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Class Profile - Doctoral
Class Profile Class Profile Our doctoral students represent diverse backgrounds, degrees, undergraduate schools, and disciplines. Some students enter our doctoral programs upon graduation from college, while others spend a few years View Details
- 2008
- Book
On Competition
By: M. E. Porter
Competition is one of society's most powerful forces for making things better in many fields of human endeavor. The study of competition and the creation of value, in their full richness, have preoccupied me for several decades. Competition is pervasive, whether it... View Details
Porter, M. E. On Competition. Updated and Expanded Ed. Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing, 2008.
- 23 Jun 2023
- HBS Case
This Company Lets Employees Take Charge—Even with Life and Death Decisions
case, we heard anecdotes from Buurtzorg’s employees that suggest many, if not most, of them are highly engaged, take full ownership of their work, are pursuing creative ways of serving their patients, and feel motivated to do the best View Details
- Web
Students on the Job Market - Doctoral
and trade flows of dual-use goods respond to changes in the security environment over time. To put structure on the national security externality, we introduce military procurement into a trade network model and add a military contest to... View Details
- Web
Business, Government & the International Economy - Faculty & Research
International and Historical Perspective By: Rafael Di Tella , Franco Nuñez and Pablo Ottonello 2025 Working Paper Tracking the Short-Run Price Impact of U.S. Tariffs By: Alberto Cavallo , Paola Llamas and Franco Vazquez This paper... View Details
- 03 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Social Responsibility in a Downturn
2009). He has taught a variety of MBA courses, including the second-year electives Business at the Base of the Pyramid and Customers, Commerce and Society: Business Value and the Private Creation of Social Value. Rangan agreed to take part in an e-mail Q&A with HBS... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 20 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Ordinary Practices
Teresa M. Amabile's research centers on how the work environment can influence the motivation, creativity, and performance of individuals and teams. A recent study focused on the influence of team leaders on... View Details
Keywords: Re: Teresa M. Amabile
- 01 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
Best Practices for Creating a Successful Virtual Internship
In the wake of COVID-19, organizations around the world quickly made changes to how they got work done, including managing summer internships. For many organizations, that meant creating remote internship programs in 2020 that will stay... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- Program
Senior Executive Leadership Program—China
Summary Today's global business environment offers many exciting prospects for talented executives and ambitious organizations. To take full advantage of emerging opportunities in China and beyond, businesses need exceptional... View Details
- September 1992 (Revised August 2004)
- Supplement
Martin Marietta: Managing Corporate Ethics (C-1)
By: Lynn S. Paine
The division human resources officer must decide whether an older employee should be disciplined for misusing company time and for improperly filling out time cards for his work on government contracts. Intended to focus on the various factors relevant to disciplining... View Details
Paine, Lynn S. "Martin Marietta: Managing Corporate Ethics (C-1)." Harvard Business School Supplement 393-017, September 1992. (Revised August 2004.)
- 28 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
Know Your Audience: Recruiting HBS Students for Investment Banking
students where people can thrive in the culture.” This is the case for both the bulge bracket banks with significant brand recognition on campus and the boutique banks. Students see the value of experience in both types of organizations and are actively looking for a... View Details
- 08 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 8, 2006
Working PapersThe Judgment-Decision Paradox in Experience-Based Decisions and the Contingent Recency Effect Authors:Greg Barron, Ido Erev, and Eldad Yechiam. Abstract The current paper explores a judgment-decision paradox in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Will the Metaverse Affect Productivity?
company’s well-publicized problems. After all, Google can now provide an Oxford dictionary definition of the Metaverse as “a virtual reality space in which users can interact with a computer-generated environment and other users.” It has... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Importance of Teaming
growing number of organizations, the constantly shifting nature of work means that many teams disband almost as soon as they've formed. You could be working on one team right now, but in a few days, or even... View Details
Keywords: Re: Amy C. Edmondson
- 01 Oct 2015
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: Goldman Sachs
the training, mentorship and support our people need to learn and advance quickly. When you join Goldman Sachs you can expect to work alongside talented people in a collaborative culture on challenging projects that have social and... View Details
- 16 Nov 2021
- HBS Case
How a Company Made Employees So Miserable, They Killed Themselves
In 2009, a 51-year-old man killed himself in Marseille, a city in southern France, leaving behind a suicide note that blamed his employer for “overwork” and “management by terror.” “I am committing suicide because of my work at France... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
Ray A. Goldberg
A native of North Dakota, Dr. Goldberg received his A.B. from Harvard University in 1948, his MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in 1950 and his Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Minnesota in 1952.
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Competitiveness & Economic Development - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
businesses to innovate and grow? Traditional economic theories fail to capture many of the underlying forces at work in today’s global economy. Competitiveness is the only way to achieve sustainable job growth, improve wages, and raise... View Details
- 17 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
Are Companies Getting Away with 'Cheap Talk' on Climate Goals?
Companies regularly set ambitious climate goals, but these plans often end up like many people’s New Year’s resolutions: unmet aspirations that quietly fizzle out. While companies often gain positive media attention by trumpeting plans for reducing greenhouse gas... View Details
Keywords: by Tim Gray
- July–August 2023
- Article
Demand Learning and Pricing for Varying Assortments
By: Kris Ferreira and Emily Mower
Problem Definition: We consider the problem of demand learning and pricing for retailers who offer assortments of substitutable products that change frequently, e.g., due to limited inventory, perishable or time-sensitive products, or the retailer’s desire to... View Details
Keywords: Experiments; Pricing And Revenue Management; Retailing; Demand Estimation; Pricing Algorithm; Marketing; Price; Demand and Consumers; Mathematical Methods
Ferreira, Kris, and Emily Mower. "Demand Learning and Pricing for Varying Assortments." Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 25, no. 4 (July–August 2023): 1227–1244. (Finalist, Practice-Based Research Competition, MSOM (2021) and Finalist, Revenue Management & Pricing Section Practice Award, INFORMS (2019).)