Experience - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Jul 2014
News

Were OkCupid’s and Facebook’s Experiments Unethical?

23 Sep 2013

Campus Tour

Take a student-led campus tour and learn about the student experience at HBS. Tours leave at 3:15 PM EST from the Admissions Office in the Dillon House. No registration required. View Details

October 2024
Article

Sampling Bias in Entrepreneurial Experiments

By: Ruiqing Cao, Rembrand Koning and Ramana Nanda

Using data from a prominent online platform for launching new digital products, we document that ‘sampling bias’—defined as the difference between a startup’s target customer base and the actual sample on which early ‘beta tests’ are conducted—has a systematic and... View Details

Keywords: Target Market; Sampling Biases; Beta Testing; Product Launch; Entrepreneurship; Gender

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Global Experience | MBA

Global Experience From your peers and case discussions, to the HBS alumni network, global research centers, and field-based course offerings, the HBS experience is inherently international. A Global Campus... View Details

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Academic Experience | MBA

Academic Experience Academic Experience Through the rich case- and experience-based curriculum at Harvard Business School (HBS), students build deep general management and leadership skills, setting the... View Details

19 Jul 2024
Blog Post

Seven Lessons from the Section Experience

philosophers and concepts was Baruch Spinoza who wrote, “Nothing in Nature is random. A thing appears random only through the incompleteness of our knowledge.” At first glance, HBS’s section experience seems almost random. Put 94 people... View Details

14 Feb 2010
News

The light of experience

30 Aug 2017
News

GE’s Global Growth Experiment

06 Mar 2012
News

Enhance Your Overseas Experience

Dec 18 2018
Interview

Transforming Customer Experiences Webinar

18 Jul 2012
News

Modernizing the HBS Experience

Keywords: Dean Nitin Nohria; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

11 Mar 2016
Blog Post

2+2 Admit Experiments with Career Options

computer architecture department, and I had enjoyed technical internships at Sandia National Laboratories and Apple. But something didn’t feel right. I had always been fascinated by the nexus of business, technology, and policy – but to this point my educational and... View Details

Dec 06 2020
Testimonial

Maximizing the Virtual Experience

Aug 14 2017
Testimonial

Experience the GMP Modules

05 Nov 2018
News

Using Experiments to Launch New Products

05 Jun 2017
Blog Post

Reflecting on the Section Experience at HBS

Germany for a number of years my wife and I also wanted an impetus to move back to the US, and we decided that my goal of getting my MBA would be that catalyst. Before arriving on campus I heard that the section experience is an important... View Details

Design and Analysis of Switchback Experiments

Switchback experiments, where a firm sequentially exposes an experimental unit to random treatments, are among the most prevalent designs used in the technology sector, with applications ranging from ride-hailing platforms to online marketplaces. Although... View Details

03 Apr 2017
Blog Post

The International Experience at HBS

promotion, I chose to pursue the transformational experience that Harvard has to offer. As an international student, I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect from HBS. Coming from Morocco and France, but having lived in Texas, the UK and... View Details

16 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Mentoring—Using the Voice of Experience

plans they have presented with a 5 percent cutback still doesn't get us to cash-flow positive. This is one of the points, too, that came out of both projects which is, you have to be aware of the receptors in people's minds, their View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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The Section Experience | MBA

The Section Experience Upon arrival at Harvard Business School (HBS), students are assigned to a specific “section”— a group of approximately 90 students with whom they will complete the Required Curriculum. The section's rich mix of... View Details

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