Quasi Field Experiment - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 May 2017
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John H. McArthur, MBA 1959, DBA 1963

of flowers, shrubs, and trees, he realized his vision of a welcoming and people-centric campus. A central focus of McArthur’s tenure was building the faculty. He made bets on scholars and practitioners who ultimately defined their fields... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Dec 2012
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From Where We Stand

Related Links The Accidental Pioneers 50 Years & Counting Celebrating the Women of HBS W50 Summit Event A Daring Experiment exhibit Women's Student Association 2013 Dynamic Women in Business Conference Women at HBS: Events, Projects, and... View Details

01 Mar 2013
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A Conversation with Dean Nohria

benefit to doing more, as is evident from our recent experience with the School's US Competitiveness Project. In pondering how to better understand the prospects for American competitiveness, we realized that our alumni represent a unique... View Details

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Florence Evina-Ze

like cogs in a wheel.” Florence suggested “tags with the employee’s name – and with the employee’s favorite dish. It’s a little thing, but it personalizes the experience for both the staff and the customer.” Joy Cygnet liked the ideas the... View Details

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Academic Solutions & Opportunities | HBS Online

fundamental business concepts students need to excel in their MBA program. Students Share Their Experiences Play How Ashoka University is Using HBS Online Courses to Educate Students Video "This was by far the most interactive course I... View Details

01 Jun 2025
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Keeping the Faith

It has been said that the note of a Tibetan singing bowl is the sound of inner peace. That’s not something you might expect to hear in the MBA classroom. But it rings through Hawes Hall at the beginning of each session of The Spiritual Lives of Leaders, a second-year... View Details

Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace; Illustrations by Victo ngai

03 Jul 2024
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Surviving the Iditarod

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Sunny Stroeer: Many folks have heard of the Iditarod Sled Dog race, which is the last great race on earth where mushers compete to cover the distance from Anchorage to Nome as quickly as possible. The... View Details

01 Dec 1997
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Merton's Economics Research Wins Nobel Prize

accomplishment from both sides of the Charles. "Robert Merton has been an innovative leader in the field of economic valuations and in improving the capacity to manage financial risk," said Harvard President Neil L. Rudenstine. "This is a... View Details

10 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

COVID's Surprising Toll on Careers of Women Scientists

responses from faculty, principal investigators, post-doctoral researchers and others, or about 1.6 percent of the original inquiry mailing. They concentrated on scientists in Europe and the United States. The pandemic is particularly disruptive for younger scientists... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Pharmaceutical; Biotechnology; Health

15 Feb 2022
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Charlotte Club Hosts Webinar to Mark 100 Years of the Case Method

The first written case, a one-page narrative about management challenges at General Shoe Company, was taught in 1921 and marks the beginning of a century of case teaching. “Over time, as we would develop a series of cases in a field, we began to understand that View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

02 Oct 2012
First Look

First Look: October 2

Evidence from a Field Experiment Authors: Kevin Boudreau, Tom Brady, Ina Ganguli, Patrick Gaule, Eva Guinan, Karim Lakhani, and Tony Hollenberg Abstract We present the results of a View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 May 2022
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Bidding Up

physics to philosophy to math. But Wilson did meet Howard Raiffa, a renowned scholar in the field of game theory and decision analysis, and followed him to HBS. There, Wilson completed the obligatory MBA before going on to his doctoral... View Details

28 Jan 2011
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HBS Faculty Approves Curriculum Innovation

With overwhelming support, the HBS faculty in mid-January approved the most significant changes to the MBA program in decades, affecting both the Required and the Elective curricula. Beginning next fall, first-year students will take a yearlong View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

30 Apr 2021
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Revealing the Rules

Consulting Group, Ng wrote The Unspoken Rules: Secrets to Starting Your Career off Right as a guide for early career professionals—and particularly to help level the playing field for the outsiders. But it’s equally important, he says,... View Details

01 Jun 2012
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Plan B: The Brick Bank

“Expect the unexpected” could have been the tagline for FIELD 2, the global component of the new required course Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership Development (FIELD).... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

09 Apr 2025
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The Working Parent Revolution

care field saw 15 to 20% of the capacity come out of the market during the COVID period. So that shrinkage in supply has made it even more difficult for working parents to find high quality options for child care. And so the only remedy... View Details

01 Dec 2016
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Air Time

completing my MBA at HBS. I had no nanny, no partner, nothing; only the wonderful team at Soldiers Field Park Children Center where I would drop off my daughter and then proceed to my classes. What did I do during evening events/classes... View Details

01 Mar 2017
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Constant Inspiration

Ellen Guidera (MBA 1986) Ellen Guidera (MBA 1986) has played an active role in the evolution of the HBS immersive student learning experience. Shortly after the first-year Field Immersion Experiences for... View Details

27 Oct 2016
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Paying It Forward

year,” he recalls. “I made a note of it, and then came back to it in my second year. I led a field study on the problem with Professor Walter Salmon.” Kundu discovered that every retail company faced the problem of inventory loss but... View Details