Event Analysis - Publications - Faculty & Research

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Alternative Investments Course | HBS Online

Industry Rick's Dilemma Show Hide Details Concepts Introduciton to Real Estate The Real Estate Diamond Rick's Dilemma Choosing Between RE Investment Types Featured Exercises Identify phases of the real estate market Prepare for a real estate negotiation Conduct... View Details

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Negotiation Course Online | HBS Online

walkaway, manage the exchange of offers, and close the deal. Highlights Bridport Onboarding - Brims First Offers Tactical Choices Show Hide Details Concepts BATNA Analysis Psychological Factors Offer View Details

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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

analyze potential policy solutions. Overall, their analysis suggests that the two key issues will be court congestion and excess liquidation and failure of small firms. See Robin’s other research here , Benjamin’s other research here ,... View Details

01 Dec 2019
News

Remix

founded by Professor Robin Ely, incorporated questions about sexual harassment in the Life and Leadership after HBS survey for the first time in 2018, although it had been administered every three years since 2012. The researchers hadn’t thought to investigate the... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Chris Sorensen; #MeToo; DefJam; Arts, Entertainment

01 Sep 2023
News

Case Study: The Home Team

Illustration by Jon Krause Illustration by Jon Krause Brendan Kennealey (MBA 2006) wasn’t even searching for a business idea. A couple of years ago, the Wilmington, Delaware, native met up with an old friend who’d bought a new house. Over dinner this friend enumerated... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Real Estate

31 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

From SpinPop to SpinBrush: Entrepreneurial Lessons from John Osher

today's difficult economic climate was the subject of a panel discussion at Harvard Business School recently. The discussion, part of a one-night event called "Entrepreneurship During an Uncertain Time," featured four highly... View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Consumer Products

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Industry Information - Alumni

Premium articles require a fee-based subscription. The Atlantic - Education Follow stories focused on current education events and issues. Chronicle of Philanthropy News publication that includes articles and data on donors, charities and... View Details

16 Dec 2022
Research & Ideas

Why Technology Alone Can't Solve AI's Bias Problem

algorithms, fair rankings are limited by the responses of employers who still express biases based on the type of job and the profiles of the candidates being considered. In other words, a hiring manager’s bias toward hiring men for certain jobs can still creep in.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

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Business Insights Blog | HBS Online

News & Events Productivity Staff Spotlight Strategy Student Profiles Technology Work-Life Balance Courses Courses AI Essentials for Business Alternative Investments Business Analytics Business Strategy Business and Climate Change CLIMB... View Details

06 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Four Strategies for Making Concessions

Most people understand that negotiation is a matter of give-and-take: You have to be willing to make concessions to get concessions in return. But the process of making concessions is easier said than done. Consider how events unfolded in... View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra

13 Sep 2011
First Look

First Look: September 13

in the control group receive a standard volunteer contract often offered for this type of task, whereas agents in the three treatment groups receive small financial rewards, large financial rewards, and non-financial rewards, respectively. The View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Strategy Execution and the Balanced Scorecard

strategy and operations (or tactics) are both important but they are different. The normal course of events is for companies to focus on day-to-day operations and short-term problem solving. Management meetings focus on fighting fires and... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

27 May 2015
Blog Post

What is an HBS Section?

classroom experience as well. Section also provides a level of academic support. You become very invested in making sure everyone in the section is thriving academically. From frequent student-led review sessions, to informal phone calls with section mates asking about... View Details

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Design Thinking Course | HBS Online

ideas for solutions Apply creative solutions and behavior-change analysis to innovation development and internal team processes Develop a strategic innovation toolkit and learn when and how to apply design thinking and innovative... View Details

21 May 2021
Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)

companies while US doesn’t have these types of companies and therefore the industry-specific materiality map may not be applicable. Another challenge is the lack of data and company disclosure in Asia makes quantitative analysis very... View Details

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Article databases: Which to choose?

of Harvard Business Review. Company, industry, and region reports. Some articles may include charts/images. EconLit Yes Best for scholarly economic literature. Includes content in multiple languages. Factiva
See video link below. Yes Yes... View Details

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Organizational Leadership Course | HBS Online

Identify personal leadership development opportunities using feedback from the Learning Path Tool assessment. Highlights Conducting a Root Cause Analysis Learning from 360-degree Feedback Stepping in as CEO Show Hide Details Concepts... View Details

07 Aug 2013
What Do You Think?

Is There Still a Role for Judgment in Decision-Making?

contradictory to sound judgment. It only emphasizes it . Judgment is an encapsulation of all those elements data, facts, processes, etc that go into decisions from which we have learned in the past." Joe Schmid said: "Our education and work environments are... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

25 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Feeling Stuck? Getting Past Impasse

may learn that someone—our boss, our boss's boss, or a key person—is leaving. He or she won't be here 4 weeks from now. The events that flow from a simple change such as this can be complex. Perhaps this View Details