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- 01 Jun 2005
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Profiles from the Class of 2005
Photographs by Webb Chappell Now in its tenth year, the Bulletin’s annual student profiles have become something of a tradition. Faced each spring with a mountain of potential candidates, we puzzle our way through a dizzying array of View Details
- 09 Dec 2015
- Research Event
How Do You Predict Demand and Set Prices For Products Never Sold Before?
the researchers then developed an efficient multi-product price optimization algorithm to concurrently recommend prices for all products on Rue La La’s site in a given day. Determining optimal pricing Then, in January 2014, they teamed up with Rue La La on a View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Classroom Lessons Put Into Practice Abroad
discovered while doing fieldwork in São Paulo, Brazil, in some countries, proximity to one’s neighborhood can be a more influential factor when deciding where to shop. During FIELD 2, part of the Required Curriculum course View Details
- 02 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Indulgence vs. Regret: Investing in Future Memories
ant-like and practical. "There is a well-developed literature around self-control issues in the fields of sociology, psychology, and economics," Keinan says. "We all know that people can be too impulsive and yield to... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
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Roniesha Copeland
“very flat, entrepreneurial – we had lots of autonomy to explore ideas and test operational improvements.” In fact, McMaster allowed her to gain management experience early in her career, giving Roniesha responsibility for leading a... View Details
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Andrew Goldin
Andrew Goldin's academic interest in socio-linguistics proved its practical value where it matters most: in a middle school classroom in New York City. "My research in reading curricula," Andrew says, "made the transition to being a teacher much... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
In Memoriam
field of organizational behavior. “Paul, with whom I worked for many years as a colleague, was an extraordinary person in all facets of his life,” said HBS Dean Nitin Nohria. “He was a beloved professor and mentor to generations of... View Details
- 04 Feb 2020
- News
In Harmony
months later, he was introduced to Beverly Sills of the New York City Opera, where the orchestra was about to go on strike. They needed someone with experience in labor relations. When Sills asked Weinstein if he had the experience, he... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
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Management Training Program: 1945 - 1955 | Baker Library
experience. During the course of the program, students immersed themselves in real-world business experience through full-time field work apprenticeships. Over 100 companies participated as sponsors in the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
AI Enhances Diagnostic Care
changing the field of medicine. In the past several decades, the growing use of artificial intelligence in the health care sector has made it possible for computer systems and diagnostic machines to learn and problem solve, mimicking... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
financials, people, risk management, opportunity, and context. By afternoon, 28 teams in the business and social venture tracks will be named semifinalists. A later round of judging will narrow the field to nine finalists, with the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Changes for MBA Applicants
POWER OF REFLECTION: Changes to the MBA application process mirror FIELD exercises. For MBA candidates worried about writer’s cramp, here’s some good news: applicants to the Class of 2015 will be asked to author only two 400-word essays... View Details
- 14 Nov 2019
- Blog Post
Future Leaders Dive into the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program
backgrounds to the program—from fields including computer science, aerospace, health care, robotics, and the military—as well as experience in designing or developing technology-intensive products. For Adar... View Details
- 02 Dec 2021
- News
Learning Curve
team. She envisioned a long career in the field but instead found herself in quasi-retirement at age 35. “Life has a way of getting in the way,” she notes. Melcher’s first child, Katie, struggled in preschool with learning disabilities,... View Details
- Profile
PJ Meyer
"level the playing field for local businesses" by working with student groups to set up internet alternatives for small businesses to perform everything from advertising to online ordering. Participation in a number of business... View Details
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Matthew Boys
Matt went hands-on in Chongqing, China, where his FIELD 2 team reviewed plans for a hotel that wanted to create the right kind of experience for a growing market of professionals. “The local market already... View Details
- 09 Nov 2022
- News
Public Good
“I’ve got to listen and learn before I make major changes.” Hudson’s background includes 25 years of experience in the corporate world, most recently in the field of medical technology. After a year-long... View Details
- 02 Dec 2017
- News
The Lines That Divide America
resentment and the socioeconomic divide. “These emotions have a pernicious and corrosive effect on American ideals,” Nohria warns. In the article he points to several efforts currently being undertaken by Harvard Business School that encourage students to see and View Details
Keywords: Nitin Nohria
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Arnon Mishkin (MBA 1989)
reelection campaigns in West Virginia. Garth was a bit of a pioneer in the field of political consulting. I also worked at NBC, and then decided with all the changes in that industry I’d better get a grounding in business. I liked opening... View Details
- 29 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
Faculty Symposium Showcases Breadth of Research
Dishonesty and Its Organizational Implications, she discussed several laboratory and field experiments meant to uncover factors that lead people to make unethical choices. "We seem to face this type of... View Details