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  • April 27, 2022
  • Article

Inequality in Researchers' Minds: Four Guiding Questions for Studying Subjective Perceptions of Economic Inequality

By: Jon M. Jachimowicz, Shai Davidai, Daniela Goya-Tocchetto, Barnabas Szaszi, Martin Day, Stephanie Tepper, L. Taylor Phillips, M. Usman Mirza, Nailya Ordabayeva and Oliver P. Hauser
Subjective perceptions of inequality can substantially influence policy attitudes, public health metrics, and societal well-being, but the lack of consensus in the scientific community on how to best operationalize and measure these perceptions may impede progress on... View Details
Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Perception; Analysis
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  • 05 Sep 2012
  • First Look

First Look: September 5

all its emphasis on data and number crunching, conventional strategic planning is not actually scientific. It lacks the hypothesis generation and testing that's at the heart of the scientific method. To produce novel and successful... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • December 2008
  • Article

Which Kind of Collaboration Is Right for You?

By: Roberto Verganti and Gary P. Pisano
Nowadays, virtually no companies innovate alone. Firms team up with a variety of partners, in a wide number of ways, to create new technologies, products, and services. But what is the best way to leverage the power of outsiders? To help executives answer that... View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Framework; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Partners and Partnerships; Social and Collaborative Networks; Strategy
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  • September 2017
  • Case

Sensing (and Monetizing) Happiness at Hitachi

By: Ethan Bernstein and Stephanie Marton
Inspired by research linking happiness and productivity, Hitachi had invested in developing new “people analytics” technologies to help companies increase employee happiness. Hitachi had begun manufacturing high-tech badges that quantify a wearer’s activity patterns.... View Details
Keywords: People Analytics; Japan; Sociometers; Wearables; Interpersonal Communication; Human Resources; Happiness; Technology Industry; Japan
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  • Research Summary

Clinical Trials as a setting for Health Policy and Management Research

The clinical trial marketplace is in flux. A decade ago, pharmaceutical firms almost exclusively conducted the study of their novel drug compounds within major academic medical centers. But today, industry-sponsored clinical trials are increasingly using community... View Details
  • November 2014 (Revised March 2015)
  • Case

Disrupting the Meat Industry: Tissue Culture Beef

By: Jose B. Alvarez and Matthew G. Preble
Dr. Mark Post and his team at Maastricht University were perfecting their tissue culture beef product—made entirely from muscle grown in his lab—to give it the same taste, texture and appearance of a traditional beef hamburger. A previous iteration of this product had... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Beef Production; Environmental Impacts Of Food Production; Agribusiness; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation and Invention; Environmental Sustainability; Food; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Netherlands; United States; United Kingdom
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  • 05 Nov 2012
  • Research & Ideas

What Wall Street Doesn’t Understand About International Trade

research. What's more, firms that correlate their international trading activity with the local ethnic community significantly outperform those that don't—a fact that has escaped notice of financial analysts. The findings could help Wall... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • Research Summary

Energy, IT, real estate, and sustainability

By: Rebecca M. Henderson

Professor Henderson’s current research focuses on the energy, information technology, and real estate sectors and the challenges firms encounter as they attempt to act in more sustainable ways. This work is an outgrowth of her decade-long examination of the... View Details

    Stephen A. Greyser

    Stephen A. Greyser is Richard P. Chapman Professor (Marketing/Communications) Emeritus, of the Harvard Business School, specializes in brand marketing, advertising, corporate communications, the business of sports, and nonprofit management.  A... View Details

    Keywords: sports
    • 2023
    • Working Paper

    Mapping Organizational-Level Networks Using Individual-Level Connections: Evidence from Online Professional Networks

    By: Shelley Xin Li, Frank Nagle and Aner Zhou
    Organization-level networks facilitate the flow of information and business activities in the economy. Prior research relies solely on high-level connections to measure these networks. Therefore, to understand the role of employee connections at all job levels in... View Details
    Keywords: Networks; Value; Social and Collaborative Networks; Innovation and Invention; Knowledge Sharing; Employees; Social Media
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    MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences | MBA

    management. To meet this need, the MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Program at Harvard University builds upon students’ existing biotech and life sciences knowledge and equips them with the latest business and scientific insights. This... View Details
    • 2016
    • Article

    Academia's Emerging Crisis of Relevance and the Consequent Role of the Engaged Scholar

    By: Andrew J. Hoffman
    Universities are facing a crisis of relevance. While there are multiple reasons for this to be happening, one that deserves particular attention is the extent to which academic scholars do not see it as their role to engage in public and political discourse. However,... View Details
    Keywords: Political Discourse; Public Engagement; Higher Education; Social Media
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    Admissions & Financial Aid | MBA

    engaging with primary scientific literature. To enroll in the MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Program, candidates must apply to and be accepted by Harvard Business School (HBS) and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS). To... View Details
    • 09 May 2024
    • Research & Ideas

    Called Back to the Office? How You Benefit from Ideas You Didn't Know You Were Missing

    classrooms, labs, dining halls, and elsewhere on campuses have a unique influence on the course of scientific research, according to the study, coauthored by Eamon Duede, a postdoctoral fellow at the Digital Data Design Institute at... View Details
    Keywords: by Ben Rand
    • 10 Jul 2023
    • In Practice

    The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2023

    generally refers to spiritual dryness, or profound loneliness and doubt. The best social science indicates that across the globe, our communities are becoming lonelier and less fulfilled. John of the Cross teaches how to find deep meaning... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
    • 08 Feb 2017
    • HBS Seminar

    Andrew Mao, Microsoft Research

    • 13 Jan 2003
    • Research & Ideas

    The Subconscious Mind of the Consumer (And How To Reach It)

    communications device or even a personal care product invokes deep thoughts and feelings about social bonding can be very helpful to R&D experts. In the case of a communications device, this suggests... View Details
    Keywords: by Manda Mahoney
    • Web

    Live from Klarman Hall - Alumni

    p.m. EST Faculty Moderator: Kristin Mugford , Melvin Tukman Senior Lecturer of Business Administration; Senior Associate Dean for Culture and Community Alumni Speakers: Beverly Anderson (MBA 1997) , CEO and President, BECU ; Mary Erdoes... View Details
    • 05 Jul 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: July 5

    Extensions to our model accommodate the possibilities of multiple voucher purchases and merchant price re-optimization. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-063.pdf Organizations in the Shadow of Communities... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 14 Nov 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    The Network Effect: Why Companies Should Care About Employees’ LinkedIn Connections

    individual employee relationships at 7,715 public US companies representing 19 industries. The researchers found that companies whose real-world employee connections put them at the center of their professional communities performed... View Details
    Keywords: by Ben Rand