FIELD 2 - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2023
News

Rounding the Bend

Illustration by Fernando Cobelo To help people visualize what a circular economy could look like and bring the challenges down to a closet-sized scale, Emily Bolon (MBA/MPA 2007) recommends the following exercise. First, make a mental tally of the number of garments... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade; Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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Online Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

Explore the idea of value drivers 5 hrs Module 2 Adding Value Through Complements Understand the difference between complements and substitutes and discover the power of complements as a competitive advantage. Highlights Pricing... View Details

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Alternative Investments Course | HBS Online

actionable skills in the alternative investments field you can leverage to advance your career. Alternative Investments provided more substantial coverage than what I previously had from school versus on the job. Emily Stebbins External... View Details

09 Aug 2011
First Look

First Look: August 9

Competition for Social Preferences in Simple Extensive Form Games: An Introduction Authors:Eyal Ert, Ido Erev, and Alvin E. Roth Publication:Special Issue on Predicting Behavior in Games. Games 2 (2011) Abstract Two independent, but... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Sep 2019
Blog Post

Launching a Career in Clean Energy

that drove me in my career. I was working on spreadsheets at 2 a.m. just helping make a random billion-dollar company a bigger profit, which wasn’t as rewarding as refueling a tank battalion at 2 a.m. How... View Details

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Design Thinking Course | HBS Online

problems from various perspectives (deep, emotional, broad, and dynamic) to identify new pain points and make new solutions possible 6-8 hrs Module 2 Project Week – Clarify Practice researching the innovation context and empathizing with... View Details

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Online Business Analytics Course | HBS Online

and calculate the correlation coefficient 8 hrs Module 2 Sampling and Estimation Create representative samples and draw conclusions about the larger population and craft sound survey questions. Highlights Sampling Calculating Confidence... View Details

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Online Management Course | HBS Online

Process: The DNA of Management Show Hide Details Case Studies Mount Everest - 1996 Columbia’s Final Mission Leading Change at Fuerte Construction Featured Exercises Small group process analysis Peer feedback exercise 10-12 hrs Module 2... View Details

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Business Finance Course Online | HBS Online

Exercises Categorize financial ratios DuPont Analysis exercise 6-7 hrs Module 2 Finance vs. Accounting Identify the fundamental differences between accounting and finance, and examine the use of cash as a measurement of value creation.... View Details

17 Apr 2022
Book

How to Avoid the 'Ethical Slide' That Leads Companies Astray

Excerpt Business Ethics: What Everyone Needs to Know J. S. Nelson Most people follow at least some ethical rules in their daily lives. (The small percentage of individuals who do not are called psychopaths; we discuss them some more in Chapters View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

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Impact of the New Medium - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

exposure, lighting, background, and composition. Walter Dorwin Teague, who also designed Polaroid's glare-free desk lamps, created a camera body made of die-cast aluminum with a satin-brushed chromium finish. The Model 95 weighed four pounds, two ounces, and measured... View Details

25 Jan 2010
Research & Ideas

A Macroeconomic View of the Current Economy

GDP growth, exchange rates, the stability of the financial system, and so on. In more normal economic times, he would likely focus mainly on maintaining a low and stable rate of inflation—perhaps around 2 percent. He has written and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Online Leadership Principles Course | HBS Online

Exercises Build a foundation of self-awareness through a 360° assessment (Emotional and Social Competency Inventory) Video upload: Record yourself reacting to leadership scenarios 7-9 hrs Module 2 Leading Your Team Learn how to manage the... View Details

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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog

Founder, Investor, or Advisor Lou Shipley Spring 2025 Q4 1.5 Entrepreneurship in Life Sciences Satish Tadikonda Fall 2024 Q1Q2 3.0 Entrepreneurship Outside the Valley (also listed under Finance) Paul Gompers Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Field... View Details

23 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Arla Foods: How Sustainable Can A Dairy Company Be?

In January 2023, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led more than 40 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in their new Immersive View Details

22 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

Is Performance-Based Pricing the Right Price for You?

the last major consumer packaged goods advertiser to stay with a 15 percent fee, is moving in this new direction. It is sometimes a pragmatic pathway to managing risk, uncertainty, and performance for the long-term benefit of both parties. Advertising has been a... View Details

Keywords: by Benson Shapiro; Manufacturing

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US Business Immigration Overview - Alumni

which makes it difficult for organizations to sponsor a foreign worker who is not already in the United States. Eligibility Must have at least a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent Offered position must require a bachelor’s degree in a specialized View Details

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The Idea of Instant Photography - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Baker Library, Harvard Business School. 46. Edwin H. Land, "From Imbibition to Exhibition: A Reconstruction of a New Photographic Process," Journal of the Franklin Institute 263, no. 2 (February 1957): 122. 47. Land, "From Imbibition to... View Details

24 Jul 2017
Research & Ideas

People Have an Irrational Need to Complete 'Sets' of Things

HBS. The Canadian Red Cross puts pseudo-sets to the test The researchers proved the efficacy of pseudo-set framing through a series of laboratory and real-world field studies. In one study, they teamed up with the Canadian Red Cross, a... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Agents of Change: The Founding of the AASU - The Value of Business Education

business education. Washington served as principal of Tuskegee University, which provided vocational training in agriculture and industry, from its founding in 1881. 2 Du Bois believed a liberal arts education played a critical role in... View Details

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