immersion - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Feb 2000
Lessons from the Classroom

Delivering Information Services: A 30-Year Perspective

the world of e-commerce without understanding the difference. EE: What do you most want participants to take away from this course? Nolan: In two full weeks, through extensive case analysis, we're able to immerse executives in the... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

08 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Management Education’s Unanswered Questions

be strongly immersed in quantitative training and have a disciplinary orientation. The social science disciplines in particular were economics, sociology, and psychology. Quantitative reasoning eventually took precedence. Q: What choices... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

02 Feb 2010
First Look

First Look: Feb. 2

increasing profitability by immersing themselves in the lives of their customers. This book shows how resilient organizations cut through internal barriers that impede action, build bridges between warring divisions, and transform former... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

How an African History Scholar Became a Modern Righter of Wrongs

visiting professor at HBS who teaches in the School’s FIELD (Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership Development) global immersion course, which sends groups of students all over the world to get... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

15 May 2006
Lessons from the Classroom

Women Find New Path to Work

choices they had made, the career choices they'd like to make in the future, and how they might actually take control of that and develop a strategic plan. New Path is a six-day immersion in everything you need to know to re-enter the... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

18 Apr 2005
Lessons from the Classroom

NFL Players Touch Down at HBS

Jones. That's why he and twenty-nine fellow players from around the National Football League have exchanged play books for business books this spring at Harvard Business School, where they were immersed in a three-day program to learn... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Sports

30 May 2007
Research & Ideas

Health Care Under a Research Microscope

particular segment of the population." HBS is also training current and future health care leaders. The School's executive education program offers custom programs to boost the management skills of Boston-area hospital executives. And HBS MBA students can sign up... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health; Biotechnology

21 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

What Happens in Vegas Could Shape the Metaverse

will really take off when it attains a critical mass of user activity concentrated in time and space,” says Clough. The Las Vegas Strip is located in Paradise, Nevada, an unincorporated desert city. Vegas is “a vibrant, 24-hour environment that offers an eclectic range... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Nover; Computer; Information Technology

27 Aug 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Learning From Japan’s Remarkable Disaster Recovery

to megacorporations. One of these programs, called the Immersion Experience Program (IXP), each year sends 30 or so potential MBAs to Japan, where they receive a unique education made possible by one of the most lethal disasters in modern... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy; Utilities; Retail

31 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

When Not to Trust Your Gut

School of Management have argued that we make decisions using two different lenses: the insider lens and the outsider lens. A negotiator typically uses an insider lens for making judgments when deeply immersed in a particular context or... View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman & Deepak Malhotra

04 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: Harder Than I Thought

Robert Austin, Richard Nolan, and Shannon O'Donnell Jim Barton barely reacted when the doorbell rang. Immersed in content streaming to a tablet propped up behind his cereal bowl, he waved an empty spoon past one ear, as if pushing away a... View Details

Keywords: by Robert D. Austin, Richard L. Nolan & Shannon O'Donnell; Aerospace

15 Feb 2017
Op-Ed

What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects

care, security, and more). These are valid reasons. But there are workarounds that work. At Harvard Business School, my research looks at ways that the private sector can finance and deliver public infrastructure. For the last three years, I have led an View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction

18 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

New at the Helm: A Talk with HBS Dean Light

on learning. In the future, we need to think about ways to provide more direct international experiences for our students, and for our faculty. One idea might be short study trips that would combine immersion in key regions around the... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Education

10 Feb 2015
First Look

First Look: February 10

filled with immersive and engaging content, activities, experiences, and communities. Looking to the future, Stack was working to execute a new digital strategy, one that included digital as a dimension of everything the Tate did, both... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Jan 2000
Lessons from the Classroom

New Game, New Rules: Developing Managers for a Competitive World

across the globe while also linking the classroom and workplace. Held offshore, the program's introductory module directly immerses participants in the challenges that foreign markets and cultural environments present. The subsequent... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

25 Jun 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing

years, MacCormack has led FIELD (Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership Development), a hands-on experiential learning program that has arguably revolutionized education at HBS more than any development since the introduction of the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

24 Jul 2019
Lessons from the Classroom

Can These Business Students Motivate Londoners to Do the Right Thing?

businesses reportedly use behavioral economics strategies to guide their decision-making. In his Immersive Field Course at HBS, called "Behavioral Insights," Luca brings students to London to partner on projects with BIT and... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

13 Feb 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018

Business School Case 718-421 HTC and Virtual Reality In fall 2017, HTC CEO and Chairperson Cher Wang was driving the company to focus on virtual reality (VR). HTC's first VR product, VIVE, released in spring 2016, was applauded for its superior View Details