FIELD - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2017
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Case Study: Something New

sold for $5,000 in a boutique might cost as little as $200 in labor and supplies. By working directly with the factories, Anomalie can produce a custom gown for about $1,200. In the first two months that it was open for business, Anomalie View Details

Keywords: April White

28 Sep 2015
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Rockin’ for a Cause

school’s art program or another school’s annual field trip to study the Bay,” Scheel stresses. “The foundation has contributed $30 million to Palo Alto schools since it began. It’s really an honor for the band to be a part of that... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Symantec

01 Dec 2002
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What You Know Depends on Where You Go

held at HBS November 22 and 23 on the topic, “Do Business Schools Generate Globally Relevant Knowledge?” Assembling a panel of experts in various disciplines, faculty members discussed whether the answers to key questions in their fields... View Details

01 Jan 2012
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Andrew H. Tisch, MBA 1977

entertainment, cultural, and sports outlets to donate tickets to victims’ families, ultimately serving more than 85 percent of the families. Seeing the trash that covered the field where his son played football led him to get involved... View Details

01 Sep 2006
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Light Years Ahead

more direct international experiences for our students, and for our faculty. One idea might be short study trips that would combine immersion in key regions around the world with individual preparation beforehand and class work or field... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Feb 2002
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Redefining Success: Women & Work.

address top-management concerns, and share best practices and insights. Women Building Business -an MBA elective field study seminar led by HBS professors Myra Hart and Lynda M. Applegate intended for students who plan to design and... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2022
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I Gave at the Office

funds for her local animal shelter—and found it surprisingly difficult. Much later, in the second year of her PhD program, she discovered the field of behavioral economics and folded her non-academic interests into her research. For his... View Details

Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

27 Oct 2016
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Paying It Forward

year,” he recalls. “I made a note of it, and then came back to it in my second year. I led a field study on the problem with Professor Walter Salmon.” Kundu discovered that every retail company faced the problem of inventory loss but... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jun 2009
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Insights from the Post-Macho Workplace

night shift took over my bunk while I was observing and interviewing the day shift. The food was great, and most of the time I arrived and departed by helicopter.” Looking back on the project, she rates it “the best field research... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining

01 Mar 2003
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All in a Day's Work

HBS. While the world of work is nothing new to either of these young alumni, they each acknowledge the significance of this initial year in their post-HBS careers. Although they came to Soldiers Field with different backgrounds, goals,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Boston Community Capital; Samsung; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Real Estate

01 Mar 2010
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How to Spur Prosperity

of forms, from bringing in people who are doing cutting-edge work in fields such as the life sciences, to making Singapore’s business climate attractive to entrepreneurs, to offering training to graduate students and scientists in what... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

01 Dec 2020
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Quantum Leap

time. They spun Aliro out of Harvard’s Quantum Information Science Lab, then incubated it at the Harvard i-lab. Ricotta came on board in 2019. A seasoned tech CEO, he had already launched a number of startups into emerging networking View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Dec 2017
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Global Perspectives

Lecturer John Macomber. Macomber, who spent three decades in the real estate and construction business prior to joining HBS in 2007, is committed to making real progress on some of the problems that face African nations. He designed an Immersive View Details

01 Feb 2000
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Financial Services 24/7

the new online playing field was to back its own startup. If Wingspanbank takes off - and the jury is still out - Bank One can apply what it has learned to BankOne.com. If it fails, Bank One has not jeopardized its primary customers or... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Mar 2007
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The Winning Season

THAT'S A WINNER: The DeWitts enjoy the home field advantage at the new Busch Stadium, which offers views of downtown St. Louis and the city's trademark Gateway Arch. From his office in the new Busch Stadium, St. Louis Cardinals Managing... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Dec 2016
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Alumni Books of 2016

later an escape for actor Marlon Brando, the islands are now home to a Pacific Beachcomber resort. Central Park Trees and Landscapes: A Guide to New York City's Masterpiece by Edward S. Barnard (PMD 32) and Neil Calvanese (Columbia Univ. Press) This View Details

04 Sep 2019
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Advancing Diagnostics that Can Save Lives

their way to developing a technology that rapidly identifies the molecular markers of cancer, there is a lot of work to be done to bring a product to market. Kelley points out that one of the key dilemmas Aikili faces is not unique to them. “A question that echoes... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

26 Jan 2017
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Finding a Path out of Poverty

contribute to a better South Africa and world. Rather than ‘seeking new landscapes,’ I believed a profound change within my current field and gaining ‘new eyes’ on the world was what I needed most.” Magwegwe found his new way of seeing... View Details