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- 01 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
First Minutes are Critical in New-Employee Orientation
presented us with the problem of figuring out whether there was anything we could do to reduce turnover," Gino says. "We thought it was the perfect environment to test whether we could make a difference just by changing something minor in the onboarding process."... View Details
- 14 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Pay Attention To Your ‘Extreme Consumers’
consumer believes." Along with Michael Norton, professor of marketing, Avery explores those extremes in a recent HBS teaching note, Learning from Extreme Consumers. The researchers developed the concept as part of the Field Immersion... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 19 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018
Summer 2018 RAND Journal of Economics Scale versus Scope in the Diffusion of New Technology: Evidence from the Farm Tractor By: Gross, Daniel P. Abstract—Although tractors are now used in nearly every agricultural field operation and in... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 11
consumers large discounts when they prepay for participating firms' goods and services. Within a model of repeat experience good purchase, we examine two mechanisms by which a discount voucher service can benefit affiliated firms: price... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Online Business Strategy Course | HBS Online
with Retail Work Breaking the Cycle The Good Jobs Strategy Show Hide Details Concepts Talent Linking Productivity and Customer Delight Competing on Flexibility Compensation Policy Featured Exercises Create an employee journey map to find ways to improve the employee... View Details
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Online Business Analytics Course | HBS Online
Testing Interpreting A/B Tests Show Hide Details Concepts Designing and Performing Hypothesis Tests Improving the Customer Experience Featured Exercises Develop and test hypotheses in Excel to assess the impact of changes on an entire... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Growth Investor
dirt roads. His excellence on the field was due to his preparation in the off-season.” First job: An independent video store. “I loved that job because I love the power of storytelling. I always wanted to tell customers about an amazing... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 30 Oct 2007
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First Look: October 30, 2007
are relevant to strategic choice, as well as how our model complements both other theories of choice that view the role of experience as central and recent work in population ecology that emphasizes cognitive processes. Download the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Online Leadership Principles Course | HBS Online
and Unleashing Capability Featured Exercises Explore the internal drivers of your motivations as a leader through the Personal Values Questionnaire self-assessment Video upload: Deepen your understanding of how others experience you as a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
A History of Women at HBS
treatment of human problems in any employment situation.” HBS professor Fritz J. Roethlisberger, renowned for his work in the field of human relations (see December 2007 Bulletin), taught in the program from 1938 to 1947 and described it... View Details
- 23 May 2019
- News
Tracy P. Palandjian, MBA 1997
as “an ambassador for the field of impact investing who is capable of walking with kings and talking with crowds.” For her part, Palandjian is grateful that she took the plunge. “This has been the most rewarding professional View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
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Building Entrepreneurial Organizations - Health Care
opportunity in health care. Innovating in Health Care: Field Course This course is for students interested in careers in financing, leading or creating innovative health care services, health insurance, health IT, or medical technology.... View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
E. Roe Stamps IV, MBA 1974
came in the field of health care, the firm’s investments now include software, communications technology, semiconductors and electronics, and financial services. With nearly $15 billion under management and over 140 employees, Summit has... View Details
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Research Summaries
Sameer's research examines the dynamics of social networks inside organizations and their consequences for individual attainment and organizational success. His research encompasses three broad streams of activity.
Social Capital... View Details
- 12 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
actions characterized by rigidity and repetition. We propose that enacting ritualized actions can enhance subjective feelings of self-discipline, such that rituals can be harnessed to improve behavioral self-control. We test this hypothesis in six experiments. A View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Participation - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
experience as fair, safe, and challenging. During a case discussion, experienced instructors often rely on a variety of principles to decide which student to call on (or avoid selecting) at any point in time. Instructors might choose a... View Details
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Dusty Register
Why did you choose this path at this point in time? Skillset and network diversification after having worked in a relatively narrow career field for the past four years. I was hungry for a new challenge, especially one that would open... View Details
Keywords: CPG
- 26 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
National Health Costs Could Decrease if Managers Reduce Work Stress
business operations, he settled on the field of health care as an area where he could really make a difference. "There is no lack of problems in health care, and I think that someone with a structured analytical background can make a... View Details
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Online Management Course | HBS Online
participants throughout the course. Learn about bringing this course to your organization . Learner Stories 87% acquired new skills that were immediately applicable This program debunked many myths about management. I highly recommend anyone with or without managerial... View Details
- 20 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 20
empirically the method proposed by Arcidiacono and Miller (2011) to accommodate unobserved latent class heterogeneity using a computationally light two-step estimator. Second, we illustrate how discount factors can be estimated in a dynamic structural model using View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino