Quasi Field Experiment - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Jul 2020
Blog Post

How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence

away from certain professions: They lack confidence in their ability to compete in fields that men are stereotypically believed to perform more strongly in, such as science, math, and technology. Women are also more reluctant to share... View Details

Student-Profile

Aurora Turek

psychology and was introduced to the field of Organizational Behavior. As a rising senior, she served as a summer research assistant at Columbia Business School and went on to accept a full time research position there after graduation.... View Details

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History | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Education Leaders Together: Accelerating Opportunities for America's Students. 2012 Two new MBA FIELD courses introduced: Social Impact Investing and Social Innovation Lab. 2011 HBS-led Forum on Social Impact Investing builds upon its... View Details

01 Mar 2003
News

All in a Day's Work

HBS. While the world of work is nothing new to either of these young alumni, they each acknowledge the significance of this initial year in their post-HBS careers. Although they came to Soldiers Field with different backgrounds, goals,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Boston Community Capital; Samsung; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Real Estate

Career Coach

Adam Bronfin

Adam spent five years in real estate private equity prior to HBS. In his previous role, he gained experience across many different verticals within the industry, including development / construction, private equity, structured finance /... View Details

01 Oct 2000
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New and Improved

Even though the Class of 1975 was trained at HBS to look to the long term, the millennial year 2000 must have seemed light-years distant when that youthful, eager group set forth from Soldiers Field to conquer the world. Twenty-five years... View Details

19 Apr 2016
Blog Post

First Minutes are Critical in New-Employee Orientation

the employee onboarding process, Gino says. The researchers hypothesized that companies would see positive performance results by emphasizing employee individuality from day one, testing their hypothesis through a series of field and lab... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

15 Mar 2016
First Look

March 15, 2016

participation, improve representation of marginalized groups, and increase the average level of competence and informedness of the population. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50729 Do CEO Activists Make a Difference? Evidence from... View Details

26 Feb 2025
Blog Post

Exploring value-based care: My summer internship with Main Street Health

foundation, I wanted to pivot for the summer and gain hands-on operational experience at a startup. Main Street Health provided the perfect opportunity to do just that—working in a fast-paced, early-stage environment where I could see the... View Details

Keywords: Health Care

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IFC: Japan; Exploring Japan's Innovation Ecosystem - Course Catalog

January: Arrive Monday, January 5 and Depart Thursday, January 15 Course Fee: $3,800 (see note on Financial Aid) Immersive Field Courses : IFCs require a firm commitment and carry a financial obligation. Financial aid is available in the... View Details

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Linda Leung

direct professional experience of the issue – you just can’t get that kind of perspective anywhere else.” While she loves the case study experience, her favorite class so far has been FIELD 3 in which she... View Details

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

Keywords: Julia Hanna; contests; Health, Social Assistance; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

23 Jul 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Innovation Is Magic. Really

When business executives create innovative products or services, they often look to impress their customers by delivering an experience more meaningful, more delightful, than possibly expected. A true "wow!" moment. And Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Consumer Products

06 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces 2023-24 Leadership Fellows

Harvard Business School has announced the 2023-2024 cohort of its Leadership Fellows Program. The program is based on University Professor Michael Porter’s vision of developing a network of HBS graduates with cross-sector experience who... View Details

Keywords: Social Enterprise

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Jeremy Lipstein

experiences "A big part of the HBS program," Jeremy explains, "is that it has a strong core curriculum. Like it or not, you're taking marketing, technology and operations, management, finance, accounting and more. Many of... View Details

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Partners & Families | MBA

HBS Student Association strives to create an invaluable and rewarding MBA experience for students and partners. Partners are welcome at all events! The Student Association includes a Chief Families Officer and a Chief Partners Officer,... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

A business career comes full circle

globe is truly exciting,” he says. McGee points to FIELD (Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership Development), which immerses students into businesses in emerging markets, as the kind of leading-edge... View Details

01 Jun 2002
News

Up to the Challenge: Tony Sanchez - Team Builder

focus on the medical area while at HBS, including field studies at several local hospitals, has led to a job offer with Indiana-based Guidant Corporation, a medical devices manufacturer. Sanchez is eager to apply his View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

03 Apr 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 3, 2018

less busy than the present, they may underweight the value of these purchases. We examine the impact of debiasing this previously unexplored barrier of consumer decisions to "buy time" in a field View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Dec 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

New Year, New Habits

bad behavior causes memories of those acts to gradually become less clear—a phenomenon they call “unethical amnesia.” Research Papers Habit Formation and Rational Addiction: A Field Experiment in Handwashing... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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