Experiments - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Oct 2018
HBS Seminar

Abhinav Gupta, Foster School of Business, University of Washington

How to Really Motivate Salespeople

Much of what we believe about the best ways to compensate and motivate the sales force is based on theory and lab experiments. But in the past decade, researchers have been moving out of the lab and into the field, analyzing companies' sales and pay data, and... View Details

Customer Supercharging in Experience-Centric Channels

We conjecture that for online retailers, experience-centric offline store formats do not simply expand market coverage, but rather, serve to significantly amplify future positive customer behaviors, both online and offline. We term this phenomenon “supercharging”... View Details

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Five Ways to Rethink Your Job Description - Recruiting

essential Some roles need a specific degree or require years of experience in a particular function or industry. If that is not the case, consider what transferable skills are equally as valuable. HBS has a high percentage of career... View Details

23 Oct 2023

Q&A with Current Students

Join this event to connect directly with current HBS students. During this event, current students will speak about their HBS experience as well as answer your questions. This session will be primarily Q&A-based so please come ready with... View Details

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Organisational Learning in Software Requirements Engineering and Management

The current research project addresses the continuing low success rate of software development projects, which has been frequently reported in empirical studies. For example, the 2004 Chaos Report by the Standish Group found that only 29% of 9,236 application... View Details

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By: Reshmaan N. Hussam

Engaged with field work in South Asia and East Africa, Professor Hussam places a focus on exploring questions with strong theoretical motivation in the economics literature as well as relevant downstream policy implications. Her research spans four broad interests.... View Details

04 Feb 2022
Book

Beyond the Cold War: Reinventing Socialism in 5 Countries

Although many view socialism through the rigid lens of Soviet orthodoxy, it has always been a work in progress and an evolving and adaptable ideology on a global scale, says Harvard Business School Marvin Bower Associate Professor Jeremy Friedman. In his new book, Ripe... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

05 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

How Hormones Foretell Whether People Will Cheat

we see so frequently in the real world." The Lab Experiments The research team conducted a series of experiments to study the effect of two important hormones: testosterone (associated with decreased fear... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

09 Apr 2019
News

Ray Dalio: Why and How Capitalism Needs to Be Reformed

a reflection on how his own personal experience led him to the conclusion that American capitalism “isn’t working well for most Americans,” which is followed by supporting evidence—including low income growth, the ascendant income gap,... View Details

Keywords: capitalism

12 Apr 2022
Blog Post

The Many Languages of Medicine to Impact Care Delivery

Ted Obi (MS/MBA 2023) is a current MBA student at HBS and a third year medical student at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. His previous experiences include co-founding Melanin Doc, a non-profit supporting the next generation... View Details

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Drew Keller

special section experience that makes you feel supported socially. As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? When I was very young I wanted to be either a teacher or a novelist. I spent a lot of time writing Harry Potter fan... View Details

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Business, Government & the International Economy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Teaching at Harvard Business School in 2024 (also 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019, and 2022). Sophus A. Reinert : Received the 2024 HBS Student Association Faculty Teaching Award for exceptional contributions to the View Details

26 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

The Office of Strategy Management

and think in strategic terms are critical. They need good interpersonal skills since they must interact effectively and authoritatively with senior business units and functional heads. Project management experience is desirable to oversee... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2023
News

An Engine of Innovation

opportunities and challenging issues facing business and society around the world. Segneri explains that being part of this environment gives students and alumni from HBS and Harvard University’s 12 other schools access to a wide range of support systems and resources,... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Mar 2010
News

John Crowley’s Extraordinary Measures

two youngest children, who were born with a rare and often fatal neuromuscular disorder. Watching its production was, alternately, an unreal, thrilling, and deeply emotional experience for the Crowley family. Less than a year after... View Details

Keywords: Sarah Auerbach; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information

20 May 2024
Blog Post

Get to Know Class Day Student Speaker Erik Roberts

consultant, he has his sights set on opening a restaurant in Brooklyn—a locally sourced, plant-based venue. “While at HBS I’ve come to believe that positive, joyful experiences change minds much more than intelligence, academia, debate,... View Details

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Brandon Graves

both professional and personal aspects. The HBS experience encourages deep reflection and has allowed me to take early steps at shaping my life post b-school. I am pleasantly surprised by how many takeaways extend to everyday life beyond... View Details

05 Dec 2023

Student Perspectives: Life at HBS

Join us for a unique opportunity to hear firsthand from current HBS students about their MBA journey. Students will offer a comprehensive discussion about the student experience including academics, RC sections, social activities,... View Details

15 Mar 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

More Than 900 Examples of How Climate Change Affects Business

This word cloud is composed of blog posts by more than 900 students describing how individual organizations are likely to be affected by climate change. Image by Patrick Clapp Last fall, first-year MBA students at Harvard Business School received a new assignment in... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Green Technology

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