General Business - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 Oct 2015
Blog Post

3 Myths About HBS

Just a few days before starting my first day at HBS, I had some ideas about what to expect from the place where I would spend the next two years. Some of these ideas were generalizations based on things I had heard, others were simply... View Details

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From the Dean - Annual Report 2016

next decade, making Boston a destination for innovation and entrepreneurship. All of our efforts, past and future, are made possible by our generous alumni, and The Harvard Business School Campaign (launched... View Details

05 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

What Wall Street Doesn’t Understand About International Trade

sense to do business with that country. What part of that country is the best trade partner? Who are the best contacts?" Analyzing Data Of course, immigrants most likely to aid trading decisions are those who work at the firm. But because... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Olujimi Williams

implement strategy.” A rotational plan with a global twist To extend his combined engineering/business education, Olujimi joined General Electric’s Energy business where he participated in an advanced... View Details

03 Jun 2008
First Look

First Look: June 3, 2008

association, fair pay practices) and whether these codes have affected their business outcomes (e.g., staff turnover and absenteeism, product defect rates, sales growth). In this paper, we review the existing evaluations of other private... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 1999
News

Short Takes

to ensure that environmental resources are replenished for future generations - as there are people discussing the issue. But with increased pressure on businesses to consider the costs of their actions to... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

07 Oct 2014
First Look

First Look: October 7

the evaluations given (and consequent resource allocation). We empirically evaluate effects in data collected from a grant proposal process at a leading research university in which we randomized the assignment of evaluators and proposals to View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Field Course: Innovating in Health Care, Q2 - Course Catalog

that can better meet these needs. Students will continue to pursue plans generated in the prior Innovating in Health Care (IHC) course, offered in Q1 of 2024, or enroll with a new plan. They will also review and offer advice for the View Details

01 Sep 2010
News

Noted & Quoted

“Your chances of getting a generally accepted best practice in your average American hospital are a coin toss. That’s not Six Sigma by a long shot.” — HBS professor Richard Bohmer describing problems with American health-care delivery... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

01 Jun 2017
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017

demonstrate the solidity of France’s business ecosystem and the extraordinary opportunity of being an entrepreneur there. A Song of Humanity: A Science-Based Alternative to the World’s Scriptures by Only One Man (i.e., Jim Clawson, DBA... View Details

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Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2016

the School whose generosity enriches the HBS educational experience for future generations of students. Harvard Business Publishing The School’s publishing group leveraged new products and technologies to... View Details

07 Jun 2011
First Look

First Look: June 7

respond? The business ran on a radically new model in which a stable of 10,000 freelance contributors supplied content, the Internet's search engines brought it 75 million readers each month, and advertising View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2008
News

Innovation, Inc.

design doesn’t need to enter the commercial arena. The perception exists that creative businesses can just start up, when in fact it takes a while for an entire ecosystem to actually generate an industry.... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Mary Tripsas; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management

07 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

Why Immigrant Workers Cluster in Particular Industries

clustering affect the American economy as a whole? Harvard Business School’s William R. Kerr sets out to explore those questions, and their implications for US immigration policy, in a new working paper, Social Networks, Ethnicity, and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Transportation; Beauty & Cosmetics; Retail

15 Dec 2020
Blog Post

MBA Voices Blog: A Year in Review

alumni have navigated this past year and provide important insights about the strength of our community. Here is our roundup of notable posts published in 2020: Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles The Class of 2021 is... View Details

01 Jun 2019
News

City on a Hill

did, launching a general contracting business after upgrading his carpentry and masonry skills through a historical conservation workshop that Marietta hosted at the school. At that point, Falce—a native of... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Clay Cook

05 Apr 2021
What Do You Think?

Why Can’t More Leaders Teach?

(Image credit: Harvard Business School) Some years ago at Harvard Business School, on classroom and office walls we posted a motto: “We all teach, we all learn, for life.” It was intended for faculty as well... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

24 Jun 2019
Blog Post

Chloe Ho, MBA 2019: Data-Driven and In Demand

her own hands to break the technological glass ceiling. She decided to invest in external courses—specifically, the Data Science program at General Assembly—to bolster her data and analytics expertise. During her 10-week course, Ho... View Details

Keywords: Technology

24 Jul 2019
Blog Post

Data-Driven and in Demand