Peers - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Dec 2015
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Design Thinking: Hands-On Learning At The Harvard Innovation Lab

team up with peers from other backgrounds. “Those who work across disciplines almost always come up with better and more powerful ideas,” says Datar, noting that the 30 budding entrepreneurs met regularly as a group in the i-lab to talk... View Details

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Benjamin Chang | MBA

Benjamin Chang Molecular And Cellular Biology/Computer Science Adams 2024 Cohort 5 As biotechnology and AI expand the horizons of our future, I’m excited to contribute to this revolution with my brilliant peers at Harvard and beyond. I... View Details

05 Aug 2015
News

Nourishing the Next Generation

developed a lot of their food habits, yet,” Kohn says. “If you present them with healthy food options and there is good, positive peer pressure from their classmates, their teachers, and their families, these kids will try new things.”... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Boutique workouts brought to the busiest people, at home

As a former investment banking analyst and private equity associate, Prita Kumar (MBA 2014) knows what it means to be busy—so busy, in fact, that it was nearly impossible to incorporate the boutique fitness classes she cherished into her schedule. After witnessing many... View Details

16 Oct 2012
First Look

First Look: October 16

accountability reports can be used to determine whether and how those reports create or destroy value for shareholders and other constituencies. Read the paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1934322 Working PapersUnder-Savers Anonymous: Evidence... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Student-Profile

Kala Viswanathan

other members of my cohort are consistently engaged and curious.” She has been able to find communities that bolster her interests and research across the university, taking classes with peers in programs such as public policy and... View Details

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Sean Meng | MBA

Sean Meng Neuroscience Currier 2026 Cohort 7 We will all be at the heart of the next wave of innovation. I am grateful for this opportunity to learn from and work alongside fellow peers who are equally inspired to push boundaries and... View Details

05 Apr 2016
News

Don’t Send Your Kids to College. At Least Not Yet.

the rich resources and opportunities colleges have to offer? The research, Falik argues, is “undeniable.” A recent Middlebury study showed that students who take a year off before arriving outperform their peers in their academic and... View Details

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Jamie Wilkie

I want to do the hard work of empowering managers and making the strategic choices to get the company back on track. I want to identify untapped business potential and work tirelessly to bring out the best in others. While my peers dream... View Details

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Karina Rodriguez

finest institutions, but I very easily could not have ended up here. Several of my peers growing up were brilliant. Yet somewhere along the path towards our high school diplomas, they fell through the cracks of our public education... View Details

04 Jan 2016
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Getting ‘Them’ Out of the Equation

us/them opposites and make it, ‘We’re peers but I don’t know why you’re thinking this one thing; I disagree with you on that,’ rather than, ‘You are always going to be my enemy that I have to fear,’ then we’ve made huge progress. And... View Details

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Race Does Matter in Mentoring

By the end of his early career, Williams had won additional supporters within the company, including Barrett's boss and several white peers who, when they were promoted to management before Williams, vouched for him with their colleagues... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Thomas

Portrait Project

Sylvia Ko

physical constraints. My family could not afford travel, but I explored places you probably never heard of. I was on bed rest, but I led armies to conquer empires. My peers on the playground teased me for having “squinty eyes and yellow... View Details

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Isaac Robinson | MBA

Isaac Robinson Computer Science/Mathematics Eliot 2023 Cohort 5 I am excited to have a space and cohort of peers dedicated to conscientiously using technology and computational thinking to improve society. Tech areas of interest:... View Details

11 Nov 2014
First Look

First Look: November 11

performance of a comprehensive set of alternative peer identification schemes. Our results show the peer firms identified from aggregation of informed agents' revealed choices in Lee, Ma, and Wang (2014)... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Portrait Project

Joshua Jarrett

some measure of hard work has placed me in the group of 900 and not the group of 6.65 million. How will I measure my own success? Not by accomplishments relative to my peers in the group of 900 but by always remembering that the 6.65... View Details

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Jenny Huang | MBA

that the Tech Innovation Fellowship has to offer and to learning from faculty and the incredible peers in my cohort. Tech areas of interest: Learning, Product, Data Engineering Formative experience at the intersection of technology and... View Details

04 Sep 2019
News

A Climate Change Optimist

says. Green America’s sustainable supply chain networks provide peer learning, support, and connections to innovations. “I love the market-solution focus of what we do,” says Gravitz, noting that, in recent big utility buys, solar and... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photo by Seth Lowe

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About | HBS Online

real-world challenges facing seasoned business leaders and discuss and debate solutions with peers from around the world—all while learning from renowned Harvard Business School faculty. It’s an online business education like no other.... View Details

25 Aug 2022
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Research Brief: Paying the Price for Remote Work

significant within the United States, where, for example, remote workers living in Mississippi are paid about a third less than their peers in Massachusetts. This was particularly surprising for jobs that can be done well remotely, such... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Market Research, Photo, Translation, Veterinary and Other Services; Professional Services

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