by Carrie Levine - Publications - Faculty & Research

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Shaping the Learning Environment - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

Teaching by the Case Method Shaping the Learning Environment Preparing to Teach Getting Started Developing Instructor Style Shaping the Learning Environment Knowing Your Students Planning a Class Session Leading in the Classroom Providing... View Details

01 Sep 2023
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Case Study: The Home Team

Illustration by Jon Krause Illustration by Jon Krause Brendan Kennealey (MBA 2006) wasn’t even searching for a business idea. A couple of years ago, the Wilmington, Delaware, native met up with an old friend who’d bought a new house. Over dinner this friend enumerated... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Real Estate

15 Oct 2013
First Look

First Look: October 15

inventory turns and can be uniformly utilized by all stakeholders to assess whether a retailer is carrying too much or too little inventory. We explain applications of the metric with examples and lay out... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

Research Research Invisible Primes: Fintech Lending with Alternative Data By: Marco Di Maggio , Dimuthu Ratnadiwakara & Don Carmichael MAR 2022 Will the use of alternative data to assess borrowers’ creditworthiness result in broader credit access? Using administrative... View Details

04 Nov 2016
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No Grand Plan, but a Clear Mission

(photo by Louise Kennerley) (photo by Louise Kennerley) Marne Levine’s (MBA 2005) resume includes stints at the US Department of Treasury, Harvard University, and Facebook, where she served as VP of global... View Details

19 Jan 2024
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The Values and Virtues of a Quick Fix

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Speed has gotten a pretty bad rap, says Anne Morriss (MBA 2004). The Silicon Valley mantra of moving fast and breaking things has led to waves of high-profile... View Details

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Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

polarized light and mirages and Wood's own way of doing things. . . . I decided that the world needed a synthetic polarizer, an extensive sheet of polarizing material, in order to be able to carry out on a large scale all the things... View Details

01 Mar 2024
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Case Study: Testing the Waters

Illustration by Christina Spano Endurance training was nothing new to Lauren Picasso (MBA 2014), who’d raced through her younger years as a cross-country runner and swimmer. In 2017, when she was director of marketing at Jet.com and looking for a physical challenge,... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

15 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

Want Your Employees to Plan Better for Retirement? Don't Do This

If organizations want to help their employees keep up with the Joneses, turns out it’s better to keep the Joneses out of sight. So suggests an article in the Journal of Finance by Harvard Business School assistant professor John Beshears.... View Details

Keywords: Re: John Beshears; Financial Services

25 Jan 2022
Blog Post

Feeling Seen: What to Say When Your Employees Are Not OK

go into work, will I somehow miss a promotion or really important information at work.’ I think leaders would really benefit from acknowledging those emotions directly.” Zlatev suggests that managers encourage a sense of openness by... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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The Idea of Instant Photography - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

1965 41 By 1943, Edwin Land began to turn his thoughts to the post-war production efforts of Polaroid. The corporation had significantly expanded its research and engineering division for military activities and would need to focus on a... View Details

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Funding Opportunities - Business & Environment

an organization focused on environmental issues. HBS Forward Fellowship: Helps support students from lower-income backgrounds who have carried significant financial burdens or obligations. It helps ensure that students from all... View Details

26 Jun 2013
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How a Trivial Pursuit Became a Significant Case

Bob Reiss Photo courtesy of Bob Reiss It was 1983, and Bob Reiss (MBA 1956) was looking for a new game to play. A Brooklyn native and former basketball star at Columbia University who had become a successful entrepreneur in the toy-and-game industry, Reiss was... View Details

Keywords: Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

26 Jan 2022
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Making Peace with Anger

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Willy Walker (MBA 1995) is the chairman and CEO of Walker and Dunlop, a commercial real estate finance firm founded in 1937 by his grandfather and his great... View Details

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Statistical & Data Services - Research Computing Services

RCS-supported research. While we typically do not take on non-faculty project work, we do provide limited consultations for doctoral students and others on their non-faculty research. Non-faculty projects will be carried out View Details

27 Sep 2011
First Look

First Look: September 27

ordinary managers. In The Innovator's DNA, the authors identify five capabilities demonstrated by the best innovators: (1) Associating: drawing connections between questions, problems, or ideas from unrelated fields; (2) Questioning:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Sep 2023
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Screen Time

iStock/ST.art MBA 1982’s Section B had already formed a close-knit group that gathered often in the decades following their time at the School, when the pandemic appeared in the spring of 2020. Unable to enjoy one another’s company in person, the group didn’t miss a... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

11 May 2010
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First Look: May 11

Invention of Data Privacy in the United States and France Author:J. Gunnar Trumbull Publication:In The Voice of the Citizen Consumer, edited by K. Bruckweh. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010 An abstract is unavailable at this... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 Jan 2010
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First Look: January 5

are not driven by reverse causality. These patterns are not driven solely by common law nations such as the United Kingdom and United States, but also hold in Continental Europe. Download the paper:... View Details