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Student Performance - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
Participation). Experienced case instructors evaluate class participation based on a student's contribution to the collective learning during class discussions. Establishing objective assessments of these contributions can be challenging.... View Details
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FAQs - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
encourages and supports innovation within the participant-centered learning model. We believe that while our resources are developed with case method instructors in mind, skills that promote effective and rich classroom discussions can be... View Details
- October 2017 (Revised September 2018)
- Supplement
Jumia Nigeria: from Retail to Marketplace (B)
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Namrata Arora
This follow up case study explores the ramifications of Jumia's decision to move from a retail-led to a markplace business model for its e-commerce platform. The case visits the company's successes as well as its many failures when adopting this vendor-led strategy. ... View Details
Keywords: Retail; Marketplace; Inventory; Funding; Business Ecosystems; Business Ecosystem; Competition; Business Model; Globalization; Emerging Markets; Expansion; Logistics; Retail Industry; India; Nigeria; Africa
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Namrata Arora. "Jumia Nigeria: from Retail to Marketplace (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 718-432, October 2017. (Revised September 2018.)
- Jun 29 2018
- Testimonial
From Trial Lawyer to CEO
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Openings - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
instructor opening. Please see Questioning, Listening, and Responding and Cold Calls for advice on the other parts of the opening call. The instructor opening serves three objectives: Provide Context and Connect One of the most powerful elements of case method teaching... View Details
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Board Use - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
Feedback Sample Class There is a wide range of approaches to board use across case instructors, from a minimalist recording of main discussion points to the filling up of multiple boards with ideas drawn View Details
- 11 Feb 2021
- Video
Lessons from AASU50: Tony Mayo
- 29 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
My Concerns About Learning Accounting at HBS
Many incoming students express their nervousness to the Admissions team around accounting and finance classes if they do not have experience in those areas. In reality, students at HBS come from all different backgrounds and they do not... View Details
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Online Learning Track Programs | HBS Online
What Are Learning Tracks? Learning Tracks enable participants to take three courses within a specific subject area to gain deeper insights and expertise. Those who successfully complete three courses View Details
- July–August 2018
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Learning by Contributing: Gaining Competitive Advantage Through Contribution to Crowdsourced Public Goods
By: Frank Nagle
As the economy becomes more information based, firms are increasingly using crowdsourced public goods as inputs for innovation and production. Counterintuitively, some firms pay their employees to contribute to the creation of these goods, which can be used freely by... View Details
Keywords: Open Source Distribution; Applications and Software; Competitive Strategy; Learning; Competitive Advantage
Nagle, Frank. "Learning by Contributing: Gaining Competitive Advantage Through Contribution to Crowdsourced Public Goods." Organization Science 29, no. 4 (July–August 2018): 569–587.
- 31 Mar 2011
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From SpinPop to SpinBrush: Entrepreneurial Lessons from John Osher
Economist. HBS professor William Sahlman, who studied Osher's career and wrote the case study on his company, Dr. John's Products, Ltd., said in an introduction that while much of Osher's success might look from the outside to have been... View Details
- 30 Oct 2015
- Blog Post
4 Takeaways from HBS
studying the exact same case studies for our entire first year, you would think that our learnings would very similar. However, ask each student about his/her takeaways from HBS and you will get 900+... View Details
- 19 May 2016
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5 Lessons from Business School
1. Learning occurs both inside and outside of the classroom I realized after my first semester that business school provides much more than academic classroom learning. Learning takes place in nearly every aspect of life at HBS. The... View Details
- 23 Aug 2018
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Healthcare Alumni Keep Learning Through Virtual Programming
Healthcare Roundtables (VRTs) are available to members in real-time during the live speaking events or available after the events as on-demand recordings. Jon Puz (MBA 2008) Jon Puz (MBA 2008) “The HBSHAA VRT series was launched based on demand View Details
- 17 Aug 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
Of Learning and Forgetting: Centrism, Populism, and the Legitimacy Crisis of Globalization
Keywords: by Rawi Abdelal
- 27 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
Learning the Language of Product at Duolingo
Four years ago, I used Duolingo’s free language learning app to pick up enough German to impress my new girlfriend, who had recently moved to Boston from Munich. I was able to use what I View Details
Keywords: Technology
054: Christine Exley on the Economics of Volunteering, Market Failure in the Homeless Dog Market and Wagaroo
Frank Conway, host of Economic Rockstar, interviews Christine Exley about why she co-founded Wagaroo to help save dogs, how a trip to Honduras changed Christine’s academic path from mathematics to economics, and her work on what factors influence volunteer and... View Details
- August 5, 2025
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Data-driven Equation Discovery Reveals Nonlinear Reinforcement Learning in Humans
By: Kyle J. LaFollette, Janni Yuval, Roey Schurr, David Melnikoff and Amit Goldenberg
Computational models of reinforcement learning (RL) have significantly contributed to our understanding of human behavior and decision-making. Traditional RL models, however, often adopt a linear approach to updating reward expectations, potentially oversimplifying the... View Details
LaFollette, Kyle J., Janni Yuval, Roey Schurr, David Melnikoff, and Amit Goldenberg. "Data-driven Equation Discovery Reveals Nonlinear Reinforcement Learning in Humans." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 122, no. 31 (August 5, 2025).