Field Study - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Aug 2022
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HBS Club of Japan Event Highlights HBS Fellowship

“Unlike when many of us who studied at HBS, today few Japanese corporations offer their employees scholarships to study at business schools,” says club member and event co-organizer Masako Egawa (MBA 1986).... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Oct 1999
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New Chairman Updates Development in MBA Program

curriculum? In the past two years we have seen an exponential growth in the number of field studies. Last year there were over two hundred different field study groups of... View Details

01 Jun 2017
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Developing Insight that Has Power in Practice

The commitment to research that influences pedagogy, theory, and practice is inherent to HBS’s identity. The first field study, conducted in 1911 under the School’s Bureau of Business Research, comprised a comparative examination of the... View Details

01 Jun 2016
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016

Alumni Books The Founder’s Mentality: How to Overcome the Predictable Crises of Growth by James Allen (MBA 1989) and Chris Zook (Harvard Business Review Press) Based on their decade-long study of companies in more than 40 countries, the... View Details

01 Jun 2005
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McCance First to Serve as Entrepreneur in Residence

addition to sitting in on a number of classroom discussions, McCance spoke at student club gatherings, served as an adviser on several field study projects, and left his door open to anyone who wanted to... View Details

Keywords: entrepreneur in residence; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Nov 2012
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First and Goal

Swearengin: Leadership with the game on the line. Photo courtesy Julian Swearengin Julian Swearengin (MBA 2003) has loved football ever since he began playing the game at age 5. “Growing up poor and on welfare in Detroit, the classroom and the View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

01 Aug 2001
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J. Ronald Fox (MBA '59)

opportunity not only to serve his country but also to enrich his teaching and research, which focused on the management of large engineering development and construction projects. "It was the preeminent position in the field in which I... View Details

Keywords: Alumni Achievement Award; J. Sterling Livingston; George P. Baker; Government

01 Dec 2019
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Research Brief: Subject Expert Matters

the first step toward breaking that code. In 2017, the team conducted a field study in collaboration with Harvard Medical School, which announced a call for research proposals for solutions to human health... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

01 Jun 1996
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Four Professors to Retire

multifirm study of the grocery industry to trace consumer response and the evolution and use of information technology in organizational change. He also hopes to spend more time in Montana, fishing. Robert B. Stobaugh Bob Stobaugh... View Details

Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb and John Prestage

22 Jul 2014
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Hungry for Change

associated with food insecurity in Minnesota ($1.6 billion annually, according to a study by the University of Minnesota) and what it will take to fix the problem ($300 million, with an estimated 100 million meals missed at $3 each). "We... View Details

Keywords: Agriculture

14 Nov 2012
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Remembering His Roots

education opportunities. But HBS gave Curiel more effective tools. “HBS opened my eyes to the power and resources of business and the possibility that it could be harnessed for the greater good,” he says. The Rising Farmworkers Dream Fund (www.risingfarmworkers.org)... View Details

Keywords: farmworkers

01 Aug 1998
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A Roaring Success in the Windy City

H. Stevenson, for instance, discussed the evolution of the field of entrepreneurship at HBS and beyond. Professor Malcolm S. Salter addressed "Facing the Modern Industrial Revolution," focusing on the tools established companies can use... View Details

01 Mar 2023
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The Latest Model

people who make their living studying things like monetary policy and market design? So she called her old friend and colleague, Stephanie Hurder (PHDBE 2013), who was ready for a change after spending three years at Boston Consulting... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; blockchain; cryptocurrency; economic models; innovation; consulting; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Feb 1997
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Leading the Way In Negotiation and Decision Making

chair of the Negotiation and Decision Making unit. Indeed, the field has grown so important that in 1994 HBS became the first major business school to require a full negotiation course for MBAs. In that popular new course, which draws on... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

25 Feb 2020
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Research Brief: May I Ask Your Advice?

online lab studies and a field experiment, all of which confirmed that asking for feedback produces more vague and limited responses, while asking for advice results in forward-thinking and actionable input.... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

07 May 2020
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Ensuring Student Equity

viable option for many students. “One outcome of the pandemic is a heightened awareness of school funding inequity,” Grumhaus says. While the school district is able to provide Chromebooks to students in grades 6-12 to help keep their View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Dec 2012
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50 Years & Counting

The Power of Women Related Links The Accidental Pioneers From Where We Stand Celebrating the Women of HBS W50 Summit Registration A Daring Experiment exhibit Women's Student Association 2013 Dynamic Women in Business Conference Kathleen McGinn was first drawn to the... View Details

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

16 Jan 2020
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Hitting the High Notes

at the age of 13 to study the cello at the Julliard School in New York and later studied with the acclaimed soloist Lynn Harrell (also a student of Lev Aronson) at USC's Thornton School of Music. “That makes... View Details