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- 05 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why People Crave Feedback—and Why We’re Afraid to Give It
recognize how much more the receiver wanted the feedback—but asking the feedback giver to put themselves in the other person’s shoes was more effective overall. This suggests that one potential way to increase the likelihood that someone... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 12 Mar 2024
- HBS Case
How Used Products Can Unlock New Markets: Lessons from Apple's Refurbished iPhones
Some of Apple’s most loyal customers think nothing of upgrading to the latest iPhone every time one comes out. But what about consumers who can’t splurge on a $1,000 iPhone 15 Pro? And what about the electronic waste that would accrue if people threw away functional... View Details
- Web
Case Method Teaching - Case Method Project
made. For each class, students are asked to read the case and to put themselves in the shoes of the actual decision-makers to consider what they themselves would have done given the information available at the time. To help situate the... View Details
- 29 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
How Much More Would Holiday Shoppers Pay to Wear Something Rare?
holiday shopping season. With record inflation, rising interest rates, and economic jitters weighing on consumers, pricing strategies could become more critical to getting customers to buy during the coming weeks and beyond. The rare red View Details
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What is FIELD Global Immersion? - MBA
Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year... View Details
- 09 Feb 2024
- HBS Case
Slim Chance: Drugs Will Reshape the Weight Loss Industry, But Habit Change Might Be Elusive
it except [bariatric] surgery. On the other hand, I think the other shoe [of side effects from the drugs] will fall. It’s already evident that the drugs injure the stomach. None of these things are foolproof. Nevertheless, these are the... View Details
- 10 Jan 2018
- Blog Post
8 Tips to Help You Prepare for the Case Method
problem. The case protagonist is the person tasked with solving that problem. As students, we are expected to step into the shoes of the protagonist and discuss the nuances of each decision and the reasons behind them with the rest of our... View Details
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HBS - The year in Review
Shoe Company, was published in 1921, at a time when the field of management education was still quite new. Dean Wallace Donham strongly believed that the best way to teach business education was by discussion, not by lecture. His... View Details
- 21 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
Buy Now, Pay Later: How Retail's Hot Feature Hurts Low-Income Shoppers
their means, the authors say in their working paper. “Put yourself in the shoes of the consumer,” says Di Maggio, the Ogunlesi Family Associate Professor of Business Administration. “You see something you like, you put it in the shopping... View Details
- 06 Sep 2016
- Blog Post
What Makes the HBS MBA unique?
lecture. Each class, you read a case about a protagonist and a decision that he/she is facing. You’re put into the shoes of the protagonist and forced to make a decision on what he/she should do, often without all the information that... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
Five Lessons From My First Year at HBS
lives when we find ourselves at crossroads. For me, HBS has been a great opportunity to practice reconnecting with myself, my values, and beliefs for these future crossroads. 4. There’s never a right answer, but have an opinion. The HBS case method pushes students to... View Details
- Profile
Paul Feghali
Coming to HBS is like Going on a first date with the person you’ve had a crush on for years. What is your most memorable classroom moment? My first cold call. During a case study on a struggling shoe company, my professor started the... View Details
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Case Method | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Skip to Main Content Exhibition Home Exhibition Business Education & The Case Method The General Shoe Company, 1921 Case Writing & Industry Expansion of the Case Method The Case Method Classroom Teaching & The Case Method Impact on... View Details
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General Merchants to Commodities Brokers | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
planters in the local Montgomery area. Mayer’s son Herbert H. Lehman remembered, “It was largely a barter agreement. The farmers would come in with their cotton and trade it for shirts and shoes and fertilizer . . . and seed, and all the... View Details
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Ashley McCray Ford
were the red Puma shoes she wore every day. She would come by my room when everyone else was gone and ask me about my future. She gave me hope that I had a future as long as I treated my health like the precious gift it was. So, I started... View Details
- 04 Apr 2023
- Book
Two Centuries of Business Leaders Who Took a Stand on Social Issues
While shareholders still reign supreme at many companies, a widespread shift toward more responsible business practices is driving more leaders to take a stand on social and environmental issues today, says Harvard Business School Professor Geoffrey Jones. Jones... View Details
- 04 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
Scrap the Big New Year's Resolutions. Make 6 Simple Changes Instead.
it’s not too late to pick up classic works of literature—he especially likes Jane Austen—as a way to practice putting yourself in someone else’s shoes. “Their shoes probably stink, but that’s what you need to do,” he says. 5. Watch the... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
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Resources - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
Teaching Quantitative Material Strategies and Tactics for Sensitive Topics Featured Video In this video Professor Jan Rivkin explores General Shoe Company, the first Harvard Business School case study, how the case method came to be at... View Details
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Financial Accounting Online Course | HBS Online
Harvard Business School. "Financial Accounting puts you in the shoes of an equity research analyst, yoga studio owner, and leader of one of the largest nonprofits in the United States. You’ll wrestle with the same issues they faced, while... View Details
- 26 May 2023
- Blog Post
Bringing Space Tech Back to Earth
Space exploration has produced so many technologies that are now part of everyday life. Polymers in space suits became the flame-retardant suits used by firefighters. Miniature imaging systems became the cameras used in smartphones. Even the soles of modern athletic... View Details