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Africa: Building Cities: Immersive Field Course
By: John D. Macomber
This second year elective takes students into the field to assess and report on the opprtunities in the next decade for the private finance and delivery of public infrastructure in the Global South. In January of 2016 and 2017 the cities studied were Addis Ababa,... View Details
Keywords: Cities; Urbanization; Economic Development; Infrastructure; Sustainability; Africa; Latin America; Peru; Argentina; Ethiopia; Tanzania
- 7 Jun 2012
- Conference Presentation
How Do Risk Managers Become Influential? A Field Study of Toolmaking and Expertise in Two Financial Institutions
By: Anette Mikes
- 21 Jun 2012
- Conference Presentation
How Do Risk Managers Become Influential? A Field Study of Toolmaking and Expertise in Two Financial Institutions
By: Anette Mikes
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
FIELD 2: Global Intelligence
Watch the thinking that underpins HBS’s new field method of study Investing in HBS Great Expectations Model Teamwork Donor Spotlight Balanced Scorecard and Beer Game Go High-Tech FAQ For the second module of... View Details
- 03 May 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
How Do Risk Managers Become Influential? A Field Study of Toolmaking and Expertise in Two Financial Institutions
- 26 Oct 2012
- Conference Presentation
How Do Risk Managers Become Influential? A Field Study of Toolmaking and Expertise in Two Financial Institutions
By: Anette Mikes
- Article
Creating Firm Disclosures
By: Amir Amel-Zadeh, Alexandra Scherf and Eugene F. Soltes
Managers expend significant time and effort preparing disclosures about firm performance and strategy. Although prior literature has explored how variation in the style and presentation of disclosures impacts investors' perceptions of firms, little is known about how... View Details
Keywords: Disclosure; Earnings Conference Call; Field Study; MD＆A; Textual Analysis; Corporate Disclosure
Amel-Zadeh, Amir, Alexandra Scherf, and Eugene F. Soltes. "Creating Firm Disclosures." Journal of Financial Reporting 4, no. 2 (Fall 2019): 1–31.
- 21 May 2015
- Working Paper Summaries
Incentives versus Reciprocity: Insights from a Field Experiment
Keywords: by Doug J. Chung & Das Narayandas
- January 2004 (Revised February 2005)
- Background Note
A Note on Methodological Fit in Management Field Research
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Stacy McManus
To use in doctoral-level management courses on the design of field research methods. Advocates the importance of fit, or internal consistency, among the different elements of a field research project. Although the scientific method provides an essential framework for... View Details
Edmondson, Amy C., and Stacy McManus. "A Note on Methodological Fit in Management Field Research." Harvard Business School Background Note 604-072, January 2004. (Revised February 2005.)
- Summer 2017
- Article
Copyright Enforcement: Evidence from Two Field Experiments
By: Hong Luo and Julie Holland Mortimer
Effective dispute resolution is important for reducing private and social costs. We study how resolution responds to changes in price and communication using a new, extensive dataset of copyright infringement incidences by firms. The data cover two field experiments... View Details
Luo, Hong, and Julie Holland Mortimer. "Copyright Enforcement: Evidence from Two Field Experiments." Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 26, no. 2 (Summer 2017): 499–528.
- 26 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Field Researchers Share Tricks of the Trade
field study requires a lot of ingenuity and trust from both the academics and the field participants. "Doing Empirical Research in, with, and through Companies" was the topic... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- Fast Answer
Field Course: Investing for Impact
Reports - U.S. consumer market studies and primary and secondary data analysis for topics including food, beverage, apparel, beauty, retail, and travel. Demographic specific reports are also available on multicultural... View Details
- September 2015 (Revised March 2025)
- Technical Note
FIELD Global Capstone: Developing Customer Empathy
By: Jill Avery
The Design Thinking process begins with empathizing with potential customers. Empathizing, being aware of, interpreting, and understanding the thoughts of others, as well as being able to vicariously experience them oneself, requires the careful and deliberate study of... View Details
Keywords: Market Research; Design Thinking; Customer Behavior; Ethnography; Interviews; Surveys; A/B Testing; Experimentation; Marketing; Customer Focus and Relationships; Consumer Behavior; Demand and Consumers
Avery, Jill. "FIELD Global Capstone: Developing Customer Empathy." Harvard Business School Technical Note 316-082, September 2015. (Revised March 2025.)
- 25 Jun 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing
sounding-board for their ideas. "With the case study method, the delivery is in the classroom," says Mayo. "With FIELD, 80 percent of the success is in the design of the individual sessions and the overall program."... View Details
- January–February 2013
- Article
A Field Investigation of Multilevel Cynicism Toward Change
By: K. A. DeCelles, Paul E. Tesluk and Faye S. Taxman
Although most research on cynicism toward change (CTC) has been conceptualized at the individual level, we propose that CTC is better conceptualized as a multilevel phenomenon, acting as both an employee attitude and an organizational climate. We conducted a multilevel... View Details
DeCelles, K. A., Paul E. Tesluk, and Faye S. Taxman. "A Field Investigation of Multilevel Cynicism Toward Change." Organization Science 24, no. 1 (January–February 2013): 154–171.
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ISA RALPH GOMORY BEST INDUSTRY STUDIES PAPER AWARD
By: Antonio Moreno
Finalist for the 2018 Ralph Gomory Best Industry Studies Paper Award from the Industry Studies Association with Santiago Gallino for their paper, "The Value of Fit Information in Online Retail: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment" (Manufacturing & Service... View Details
- Forthcoming
- Article
The Case Study as an Academic Methodology
By: David J. Collis
Pankaj Ghemawat made contributions to the strategy field with his application of case research as an academic methodology. View Details
- 11 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
A Journey of Discovery, Teamwork, and Impact with FIELD Global Immersion
In early May, I embarked on a journey to Seoul, South Korea, accompanied by 70 fellow Harvard Business School classmates. Our purpose? To culminate our first-year studies through the FIELD Global Immersion... View Details
- 17 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility
For too long, scholarship in the field of management has looked at economic performance rather than social welfare, argue HBS professor Joshua Margolis and colleagues James P. Walsh, of University of Michigan Business School, and Klaus... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 19 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
Studying How Income Inequality Shapes Behavior
inequality could affect this or that economic indicator, he reasoned, then it might be possible to refine the large-sample studies in productive ways-focusing only on punches aimed at the stomach, rather than all punches, in examining the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding