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  • 11 Jan 2016
  • Blog Post

Meet the Business and Environment Initiative

The Business and Environment Initiative (BEI) at HBS launched back in 2010. It was founded in order to educate business leaders about the environmental challenges and opportunities confronting businesses today and to help them design... View Details
  • 05 Nov 2009
  • Research & Ideas

A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?

trying to secure specimens. Alongside primary medical education providers, a large number and wide range of other users are also trying to secure cadavers for their own needs. The continuing training of... View Details
Keywords: by Michel Anteby; Health
  • Working Paper

Group Fairness in Dynamic Refugee Assignment

By: Daniel Freund, Thodoris Lykouris, Elisabeth Paulson, Bradley Sturt and Wentao Weng
Ensuring that refugees and asylum seekers thrive (e.g., find employment) in their host countries is a profound humanitarian goal, and a primary driver of employment is the geographic location within a host country to which the refugee or asylum seeker is... View Details
Keywords: Refugees; Geographic Location; Mathematical Methods; Employment; Fairness
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  • 18 Dec 2006
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Grooming Next-Generation Leaders

Finding and nurturing future leadership talent is a primary concern for most organizations. How can they identify top people, train them, and—here's the catch—retain them? And do so in the face of ever-increasing global challenges?... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace

    Airbnb in Amsterdam

    In February 2014, Amsterdam became the first city to issue new regulations specifically to allow home-sharing. Airbnb's Molly Turner, Global Head of Civic Partnerships; her colleagues at the San Francisco based home-sharing platform; and her counterparts in... View Details
    • 09 Feb 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: Feb. 9

    Public Education: Cases in Education Entrepreneurship Author:Stacey Childress Publication:Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Education Press, 2010 Abstract Based on a popular education... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • October 2016 (Revised March 2017)
    • Case

    Airbnb in Amsterdam (A)

    By: Mitchell Weiss, Emer Moloney and Vincent Dessain
    In February 2014, Amsterdam became the first city to issue new regulations specifically to allow home sharing. Airbnb's Molly Turner, global head of civic partnerships; her colleagues at the San Francisco–based home sharing platform; and her counterparts in Amsterdam's... View Details
    Keywords: Public Entrepreneurship; Innovation; Sharing Economy; Amsterdam; Airbnb; Molly Turner; Regulation; Homesharing; Tourism; Business And Government; Public-private Partnership; Entrepreneurship; Business and Government Relations; Government Administration; Public Sector; City; Tourism Industry; Public Administration Industry; Travel Industry; Netherlands; Europe
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    • 2011
    • Working Paper

    How Foundations Think: The Ford Foundation as a Dominating Institution in the Field of American Business Schools

    By: Rakesh Khurana, Kenneth Kimura and Marion Fourcade
    The question of institutional change has become central to organizational research (Powell, 2008). Recent scholarship has demonstrated, often through carefully researched cases, that institutions can and sometimes do change. According to this research, there are two... View Details
    Keywords: Change; Business Education; Business History; Organizations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Relationships; Behavior
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      The Hidden Costs of Flexible Labor Models: How Working Multiple Jobs Affects Employees

      As operations increasingly rely upon flexible labor models — such as gig, part-time, and remote work — it has become commonplace for individuals to work multiple jobs. Across three studies, relying on a combination of... View Details

        John A. Quelch

        John A. Quelch is Executive Vice Chancellor and Distinguished Professor of Social Science at Duke Kunshan University. He is also John DeButts Professor at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.  Between 2017 and 2023 he was the Leonard M. Miller University... View Details

        Keywords: advertising; broadcasting; consumer products; e-commerce industry; fashion; fast food; federal government; financial services; food; food processing; health care; high technology; marketing industry; media
        • 2025
        • Working Paper

        The Hidden Costs of Flexible Labor Models: How Working Multiple Jobs Affects Employees

        By: Paige Tsai and Ryan W. Buell
        As operations increasingly rely upon flexible labor models—such as gig, part-time, and remote work—it has become commonplace for individuals to work multiple jobs. Across three studies, relying on a combination of transaction-level data from 90,548 customers of a... View Details
        Keywords: Behavioral Operations; Employee Behavior; Job Design; Sustainable Operations; Job Design and Levels; Personal Finance; Well-being; Happiness; Satisfaction; Wages
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        Faculty & Research

        can do more harm than good: Research has shown that conflict within the founding team is one of the primary reasons high-potential startups fail. Entrepreneurs should consider bringing on a cofounder if they have unmet needs in three key... View Details
        • 02 Nov 2020
        • Blog Post

        2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Tyler Teykl (MBA 2017)

        2+2 deferred admissions process? Education has always been very important to my family, and I believe it was the best ROI you can get. Thus, an MBA was already on the table for me while at Purdue. Applying while I was still in my... View Details
        • Research Summary

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        By: Peter Tufano
        Tufano’s research has focused on financial innovation and financial engineering—and for more than two decades, household finance. While he continues to study these topics, his current primary research is on the role of business in addressing climate change. With... View Details
        • October 2000 (Revised March 2001)
        • Case

        BizRate.com

        By: Youngme E. Moon
        BizRate is a market research firm that collects point-of-purchase customer feedback data from retailing merchants. It then makes its findings available to consumers in the form of "BizRate star ratings," which are displayed on its website. To date, its primary revenue... View Details
        Keywords: Business Education; Marketing Channels; Internet and the Web; Customer Relationship Management; Trust; Business Model; Marketing Strategy; Internet and the Web; Business Divisions; Debates; Retail Industry
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        Faculty & Advisors | MBA

        global macroeconomics and investing. Chris is a long-time supporter of and advocate for a range of charitable causes. As a strong proponent of education reform, he established The Shumway Foundation with the View Details
        • January 2016 (Revised November 2018)
        • Case

        Ivy Academy: Blended Learning in Downingtown Area School District

        By: John J-H Kim and Daniel Goldberg
        In 2015, Downingtown Area School District (DASD), a suburban school district near Philadelphia, entered its second year implementing Ivy Academy, a blended learning program, in its two traditional high schools. Superintendent Larry Mussoline, having for several years... View Details
        Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Information Technology; Curriculum and Courses; Learning; Philadelphia
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        • July 1989
        • Article

        Immunizing Children Against the Negative Effects of Reward

        By: B. A. Hennessey, T. M. Amabile and M. Martinage
        Two studies were conducted to examine the effect of intrinsic motivation training on children's subsequent motivational orientation and creativity in an expected reward situation. Past research has demonstrated the overjustification effect: Children who work on an... View Details
        Keywords: Creativity; Motivation and Incentives; Training; Early Childhood Education; Learning; Teaching
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        • 2017
        • Article

        The Impact of Training Informal Healthcare Providers in India: A Randomized Controlled Trial

        By: Jishnu Das, Abhijit Chowdhury, Reshmaan Hussam and Abhijit Banerjee
        Health care providers without formal medical qualifications provide more than 70% of all primary care in rural India. Training these informal providers may be one way to improve the quality of care where few alternatives exist. We report on a randomized controlled... View Details
        Keywords: Health Care; India; Business Training; RCT; Health Care and Treatment; Training; Performance Evaluation; Performance Improvement; India
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        VBHCD Intensive Seminars - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

        HBS ISC Health Care Health Care Value-Based Health Care Health Care Courses Fast Facts Health Care Courses Health Care Courses Executive Education Courses Health Care Curriculum Residents & Fellows Course Strategy for Health Care Delivery... View Details