Methodology - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2017
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Enhancing Students’ Cultural Intelligence

from throughout their first year to on-site, customer-related projects with companies around the world. Before their trip, Franklin’s six-person team tested their research methodology in interviews with Boston-area teens and parents.... View Details

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Introduction - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections

the trading floor. The model offers a methodology to predict the seemingly unpredictable by using the lessons of complex mathematics and probability theory to forecast stock valuations, making it possible to successfully manage risk in... View Details

03 Nov 2020
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One Paramount Priority

productive dialogue. It will take deep listening, Hessan writes, and leveraging the ideals we do share to pave a new path for the future. See her methodology here. Click here to listen to our 2017 Skydeck podcast with Diane Hessan, “What... View Details

Keywords: Government

01 Dec 2017
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The Changing Nature of Research

research, we wouldn’t have the insight to educate leaders who make a difference in the world. It enables us to tap into new methodologies and develop ideas that have power in practice,” says Rivkin. “HBS has an ambitious intellectual... View Details

28 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 28, 2007

treatments of identity in the social sciences, the concept has remained too analytically loose to be as useful a tool as the literature's early promise had suggested. We propose to solve this longstanding problem by developing the analytical rigor and View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Benefits & Compensation | Research Associates

Benefits & Compensation Research Associates enjoy a salary that is extremely competitive for the field and a substantial benefits package. Salaries cover a broad range and are determined using a consistent methodology that takes into... View Details

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Matt Segneri

developed a methodology for evaluation and presented a slate of 20 semi-finalists for them to consider." This summer, Matt will participate in the FBI's Special Advisor Program in Washington, D.C. "The program brings in... View Details

20 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 20

attaining quotas; and (3) quarterly bonuses help improve performance of the weak performers by serving as pacers to keep the sales force on track to achieve their annual sales quotas. The paper also introduces two main methodological... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

10 Jan 2008
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Operations Management

cross-functional coordination, and profitability management. Current product-tracking technology makes problem diagnosis much easier than the time of the original study. By and large, companies using this methodology see lowered costs and... View Details

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Zihan Lin

the hands-on, boy-stuff of the mechanical with the mission of medicine." By the time Zi entered the graduate stage of his education, he had a firm focus "on two concentrations: design methodology and medical devices." In... View Details

13 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 13, 2007

isolate the effects of channel expansion. We argue for advantages to using zip code level data for methodological and consumer data privacy reasons. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-043.pdf Multinational Firms, FDI... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Career Advancement | Research Associates

STATA, Python, MATLAB or R, or other methodologies such as lab experience or experimental design. Former RAs have told us that the skills they develop in researching, writing, interviewing, analysis, and project management create a... View Details

31 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Improving Fairness in Flight Delays

a methodology developed by Bratu and Barnhart to estimate the corresponding passenger delays. Some of their findings confirm what veteran travelers have often suspected, while others offer surprising insights. Some highlights and... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Entertainment & Recreation; Air Transportation

01 Sep 2016
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Pricing Paradise

eliminated; a 20 percent loss due to budget cuts was deemed a realistic possibility.) The researchers adopted the “willingness-to-pay” methodology that federal agencies such as OSHA and the FDA use to determine how much people would pay... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Jun 2009
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Magician Turns HBS Upside Down

insights to execute a more compelling product or service is a best practice we’ve studied in cases about certain companies, and it is definitely one of Randal’s strengths,” Martin said. Thomke described what he calls Randal’s “3Ms of innovation”: View Details

Keywords: magic; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

15 Dec 2015
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One MBA's Path to Boston Consulting Group

mean we would be more successful as a firm, but selfishly, I would learn that much more as well. My learning would be quite limited if the process was to deploy existing methodology from an ivory tower. With the BCG process, the client... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Consumer Products / Retail

18 Feb 2015
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First Look: February 18

System Architecture By: Baldwin, Carliss Y., Alan MacCormack, and John Rusnak Abstract—In this paper, we describe an operational methodology for characterizing the architecture of complex technical systems and demonstrate its application... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2010
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Alumni Books

and methodologies centered on the value chain that can be used to design, implement, and evaluate agricultural and agribusiness development initiatives that strive to enhance productivity and competitiveness. View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

10 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 10

consideration given to the underlying economic activities, the unique cluster boundaries, or the appropriate benchmark of economic concentration. Our goal is to increase awareness of the complexities behind cluster identification and to provide concrete insights and... View Details