Natural Field Experiment - Publications - Faculty & Research

2010
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Global Capital and National Institutions: Crisis and Choice in the International Financial Architecture

All managers face a business environment in which international and macroeconomic phenomena matter. International capital flows can significantly affect countries' development efforts and provide clear investment opportunities for businesses. During the 1990s and early... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Capital; International Finance; Globalized Economies and Regions; Policy; Government and Politics; Business and Government Relations

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

twenty-nine years old. In 2015, Macy’s Inc. (NYSE: M) acquired the company. Ms. Beck also co-founded M-61 Laboratories, makers of M-61 Skincare, the first highly technical, natural cosmeceutical brand and makers of Lune and Aster... View Details

28 Jan 2008
Research & Ideas

Billions of Entrepreneurs in China and India

of stories about social entrepreneurs, political entrepreneurs, and others whom we study in business schools—investors, capitalists, and so on. Q: What's different about entrepreneurship in both countries? A: The extent and type of government involvement and the View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

27 Jul 2020
Book

Reflection: The Pause That Brings Peace and Productivity

there slowly” to get a “feel for how things are going.” Other managers turn to nature. One manager, quoting her father, a farmer, said, “The number of people who can walk outside and just look up is so small.” Hitting the beach or a View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

December 2010
Article

Organising Response to Extreme Emergencies: The Victorian Bushfires of 2009

By: Dutch Leonard and Arnold M. Howitt

How can people and organisations best respond to emergency events that are significantly beyond the boundaries of what they had generally anticipated, expected, prepared for-or even imagined? What forms of organisations are likely to be best able to cope with such... View Details

Keywords: Organizations; Management Practices and Processes; Natural Disasters; Crisis Management; Boundaries; United States

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Health Care - Faculty & Research

too often, when graduates of these programs enter the workforce, they find themselves unequipped to meet the challenges for innovation of 21st century health care. December 2014 Article No Margin, No Mission? A Field View Details

05 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019

either back peaceful settlements or support warring groups and continued fighting. Attitudes toward peaceful settlement are expected to be especially obdurate for civilians who have been exposed to violence. In a survey of 1,120 Syrian refugees in Turkey conducted in... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

23 Apr 2013
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MIT Sloan Management Review Experiments in Open Innovation at Harvard Medical School By: Guinan, Eva C., Kevin J. Boudreau, and Karim R. Lakhani Abstract—Harvard Medical School seems an unlikely organization to open up its innovation... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 May 2023
Research & Ideas

Can AI Predict Whether Shoppers Would Pick Crest or Colgate?

really likes wine,” Ngwe explains. Might GPT also consider shifts in the decision-making ability of a restaurant-goer who had consumed a few glasses of wine? Maybe. The black-box nature of AI makes it impossible to know exactly what... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

19 Oct 2022
Op-Ed

Cofounder Courtship: How to Find the Right Mate—for Your Startup

Recently, I was listening to the Huberman Lab podcast where Dr. Andrew Huberman interviewed Dr. David Buss, a founding member in the field of evolutionary psychology and professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, whose... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

31 Mar 2008
HBS Case

JetBlue’s Valentine’s Day Crisis

rebooking). JFK, which frequently experiences weather delays, is also a significant hub for JetBlue. Evaluating The Response In the second part of the class, Huckman and the students assess JetBlue's response to the situation. "This... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Air Transportation

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Events - Business History

business leaders in emerging markets since 2008. These are hosted on a public website featuring full interview transcripts and associated video clips that are free to download and use for teaching, research, or general interest. At this online conference, speakers... View Details

22 Feb 2018
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The New History of American Capitalism

taking the subject as given, they explore it as politically constituted. If “the market” is neither a discrete phenomenon nor marginal to human experience, then basic structures of governance become important. Rather than assuming that exchange for profit View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

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Research Staff Services - Faculty & Research

department, hiring approximately 350 researchers each year. The current RA population is comprised of a group of highly qualified people ranging from recent undergraduates to those with over fifteen years of related work experience. They bring to HBS strong View Details

13 Dec 2022
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The Color of Private Equity: Quantifying the Bias Black Investors Face

founders or senior partners. Significantly, they are more likely to be penalized than white-owned funds when they underperform, and they are less likely to reach fundraising goals. The opaque, risky nature of private equity—whose American... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds; Financial Services

25 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles

self-select yourself out of an opportunity because you think you might not qualify.” HOME REGION New York, NY UNDERGRAD EDUCATION University of Florida PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE Zarbee's Naturals (Johnson &... View Details

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Information Technology - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Standardization of data elements such as diagnosis, labs, interventions, hospitalizations and all other data fields Standardization of measurements, metrics, and methods of collection to allow for data exchange through the whole system 3.... View Details

28 Nov 2018
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On Target: Rethinking the Retail Website

Minneapolis. “It was a big decision to stay in Silicon Valley,” Datar says. “The demand for data-science professionals is through the roof, so you have to go where the experts are. Desai credits the success of data science at Target to this team.” View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail

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Davida Bynum

Coming to HBS is like Opening the secret door to Narnia. As an applicant, it seemed like a magical land far, far away where my wildest dreams (and professional ambitions) could come true. And, during the time that I have been here, that is exactly what my HBS View Details

18 May 2010
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First Look: May 18

attributed to competition arising from an imbalance of demand and supply, typically excess demand for workers. However this presents a puzzle, since unraveling can only occur when firms are willing to make early offers and workers are willing to accept them. We present... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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