Qualitative Methods (General) - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Bio-Piracy: When Western Firms Usurp Eastern Medicine

regarding herbal patents. (They explain their findings in the paper Bio-Piracy or Prospering Together? Fuzzy Set and Qualitative Analysis of Herbal Patenting by Firms.) A win/win situation is one in which the patentee successfully makes... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Legal Services; Biotechnology

28 Jul 2006
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Meeting China’s Need for Management Education

Locations Visited: Shanghai, Beijing, Taipei, Hong Kong, and Singapore Date: March and May, 2006 Purpose: Assess the progress of eighteen business schools in Harvard Business School's Program on Case Method and Participant-Centered... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education

21 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 21

duration function as large-scale shocks to the quantity of interest rate risk that must be borne by professional bond investors. I develop a simple model in which the risk tolerance of bond investors is limited in the short run, so these fluctuations in MBS duration... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise - Course Catalog

the course is to learn to use well-researched causal theories about strategy, innovation, and management to understand why things happen the way they do in businesses, and to predict which tools, strategies, and methods will and will not... View Details

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John Smith-Ricco

needed an MBA in order to advance. More importantly, he says, "I wanted to discover what business could do for the world. If I wanted to have an impact outside of packaged foods, I needed additional skills." Right away, HBS stood out for the case study View Details

27 Feb 2012
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When Researchers Cheat (Just a Little)

incentive ended up generating $4,200 for four charities; the receipts were posted online afterward for the participants to see. Almost every respondent admitted to having engaged in at least one of these practices, but it's important to... View Details

Keywords: by Katie Johnston; Education

18 Aug 2009
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First Look: August 18

First, we review the evidence linking charitable behavior and happiness. We present research from a variety of samples (adults, children, and primates) and methods (correlational and experimental) demonstrating that happier people give... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Evgeny Koudryavtsev

capital at the time. In the fall, TPG closed its first deal in Russia." International perspective Evgeny decided to invest time in an MBA to learn the best practices in general management. "In investing, it is important to... View Details

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Henry McGee: From HBO to HBS - MBA

Business & Environment Career Change Career and Professional Development Case Method Clubs Curriculum Digital Entrepreneurship FIELD Financial Aid Health Care Instagram Takeover JD/MBA Leadership Letters to Classmates MBA/MPP & MBA/MPA-ID... View Details

11 Nov 2020
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How Hackathons Help Decide Platform Winners and Losers

qualitative interviews with developers, who spoke firsthand about the difficulties in deciding which new platforms to adopt, and told how they learned about new technologies while attending hackathons. From that information, the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

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Brooke Boyarsky

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I felt that I had a lot to learn. I knew that the cases and skills taught at HBS would give me the foundation to be an effective general manager, and the case study View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Technology

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Justine Lelchuk

stories. I was impressed by Dee's willingness to make the connection and Ray's willingness to talk to me. After that, I knew that this is the place where I wanted to be." "HBS is such an interactive school, in everything from the case View Details

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Chao Zeng

to become a general manager for a global business; all the learning at HBS is linked to that goal in three ways. First, the case method allows us to learn from real people and actual practices – I like to... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy; Financial Services

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Abhay Saboo

wanted to be afraid to lead engineers and technical people." To complement his technical skills, he looked for employment "where I could learn how to work with good people to deliver great results." As a participant in the View Details

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Tony Perez

As a candidate in the joint MD/MBA program, Tony Perez has a very specific focus: healthcare. "I'm interested in practicing medicine and in administration — running a large medical center," Tony says. "HBS helps me integrate View Details

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Abena Nyantekyi-Owusu

Born and raised in Ghana, Abena Nyantekyi-Owusu saw “the impact that business and the private sector have on developing nations.” After graduating from Ashesi University College, she pursued a dynamic career at General Electric where she... View Details

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Andrew Kletzing

for general management — for making decisions and owning the consequences." In addition, Andrew participated in the Korea-United States Friendship Council, a joint group of Army officers and South Korean businessmen who, Andrew says,... View Details

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Kraft Accelerator

establishment—people who had disrupted age-old industries, and created new ones. They came to us from a wide breadth of companies—from Peloton to PANCAN, and Mass General to Marriott—each one an expert in innovating best practices. We... View Details

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