Experiment Design - Publications - Faculty & Research

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Driving Nonprofit Performance and Innovation—Virtual

HBS Social Enterprise Initiative website for scholarship information. Learning and Living at HBS When you participate in an Executive Education program on the HBS campus, you enter an immersive experience where every aspect of the... View Details

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Harvard Business School Online Courses & Learning Platforms

cohort-based learning experience with a diverse global network. 1 year, 5-9 hrs/week Apply by March 12th $15,000 (four installments of $3,750) Credential What sets HBS Online apart? Our flexible, online programs are View Details

February 2011
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Carbon Trading Simulation: Black Cement Inc.

By: Peter A. Coles

This simulation presents students the opportunity to experience firsthand the economics of carbon markets and permit trading. Each student has private role information about a company he or she manages. The student must make decisions about pollution-reducing... View Details

Keywords: Market Design; Pollutants; Investment; Price; Profit; Agreements and Arrangements; Decisions; Service Industry; Energy Industry

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26 Jul 2023
Research & Ideas

STEM Needs More Women. Recruiters Often Keep Them Out

targeting them, prioritizing female prospects with higher-ranking positions, grade point averages, and experience first, but showing no such preferencing strategy for the male prospects. That rose notably when the number of calls assigned... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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Technology & Operations Management - Faculty & Research

opportunities, the private sector must play a pivotal role in both adaptation and mitigation efforts. This article discusses the new Harvard Business School Online course, Business and Climate Change, designed to equip... View Details

23 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

Management’s Role in Reforming Health Care

fundamentally different approach to managing care. Operating systems and processes must be deliberately designed to realize great medical outcomes; past experience suggests that they cannot be presumed to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health

06 Sep 2018
Blog Post

How to Thrive in an Unstructured Environment

“Perfect is the enemy of done.” No experience has helped me internalize this more than my summer at blueground, an international, vc-backed real estate startup. Before business school, I worked at a large oil & gas company, where... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

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Strategy for Health Care Delivery—Virtual

participants. When you participate in a virtual HBS Executive Education program, you benefit from a powerful learning experience carefully designed with a virtual setting in mind. Through live, synchronous... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Health Care

16 Jul 2018
Research & Ideas

Kids of Working Moms Grow into Happy Adults

mother’s education, final results still showed that a mother’s work experience is strongly linked to her daughter’s future work performance, according to the recently published full study, Learning from Mum: Cross-National Evidence... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni

could about everything and never took her peers or experiences for granted. Her laugh was infectious and her ambition contagious. Her compassion was limitless and her intellect, determination, and adventurous spirit were unmatched. Anisha... View Details

17 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 17

(pre-registered Experiment 3), and then were divided into minimal ingroups and outgroups in the laboratory. The findings offer mixed support for the hypothesis that novel rituals generate intergroup bias. Modest evidence from rituals... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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The Information Age has introduced well-received opportunities to track performance. Fitbits and Fuelbands allow individuals to track their own performance; companies like Uber and leading hospitals help you choose a driver or a doctor based on how others rated... View Details

Keywords: Management Accounting; Disclosure; Performance Measurement; Incentives; Control; Education; Education Industry; Health Industry; Transportation Industry; Energy Industry; Auto Industry; United States; Japan; India

25 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

The Importance of Teaming

influential perspective, well-designed teams are those with clear goals, well-designed tasks that are conducive to teamwork, team members with the right skills and experiences for the task, adequate resources, and access to coaching and... View Details

Keywords: Re: Amy C. Edmondson

15 Aug 2006
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First Look: August 15, 2006

Products: The Effect of Absorptive Capacity Authors:Daniel Snow Abstract In this paper, I propose and examine a specific means by which firms' R&D experience may be helping firms to improve their current-technology products: Firms... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Finding Job Opportunities - Alumni

market. GradLeaders GradLeaders is an additional resource that you may use to learn about fulltime opportunities. With GradLeaders, you will be able to put your resume and a career profile online, conveying your work experiences and... View Details

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Advancing Women of Color in Leadership

participate in an Executive Education program on the HBS campus, you enter an immersive experience where every aspect of the learning model has been carefully designed to facilitate your growth. Your... View Details

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Compensation Committees

you participate in an Executive Education program on the HBS campus, you enter an immersive experience where every aspect of the learning model has been carefully designed to facilitate your growth. Your... View Details

24 Jul 2023
Research & Ideas

Part-Time Employees Want More Hours. Can Companies Tap This ‘Hidden’ Talent Pool?

examined roughly 1,500 part-time workers who indicated that, if circumstances were different, they would prefer to work more hours. 22 percent of respondents said gaps in resumes prevented them from finding work. 28 percent cited years of View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

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Audit Committees in a New Era of Governance

Education program on the HBS campus, you enter an immersive experience where every aspect of the learning model has been carefully designed to facilitate your growth. Your learning will take place on your... View Details

17 Apr 2019
Blog Post

Making Sabbaticals Mainstream Series: Marty

Soon afterwards, his company was acquired and he began talking with career-focused individuals who had also taken sabbaticals. Despite the diversity of their backgrounds and the experiences had while off work, the sabbatical-takers... View Details

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