on these vital issues while offering a more positive... View Details
    Keywords: Negotiation; War; International Relations; Israel; Middle East
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    • 06 Jul 2016
    • Research & Ideas

    The Truth About Authentic Leaders

    understanding of themselves and feel increasingly comfortable being authentic. This is a lifelong journey in which we are always discovering the next layer, much like peeling an onion. As leaders discover their truth, their True North, they gain View Details
    Keywords: by Bill George
    • 27 Sep 2018
    • Research & Ideas

    Religion in the Workplace: What Managers Need to Know

    were placed conspicuously near store entrances because “good-looking people attract other good-looking people, and we want to market to cool, good-looking people,” Jeffries said in a 2006 Salon interview. In 2008, 17-year-old Samantha Elauf felt View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage; Apparel & Accessories
    • July 2023
    • Article

    Design and Analysis of Switchback Experiments

    By: Iavor I Bojinov, David Simchi-Levi and Jinglong Zhao
    In switchback experiments, a firm sequentially exposes an experimental unit to a random treatment, measures its response, and repeats the procedure for several periods to determine which treatment leads to the best outcome. Although practitioners have widely adopted... View Details
    Keywords: Switchback Experiments; Design; Analysis; Mathematical Methods
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    Resilience vs. Vulnerability: Psychological Safety and Reporting of Near Misses with Varying Proximity to Harm in Radiation Oncology

    By: Palak Kundu, Olivia Jung, Amy C. Edmondson, Nzhde Agazaryan, John Hegde, Michael Steinberg and Ann Raldow
    Background
    Psychological safety, a shared belief that interpersonal risk taking is safe, is an important determinant of incident reporting. However, how psychological safety affects near-miss reporting is unclear, as near misses contain contrasting cues that... View Details
    Keywords: Psychological Safety; Near-miss Reporting; Health Care and Treatment; Safety
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    • 20 Oct 2010
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Financing Risk and Bubbles of Innovation

    Keywords: by Ramana Nanda & Matthew Rhodes-Kropf; Financial Services
    • 2020
    • Working Paper

    Design and Analysis of Switchback Experiments

    By: Iavor I Bojinov, David Simchi-Levi and Jinglong Zhao
    In switchback experiments, a firm sequentially exposes an experimental unit to a random treatment, measures its response, and repeats the procedure for several periods to determine which treatment leads to the best outcome. Although practitioners have widely adopted... View Details
    Keywords: Switchback Experiments; Design; Analysis; Mathematical Methods
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    • August 2017 (Revised November 2021)
    • Case

    Ryan Greene at Rainier Wearables

    By: Shikhar Ghosh, Thomas R. Eisenmann and Christopher Payton
    This case provides a platform for discussing mental health and depression in entrepreneurship. Why do entrepreneurs have more mental health issues than other professions? What can an entrepreneur do if they face a situation where their mental well-being is being... View Details
    Keywords: Mental Health; Depression; Entrepreneurship; Well-being; Personal Development and Career
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    • October 2014
    • Case

    Mothercare, 2014

    By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
    In early 2014, Mothercare was the UK's leading retailer of mother-and-baby products. In fiscal 2013, it generated £341 million in revenues from its 255 UK stores and £128 million online, and was more than three times the size of its next biggest competitor, Mama and... View Details
    Keywords: Retail; Turnaround; Strategy; Strategic Planning; Retail Industry; United Kingdom
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    • 20 Aug 2021
    • Blog Post

    Is the MBA Worth It? Hear What Recent HBS Grads Have to Say

    starting my own business and I know the alumni network will be invaluable when the time comes for me to do the next thing. Personally, I have friendships that will last a lifetime and that was surprising for me coming in a little older with a family. I have come away... View Details
    • 01 Dec 2023
    • News

    Turning Point: Where Credit Is Due

    from HBS, the reality of the financial burden dawned on me. The HBS fellowship I received was generous but not enough to cover the entire tuition. Consequently, I turned to Mongolia’s government-sponsored education loan fund. I View Details
    Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government
    • TeachingInterests

    Strategy Execution

    By: Dennis Campbell

    This course takes strategy as given and teaches what students need to know to execute and win in highly competitive markets. Using fundamental building blocks based on accountability systems and structures, this course is divided into seven modules:

    1.... View Details

    • Web

    2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

    learn from the recent spectacular failures of FTX, Genesis, Celsius, and other cryptocurrency firms, and whether existing bankruptcy laws and practices are up to the task of reorganizing these businesses; recovering value for customers, creditors, and investors and... View Details
    • 24 Oct 2016
    • Research & Ideas

    Bernie Madoff Explains Himself

    “In the recording, he describes his ambition, which is something that every single person at Harvard Business School—and really every person aspiring to be successful in business—can relate to,” Soltes says. Overconfidence: “I built my View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services