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- 06 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Money and Quotas Motivate the Sales Force Best
Reciprocity: Insights from a Field Experiment, released in May. The pair used a consumer durable goods business in India as a real-world laboratory for the research. "Running this kind of experiment is not... 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
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Jeremy Burnham
the promotion would increase overall store traffic. Summarizing the value of the FIELD 2 experience, Jeremy says, “Coming from a commodity industry, I didn’t know anything about marketing. In Argentina, I was forced to apply what I’ve... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Elevator Pitch: Game Time
according to ten Cate. “Nearly all of the previous developments in AR have been near-eye projection headsets that have poor brightness and a limited field of view,” he notes. “Our glasses are the first to use tiny projectors that beam... View Details
- 24 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 24
institutions of our capitalist system, which, if ignored, can undermine the legitimacy of the system. I provide some ideas on how to fix the problem. Working Papers Curbing Adult Student Attrition: Evidence from a Field View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Research Brief: Better Brainstorming
Sharique Hasan in a recent working paper. Their field research shows that the highest quality ideas are generated by people open to new experiences engaging with extroverted peers. In 2014, the researchers... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Nurturing Emerging Scholars and Leaders
years, Doris and Sauer have served as judges for IPO Day, where first-year MBA students pitch the microbusinesses they have developed as part of the required Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership... View Details
- 21 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Health Care Managers Need to Know--and How to Teach Them
new leaders for this field." Other HBS faculty presenting at the conference included Prof. Alan MacCormack, who discussed the School's new field study effort; Michael Chu, on case studies; and Srikant Datar, about his View Details
- 28 Jul 2016
- Blog Post
Why I’m Not Changing Careers after Business School
take the time to come to HBS at all?” It is a fair question, and one that I considered deeply before matriculation and can reflect upon more fully now that I am on my way out. I came to HBS because I wanted to experience things I knew I... View Details
- 26 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
How I Spent My HBS 2+2 Deferral: Vasilis Mornto
The HBS 2+2 program is a deferred admission process for current students in their final year of study, either in college or a full-time master’s degree program. If you are admitted through 2+2, you work for two to four years in a field of... View Details
- 30 Jul 2008
- Op-Ed
Why the U.S. Should Encourage FDI
States outperformed the rest of the world in the majority of years. As such, there is something particularly bad about the return experience of foreign investors taking a controlling position in American companies. In short, America is a... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir A. Desai
- 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 2010
- News
Health IT at the Bedside
Jain (MBA '07) Courtesy Sachin Jain As a physician, I’m a great believer in health IT. So I’m always confused by how slowly and unevenly it has been adopted in medicine, a field where new technologies and techniques are often embraced... View Details
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Patrick Akl
careers.” Variety of practical experiences In his FIELD 2 international immersion, Patrick once again went somewhere new to him, China, where he and his colleagues helped a shoe manufacturer prepare its... View Details
- 09 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 9, 2018
Aversion in Queues By: Buell, Ryan W. Abstract—This paper investigates whether people exhibit last place aversion in queues and its implications for their experiences and behaviors in service environments. An observational analysis of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Nov 2020
- News
The First Five Years: Julianne White (MBA 2017)
a timber farm. Many of my family members also worked in industries tied to food and agriculture. This background led me to study food and resource economics as an undergraduate, a field of study with a very high likelihood of landing... View Details
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Advancing Social Enterprise | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Endeavor office or at one of the high-impact business entrepreneurs that we support. Why SEI @ HBS? HBS has played a leading role in advancing social enterprise as a field of study. At HBS, the worlds of entrepreneurship, social... View Details
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Jake Flomenberg
all aspects of business. How has your overall HBS experience shaped your goals and career path? I've always been interested in technology but came to HBS knowing next to nothing about entrepreneurship and venture capital. HBS exposed me... View Details
Keywords: Technology