Field Experiment - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Aug 2022
Blog Post

From HBS to Cutting-Edge Tech

tech industry. In the immersive Startup Bootcamp program, I joined a small team to take an idea from scratch and build a minimum viable product (MVP). Courses like The Entrepreneurial Manager, Launching Tech Ventures, Founder’s Journey, Entrepreneurial Finance, and... View Details

22 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

Companies Can Expand Their Talent Pool by Giving Ex-Convicts a Second Chance

if restricting background checks might backfire, especially if employers resort to racial stereotypes to guess who might have a criminal record—and avoid hiring those people. So the researchers conducted field View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

01 Sep 2023
News

Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint

Since taking over as CEO of Tata Steel in 2013, T. V. Narendran had sought to transform India’s oldest steel manufacturing firm to ready it for a rapidly evolving business world. He instilled financial discipline, acquired new businesses, and launched digital... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

20 May 2024
Blog Post

Get to Know Class Day Student Speaker Erik Roberts

Roberts went into consulting to dip his toes into the field of business and discover his passions. He worked in sectors such as economic development and climate and sustainability, founded a nonprofit academy to deliver capability... View Details

10 Jun 2014
First Look

First Look: June 10

experiences seem to have that undeniable "wow" factor, while others disappoint customers? Perhaps there's no better place to turn to than the world of magic. Consider that leading magicians are constantly under pressure to come... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Web

A Chronicle of the China Trade. The Papers of Augustine Heard & Co., 1840-1877

in the mid-nineteenth century. The company was active from 1840 to 1877 under the direction of Augustine Heard and his nephews John, Augustine II, Albert, and George Heard. The family shared Albert’s sentiments, leaving behind an extensive chronicle of their View Details

21 Feb 2023
Research & Ideas

Are Your Employees Passing Up Incentives? Try Promoting the Programs More

tested their idea through a 2015 field experiment that involved 2,500 participants in a walking program offered by the Evidation health tracking platform. The program paid the walkers small amounts of money... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

01 Dec 2023
News

Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

surprised to realize that their experiences greatly differed from what they had been taught in school. There was so much they had learned the hard way that they wished they’d known before starting up. Inspired, Daniels and Sherman... View Details

Keywords: podcasts

Web

Gender & Race in Organizations Research Group - Race, Gender & Equity

research investigates how organizational and social network processes shape gender and race differences amongst employees in the workplace. I do this by examining the roles of culture, cognition, and emotion in organizations using field... View Details

24 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

How to Get People Addicted to a Good Habit

habit-forming behavior, whether people recognized it as such, whether it was possible to induce the habit with experimental interventions, and whether the habit would continue after the interventions ceased. The field View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

08 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

A Balanced Scorecard Approach To Measure Customer Profitability

The experience of this company is hardly unique. Companies often capture additional business by offering more services. The list is wide-ranging: product or service customization; small order quantities; special packaging; expedited and... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan

20 Apr 2010
First Look

First Look: April 20

between religiosity and pro-social behavior. To help overcome this divergence, we hypothesize that pro-social behavior is linked not to religiosity per se, but rather to the salience of religion and religious norms. We report on a field... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Mar 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, March 7

that researchers can potentially invoke to supplement other resources available to them. We propose a framework of antecedents for the use of professional social networks by academics. The framework captures researchers’ relevant personal and professional View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2019
News

Bridging the Gap

County Schools (FRI). An initiative now in its second year, FRIs offer high school students the opportunity to complete standard high school curricular requirements while gaining access to hands-on experience and accreditation... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Josh Cochran; photographed by Melissa Golden; cross sector collaboration; local government; nonprofits; education; leadership; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

14 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

The Business Case for Becoming a Jack-of-All-Trades

earlier, but end up having more impact than folks who are more specialized when they engage with the new knowledge,” Nagle says. The findings give credence to the idea that people with a broader range of interests may be more likely to be aware of developments outside... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

26 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 26, 2008

(c) accountability in implementation. Examples are drawn from the experiences of South Africa and Brazil. Several preliminary factors are identified that may enhance policy learning, while acknowledging the constraints of bounded... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Web

Wyss House | About

was rededicated in 2006 to honor Hansjörg Wyss (MBA 1965), chairman and former CEO of Synthes, Inc., a pioneering company in the field of medical technology and devices. In 2004, Wyss established the Hansjörg Wyss Endowment for Doctoral... View Details

Web

Negotiation Course Online | HBS Online

months and years after you finish the course. How do I prepare for each negotiation simulation? + – In preparation for each negotiation, participants receive a role assignment, view a video that sets the stage, and confidential instructions on their role. To View Details

Web

Research & Development, Project Code SX-70 - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Executive Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections MORE EXHIBITS HOME RESEARCH LINKS POLAROID FILMS SITE CREDITS “The transfer from the field of polarized light to the field of photography was... View Details

30 Aug 2018
Blog Post

My Difficult Decision to Leave Google for HBS

apply came from talking to HBS alumni. While each individual had unique experiences and found varying degrees of career success, not one regretted the decision to attend. I never detected a single trace of regret. That might not be the... View Details

Publications