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- 14 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
Clay Christensen’s Milkshake Marketing
price, or dividing the customer base into target demographics, such as age, gender, education, or income level. Unfortunately, neither way works very well, according to Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen, who notes that... View Details
- 22 Jun 2011
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Motivation
Questions To Be Answered What's the best bonus program to boost sales productivity? Can companies inspire heroism in employees? Can employers promote moral behavior? Does money lead to creativity? What's The Best Bonus Program To Boost Sales Productivity? Do Bonuses... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 08 Mar 2016
- Blog Post
6 Discoveries I Made About HBS
traditional business school fields. Let yourself enjoy that flexibility. 5. You’ll learn a lot about yourself and what you want to do with your life I realized that I would probably never be happy working... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
The Imposter Among Us
Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; Illustrations by Peter Arkle It was their rst day at Harvard and like the rest of his cohort, Edgar Wallner (PMD 22, 1971) will never forget meeting Robert Gaines-Cooper. Frankly, it would have been difficult to miss the Englishman, who... View Details
- 07 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
How “Career Imprinting” Shapes Leaders
analyze their own companies and how they create next-generation executives. And execs early in their work lives should use this information to think long and hard about the first companies they join. Says Higgins: "Understanding the... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 23 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Gulf: It’s a Family Affair
professor and consultant. In these twenty-two-plus years in the field, in addition to the research and writing I have done, I have worked with families in business from over sixty countries. I have traveled to nearly every corner of the... View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild & Andrea Schulman
- 09 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Clayton Christensen’s “How Will You Measure Your Life?”
came to understand the potential damage of "just this once" in my own life when I was in England, playing on my university's varsity basketball team. It was a fantastic experience; I became close friends with everyone on the... View Details
- 23 Jan 2017
- Blog Post
Celebrating National Coming Out Day at HBS
When I first got to HBS I wasn’t sure about a lot of things – one of them being if I would be out as a member of LGBT community or not. I hadn’t been out at work prior to school, and I wasn’t sure how supportive the HBS community would... View Details
- 06 Jul 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Looking Up and Looking Out: Career Mobility Effects of Demographic Similarity among Professionals
- Research Summary
Consumer-Brand Relationships
Susan M. Fournier is conducting extensive research into the relationships consumers form with brands. Her work builds on the premise that, although marketers espouse the notion of relationships in current thought and practice, none have theoretically maximized the... View Details
- Program
Agribusiness Seminar
constraints Leverage data and technology to improve decision making, operating efficiency, and responsiveness to customers Defend against commodification and drive profitability through product and marketing innovation Design robust, reliable supply chains that View Details
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Program Details - Doctoral
institution in the United States. International students who are enrolled at a U.S. based institution are eligible to apply; international students will need to work with their home institution for CPT work... View Details
- July–August 2021
- Article
Surfacing the Submerged State: Operational Transparency Increases Trust in and Engagement with Government
By: Ryan W. Buell, Ethan Porter and Michael I. Norton
Problem definition: As trust in government reaches historic lows, frustration with government performance approaches record highs.
Academic/practical relevance: We propose that in co-productive settings like government services, peoples’ trust and... View Details
Keywords: Government Services; Behavioral Operations; Operational Transparency; Government Administration; Service Operations; Programs; Perception; Attitudes; Behavior; Trust
Buell, Ryan W., Ethan Porter, and Michael I. Norton. "Surfacing the Submerged State: Operational Transparency Increases Trust in and Engagement with Government." Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 23, no. 4 (July–August 2021): 781–802.
- Program
Ascending the Peak: Finding the Leader Within—Virtual
organizational challenges into opportunities for positive change. Emerging senior leaders who are searching to enhance their capabilities and capacity to work effectively with others. Attendance by multiple... View Details
- 11 Jun 2024
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2024
As the vacation season looms, Harvard Business School faculty members share recommendations for a little light reading. Spoiler alert: Lessons in Chemistry tops two of their beach-read lists. For those whose brains can’t—or won’t—turn off, HBS faculty also suggest some... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 16 Dec 2015
- Blog Post
Unexpected Moments at HBS
Having spent my childhood in a small Indiana town, and having worked the past four years within family-owned companies in the calm, open spaces of Colorado, I was incredibly nervous about the culture of HBS. I had artificially painted a... View Details
- Program
Audit Committees in a New Era of Governance
profit objectives Ensure the integrity of financial information Foster the right culture regarding compliance and risk Develop a financial reporting strategy Improve audit committee effectiveness Develop better tools to manage cybersecurity and other risks View Details
- Career Coach
Erika Osterling
talent. She has coached hundreds of executives through career transitions, job search strategies, interview preparation and offer negotiation. Erika enjoys helping students and alumni work through formulating a career vision, augmenting... View Details
- 04 Apr 2022
- Research & Ideas
Tech Hubs: How Software Brought Talent and Prosperity to New Cities
Pretium who previously worked as a research analyst at HBS. “Astoundingly, five of the six most valuable public companies in the world in 2020 were tech companies headquartered in San Francisco or Seattle. In response, local policy... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- Teaching Interest
Leadership and Organizational Behavior (LEAD)
Professor Bernstein taught Leadership and Organizational Behavior (LEAD) from 2013-2016 (7 sections). This course focuses on how managers become effective leaders by addressing the human side of enterprise.
The course is divided into five modules: