Representation Learning - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 Nov 2023
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From the Brink

together people with different expertise, you have different perspectives on a particular problem.” For the core of the team, Weiss turned to Adam Chepenik (MBA 2010). Chepenik had worked at Blackstone in the investment giant’s restructuring practice following... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

12 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

The Three Components of Family Governance

children can begin to learn about the business and develop relationships with their siblings and cousins. Figure 1: Basic Governance Structures of the Family Business System Family assembly activities include View Details

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Curriculum - Business & Environment

discussion-based seminar we will practice learning to hold all that is happening and nonetheless finding the courage and the skill to act. Risks, Opportunities, And Investments In The Era Of Climate Change (ROICC) (Spring 2025) George... View Details

12 Feb 2018
Research & Ideas

Customers at the Back of the Line Are Anxious—Can You Keep Them from Leaving?

to learn how being last affects consumer behavior. To get started, Buell and Harvard student Jay Chakraborty observed customers at a local grocery store with five checkout lanes—a total of 286 customers over a cumulative five hour span.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail; Service

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Student Research - Doctoral

Personalization with Multiple Customer Signals: Multi-Response State Representation in Reinforcement Learning By: Liangzong Ma, Ta-Wei Huang , Eva Ascarza and Ayelet Israeli 05 FEB 2025 | Faculty & Research... View Details

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Online Business Analytics Course | HBS Online

Introduction to Business Analytics LIMITED TIME ONLY Extra learning at no extra cost. Enroll now and unlock a GenAI Bonus Bundle featuring complimentary lessons on AI fundamentals. Download our guide to View Details

13 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk

only thing that this sort of learned pragmatism gives me is the opportunity to engage my colleagues who have the real power to make a difference in this country." And he said, "We'll see." So I guess he's right. We'll see. Neeley: So your... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Pharmaceutical

08 Jul 2014
First Look

First Look: July 8

simply begin with the direction you want to go and take a small step. Thinking alone will never change your life-you must ACT. Then evaluate the lessons you learn from that first step, build on them, and take another step in your desired... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

28 Jun 2021
Blog Post

7 Things HBS Taught Me the Last 2 Years

applicable. I felt like an impostor but I found over the next two years that impostor syndrome is nearly universal and always unfounded. All of us belong here and have enriched the HBS community in our own special way. I learned that my... View Details

21 Sep 2021
Office Hours

Readers Ask: How Can I Gain Power and Influence?

interviewed more than 100 people as we prepared to write the book. We’ve learned so much from every one of them, and we’re using some of their stories in the book to help our readers connect the findings from research in social sciences... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

16 May 2023
Blog Post

Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS (part 2)

accent and learned slang only Americans say to just fit in. One day, I was cold called on a China case and stumbled through a comment in class. After class, a section mate came saying “thank you for sharing with us about your culture and... View Details

10 May 2010
Research & Ideas

What Top Scholars Say About Leadership

leadership, be it leadership in business or politics. This changing context may have spurred an interest in, and help legitimate, the study of leadership. Q: What key learnings can managers and executives take away from your book? A:... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

30 May 2024
Blog Post

PRIDE at HBS

programming, fosters professional development, connects current students with alumni, hosts admission events, and encourages advocacy for LGBTQ+ representation at HBS and in business. We also have affinities within PRIDE that support... View Details

28 Mar 2024
Blog Post

Empowering Future Leaders: Meet the HBS Women’s Student Association

to accelerate the career paths of our members, and to grow female representation throughout the broader community. Below we share just a few of our many initiatives from this year that helped us achieve our goals: Annual Women Business... View Details

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AASU50 - Alumni

Cunningham was one of 27 men who received the Master in Business Administration degree in 1915. Between 1915 and 1968, there were a total 42 black graduates of HBS with many class years having no black graduates at all. The representation... View Details

15 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

Women Leaders and Organizational Change

way things are, like water to a fish or the air we breathe. What's to notice? What's to change? To make progress on this problem, people must take risks, learn new ways, experiment. The notion that the basic organizing principles that... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

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Meet the HBS Armed Forces Alumni Association

fair, which we held on October 11th. We had representation from 16 companies and more than 100 HBS veterans. We hold semi-annual admissions outreach events, and we sponsor the Harvard University Veterans Day ceremony. Additionally, we... View Details

19 May 2022
Blog Post

HKS Policy Analysis Exercise Showcase

April 26, students presented projects focused on a range of topics—female representation in the start-up ecosystem, anticipating climate disasters in Yemen, a community-based approach to early childhood education in Brazil, analyzing... View Details

25 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Feeling Stuck? Getting Past Impasse

and of the way we're going to fit into it—is no longer working. We all carry a representation of the world, our work, how we do our work, and how we fit in and where we're going; and that map is always inadequate in a number of ways. It... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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