Field Experiment - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 1998
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Scott P. Mason Remembered

and was appointed chair of the Finance area at HBS. For many years, Mason taught the School's Capital Markets elective. To keep that course relevant during the 1980s, a period of sweeping changes in the field of finance, he led a massive... View Details

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Daniel Schachne

relationship building." For Daniel, who "loves how sports brings people together," the experience continues to build connections. "Whenever I meet someone, they always want to know about my View Details

Keywords: Entertainment/Media

01 Dec 1999
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Christensen and Vernon Remembered

As noted briefly in the last issue of the Bulletin, two distinguished members of the HBS faculty, C. Roland Christensen and Raymond Vernon, passed away last August. Highlights of their illustrious careers follow. A Master Teacher One of the founders of the View Details

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Tafadzwa Samushonga

from agriculture to financial services, my perspective shifted.” As she progressed along this path, she also began to complement her experience as a strategy advisor with new skills in operational management. “I felt that if I truly... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

01 Dec 2013
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Len Schlesinger Returns

says Schlesinger. He will teach Field 3 in January. This is the third time you've come back to HBS. You must like it here! There is no place like this anywhere in the world. The embarrassment of riches in talent and intellect...when it... View Details

Keywords: Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

11 Sep 2009
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I Network, You Network, He, She, It Networks…

Do future MBAs emerge from the womb with business card in hand? Greet their preschool pals with a firm, not fishy, handshake? HBS alumni so frequently mention the lifelong benefits of connections made at Soldiers Field that I’ve always... View Details

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

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Rachel Silverstein

Even though obtaining an MBA had "always been on my mind," Rachel Silverstein was concerned that she did not quite fit the MBA profile. First, she comes from Texas, a state less represented in many top programs. Then there was the issue of View Details

Keywords: Financial Services; Retail/Hospitality; CPG

01 Dec 2015
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Preparing Future Leaders for Tomorrow’s Challenges

Curriculum, the School introduced a yearlong course, FIELD (Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership Development), which helps students develop leadership, global, and integrative intelligence. In addition... View Details

01 Jun 2025
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Agenda: Stacy Sonnenberg (MBA 2003)

SUPERFAN When Sonnenberg attends a game, she often doesn’t watch the court or field. “I’m always intrigued by stuff that the public doesn’t necessarily think about—like the width of concourses and the mix of seating types,” she says. (Photo: Benjamin Norman) “In... View Details

Keywords: Sasha Issenberg

01 Dec 1997
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"Economists are puzzle solvers..."

priced. So they see that even with an instrument that never existed before they came into the classroom that day, the theory allows us to price it and measure its risk. Bulletin: When did you first become interested in the field of... View Details

01 Dec 2001
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Cable Gal

in cable and telecom equipment sales — a field where few women are found — it was a wake-up call. "My son basically said, 'You're not doing your job,'" McCollough told the Roanoke Times (September 23, 2001) in a lengthy article that... View Details

Keywords: Telecommunications; Information

22 Feb 2022
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Research Brief: The Fresh Start Effect

Beshears collaborated on a field study in which 6,000 university employees were asked if they’d like to increase their retirement contributions right away or if they’d prefer to make an increase in the near future. When the future date... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Oct 1996
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Lasting Impressions

Left to right: Feeley, Belkin, O'Donnell, Mathias, and Benton It was, in the words of one MBA '71 yearbook scribe, "a trying two years" at HBS. The class that celebrates its 25th Reunion this year came to Soldiers Field in September 1969,... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

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Doba Parushev

opportunity to study at Princeton University where his initial intention was to study economics. Instead, he switched to physics, then engineering. "I enjoy multi-faceted programs," Doba explains, "and have never settled on one View Details

Keywords: Consulting

01 Oct 1999
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HBS Mourns Professors Christensen and Vernon

of the founders of the field of business strategy and was long regarded as the world's leading authority on case-method teaching. On August 26, Raymond Vernon, the Herbert F. Johnson Professor of International Business Management,... View Details

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Humbulani Dombo

Humbulani's father is a doctor, her sister is a doctor, her mother is a medical technologist. "Having grown up in that environment," she says, "I wanted to buck the trend a little bit. Business seemed broad, a way to explore interests in many View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy

13 Jul 2020
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The First Five Years: Meaghan Fitzgerald (MBA 2016)

Player One. And recently it’s felt like the right time in terms of technological advancements, accessibility, and investment for a field like VR to really start taking off and I wanted to be there when it did.” What promise do you think... View Details

13 Mar 2019
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The First Five Years: Sierra Smith and Taylor Wiegele (both MBA 2017)

Taylor Wiegele and Sierra Smith on Shark Tank (photos by ABC) How did you come up with the idea for Zorpads? Sierra Smith: “We started Zorpads as part of a school project for FIELD 3 (which apparently no longer exists as required... View Details

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Andrew Pratt

What’s the one thing you’re most excited about learning at HBS? In my previous life, I worked on making spacecraft and satellites – aerospace has always been a passion of mine. When I came to Harvard, I wanted to come at it from a different angle. In the View Details