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16 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

What Happens When Zambian Schoolgirls Receive Negotiation Training

Business Administration at HBS. “But everything is rewritten to work in a Zambian context. The data to date shows that the training’s effects are very positive.” Drawing from her own experience teaching negotiation at HBS, as well as... View Details

Keywords: Re: Kathleen L. McGinn

22 Feb 2022
News

Case Study: Welcome Aboard

two-sided platform: Implementation teams have a consolidated view of the process to make sure everything stays on track, while the end customer gets a simple, personalized experience that guides them through the process so they can get up... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Immigrant Innovators: Job Stealers or Job Creators?

detailed data about H-1B applications, says Kerr. "It's an unfortunate event that as the H1-B issue has become more controversial, the amount of available data has shrunk.") “The debate has gotten to the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology

05 Dec 2012
What Do You Think?

Should Managers Bother Listening to Predictions?

itself, the "fiscal cliff" in the US, and the politics of the Middle East among them. Many corporate and personal plans are on hold. These may be uncertain times, but we've always been certain about two things: (1) predictions... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Apr 1999
News

A Random Sampling of HBS Graduates in the News

is no stranger to entrepreneurship. In 1991, he created a sports data service that he sold three years later to Data Broadcasting Corp. (DBC), a firm that hired him to set up DBC News, where he founded... View Details

16 Jun 2016
Blog Post

Why Entrepreneurs Should Consider Business School

like: Entrepreneurial Finance, Venture Capital and Private Equity, Launching Technology Ventures, and Entrepreneurial Sales and Management. You'll also find courses on big data, digital marketing, and product management. There are more courses about entrepreneurship... View Details

31 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Climate Change Pioneers in the Class of 1978

with extensive work in renewable energy and energy efficiency, power plant development, utilities operations and restructuring, and advanced energy technologies. He has also developed expertise in electronic land management and administration systems, as well as View Details

08 Nov 2010
Research & Ideas

How to Fix a Broken Marketplace

be able to give a kidney to the person you want to give to," Roth says. Historically, those incompatible donors would be sent home, and their sick loved ones would wait for a deceased donor. But a few years ago Roth started studying... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

03 Sep 2014
What Do You Think?

Who Should Choose Your Boss?

decisions." Mason Oghenejobo said that the solution lies in selecting the leader who will meet or surpass the aspirations of key stakeholders. "Board members need not be the only persons involved." According to Karen... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Food & Beverage

20 Mar 2007
First Look

First Look: March 20, 2007

press) Abstract In contrast to using controlled laboratory experiments, which offer a clear method for inferring cause-effect relationships, I will be using data from three personal stories to provide... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Student-Profile

Filippo Mezzanotti

research interests are broadly focused on corporate finance and political economics. Motivated by my interest in both of these fields, I am currently working on a project with a fellow student that will employ Italian data to understand... View Details

Fast Answer

Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems: Company, Industry, Market and Transaction Research

investment lifecycle. Access via SSO - HBS email and Harvard Key login name/email must match. Email infoservices@hbs.edu if you have trouble accessing Pitchbook. Capital IQ Data on PE transactions, public and private companies,... View Details

17 Jun 2013
Research & Ideas

Advertising Symbiosis: The Key to Viral Videos

Personalities Teixeira discovered the keys to attraction and retention through a series of lab experiments where participants viewed real ads that Teixeira selected from YouTube, while a camera recorded their facial reactions. They had... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising

10 May 2016
First Look

May 10, 2016

insiders trade. We conclude managers do not fully disclose their private information and instead message to shareholders and analysts something of opposite sign. The data suggest they may be motivated in part by subsequent View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

Student-Profile

Anil Doshi

services. We collected individual performance data and found tremendous potential in providing beneficial services to our users that required the aggregation of that data. I became more interested in understanding how the disclosure,... View Details

20 Jul 2020
Op-Ed

It's Time for a Bipartisan Health Plan for Employers and Employees

propose a way to alter our health insurance benefits universe for insured employees and the self-insured by combining the best of Republican and Democratic ideas about health insurance. More choice, affordability, and personal control A... View Details

Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger and Richard J. Boxer; Health; Insurance

25 Nov 2013
Research & Ideas

Hiding From Managers Can Increase Your Productivity

show went on, and that show was more productive." Similar results bore out in a follow-up quantitative field study at the same site the following summer, this time tracking the production of 3G USB mobile data cards. The research... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Manufacturing

23 May 2019
News

Michael R. Bloomberg, MBA 1966

Bloomberg during an unparalleled career as an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and three-term mayor of New York City. “I’ve always believed a good deal is where both parties walk away thinking that they didn’t get everything they want, but they got a lot. and that means... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Jun 2000
News

The Business of Biotech

combination of professional and personal factors," Williams says, adding that he left his job at a technology consulting firm and joined a biotech start-up soon after that conversation. Time - a precious asset in any industry - has... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

15 Apr 2008
First Look

First Look: April 15, 2008

that, at the aggregate level, is similar to the one sector neoclassical growth model, while, at the disaggregate level, has implications for the path of observable measures of technology adoption. We estimate our model using data on the... View Details