Representative Experiment - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Making the MBA Degree More Accessible

experiences and identities,” said Rosser. “Explicitly talking about and acknowledging intersectionality, being a first-generation student at the graduate level, or coming from a low-income background or under-resourced community, is just... View Details

14 Feb 2005
Research & Ideas

The World in Your Palm?

both a car wax and dessert topping. At the moment, the cell phone is the closest thing we have to a fully converged device, said panelists, who represented device makers, telecom service providers, and operating system developers. Many... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

15 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

Amazon Prime Day: The Logic Behind a Retailer’s Made-up Holiday

skepticism about how the company would ever sustain charging such low prices, paired with free shipping. That early experiment has proven a huge success, as there are reported to be 40 million current Amazon Prime subscribers. Each... View Details

Keywords: Re: Sunil Gupta; Retail

15 Oct 2020
Blog Post

Celebrating Latinx Heritage Month at HBS

and media consumption. LHM Community MyTakes: In honor of Latinx Heritage Month, LASO members Rodolofo Cabello Diaz and Elina Rodriguez will share their MyTakes with the entire HBS community. Their stories shed light on the Latinx View Details

15 Oct 2019
News

Engaging More Deeply with Business in Africa

While meeting with representatives of the Kenya Ports Authority at the Port of Mombasa, faculty members toured a bulk carrier ship off-loading grain commodities to Grain Bulk Handlers, one of the companies HBS faculty visited during the... View Details

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Elisabeth Ndour

Elisabeth Ndour was not fazed that hers would be the initial HBS class to participate in the new FIELD program. In fact, she says, “I wanted to be among the first to experience it, even the ups and downs.” Her previous work View Details

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John Smith-Ricco

first consulting position with Bain & Co. in New York, a role "that represents an opportunity to meet people from many different industries and gain skills applicable to all of them." If the View Details

29 Jul 2008
News

An Educational Start-Up

case, this particular class was being led by HBS professor Bill Sahlman, and the students were in fact professors, representing a Rand McNally of institutions: St. Petersburg State University, the University of Malta, the University of... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

24 Oct 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017

size of the LGBT population are misestimated, likely substantially. In a series of online experiments using a large and diverse but non-representative sample, we compare estimates from the standard methodology of asking sensitive... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

How To Be an Angel Investor

If you want to become good at early-stage investing, you need to learn how to size up the fundamental elements of an opportunity. Many investors use checklists or think of evaluation as a process of judging an entrepreneur, or an idea, or a particular set of facts.... View Details

Keywords: by David Amis & Howard Stevenson

20 Dec 2019
Blog Post

Top 10 MBA Voices Blogs of 2019

It's been quite a year for HBS students, and as 2019 comes to a close we wanted to share some of the highlights from the MBA Voices Blog. In no particular order (since we love them all) here are the top 10 posts from 2019: How Being an Introvert Influenced My Business... View Details

07 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Career Advice: Pursuing a Dual Degree

of the energy transition that were really appealing to me. Can you tell us a more about why you decided to pursue a dual degree? I’m very interested in entrepreneurship, so having a robust curriculum that explores different entrepreneurial opportunities, from meeting... View Details

20 Dec 2017
Blog Post

Meet Annie & Piper: A Student and Dog's Life at HBS

dog, Piper. We caught up with Annie to learn more about her and Piper’s experience at HBS. Were you nervous about coming to HBS with a dog?I was a little nervous that I'd feel like I was missing out on View Details

29 Aug 2017
Blog Post

3 Insights from My First Year at HBS

perspective than my classmates. As a black/Ghanaian/African American woman I always felt this unnerving pressure to make strong comments because I stood out, and I wanted to represent well! During the second semester I felt more... View Details

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Women on Boards: How Lara Druyan and Ann Lucena Are Shaping the Future of Corporate Leadership - Blog: RGE Report

groups, to pursue board service. For both, board service is a fulfilling extension of their leadership journeys, and they are passionate about encouraging others to apply their experience and expertise to these important roles. Personal... View Details

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Olujimi Williams

different continents, in addition to classes and seminars, “I got financial training plus managerial experience,” Olujimi says. “The global experience gave me a chance to explore many international settings in a short space of time. I... View Details

01 Sep 2020
News

Maintaining a Resilient Democracy

1978), a Republican from Indiana, and Representative Josh Harder (MBA/MPP 2014), a Democrat serving California’s 10th Congressional district, have much in common. Both ran for office in 2018, motivated by a sense that, as Braun observes,... View Details

Keywords: Deb Blagg

01 Apr 1997
News

How Green Is the Valley: HBS Students Explore Booming California Industries

Intel, Netscape, Oracle, Apple, and Hewlett-Packard, among other technology firms. Some 35 high tech, venture capital, and investment management companies opened their doors to the eighty students on the West Club's trip and sent high-level View Details

Keywords: Daniel Penrice

05 Dec 2016
News

The Dragon’s Tale

McFarlan and asked him to reflect on his experiences in China, and his thoughts about the future of a country he describes as “a fascinating place with great promise, but uncertain prospects for continued economic growth.” What were your... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

22 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

The Mind of the Market: Extending the Frontiers of Marketing Thought

question: "If you were to leave this village, what pictures would you take with you to show others what your life is like?" Zaltman later developed the photos, returned to the region, and asked the villagers to describe (through an interpreter) what the photos View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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