Subjectivity - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Jul 2020
Blog Post

How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence

Even more surprising, even after participants were provided with feedback about how they performed, this gender gap in how well they perceived they did continued. In a second study participants were asked to guess how they performed on a test in a randomly assigned... View Details

23 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

Just How Independent are ‘Independent’ Directors?

Boards: Evidence from Listed Companies in China, Ma and Khanna found that the social ties of the directors had much more influence on their likelihood to dissent than firm performance. Social ties can be difficult to measure. Traditionally, researchers have attempted... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

07 Mar 2000
Research & Ideas

Putting Health Care Consumers in the Driver’s Seat

interests of vulnerable or disenfranchised consumers are protected. Encyclopedic in scope and authoritative in substance, the papers represent the sole major work on the subject to date. Herzlinger, the School's Nancy R. McPherson... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Health

14 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Making the MBA Degree More Accessible

of color prior to enrolling at HBS. These commitments, explained Chad Losee, managing director of MBA Admissions and Financial Aid, were identified through extensive research with external subject experts and continued conversations with... View Details

18 Nov 2013
News

Diving into the 'Shark Tank'

"Shark Tank Air Date 11/15," read the subject line. "I thought, 'This can't be real,'" says Donna. She replied to confirm the message, assuming someone on the other end had made a mistake. After all, not everyone who makes it in front of... View Details

Keywords: Morrell, Daniel; parenting; childhood; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Broadcasting (except Internet); Information

01 Dec 2007
News

Lighten Up

With entrepreneurial drive, a passion for the wilderness, and an unlikely big-business partnership, Demetri (MBA ’93) and Kim (MBA ’95) Coupounas take their radical outdoor gear business to new heights. more Opening Up the Arctic The chairman of the U.S. Arctic... View Details

01 Sep 2004
News

On the National Stage

lot of music out of her ears,” Heinz told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (June 17, 2004). “John Kerry brought that back.” On leave from Jacobson Partners, a New York private equity firm, Heinz has seen his own future become the subject of... View Details

Keywords: John Heinz (MBA 1963); Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

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2.1.1 Citing Sources & Plagiarism | MBA

from others. For example, if the source of a particular idea or analysis is a discussion group, the student should acknowledge the group when presenting the information. Students who submit work that is not their own without clear attribution to its sources will be... View Details

09 Aug 2011
First Look

First Look: August 9

experiment. The two experiments use the same methods and subject pool and examine games randomly selected from the same distribution. The current introductory paper presents the results of the estimation experiment and clarifies the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Corporate Sustainability Reporting: It’s Effective

way to measure the sometimes subjective qualities of what makes a company socially responsible. For that, the researchers relied on survey measures from the World Competitiveness Yearbook, published by IMD business school in Switzerland,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Sep 2003
What Do You Think?

To Whom Should Boards be Accountable?

along with other very thoughtful responses, suggest a wide divergence of views on the role of the board in the life cycle of a corporate entity. Interestingly, those who teach corporate law suggest that board accountabilities are subject... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

10 Dec 2015
Blog Post

Working with Professors at HBS

Professor Buell made the subject exciting. I still remember some of the comments I made in this class because I looked forward to engaging with him. Overall, RC year was an exciting opportunity to learn about different industries and... View Details

05 Jun 2015
Blog Post

The HBS Investment

simple equation for what the cost amounts to from a career or personal growth perspective. Simply having two years to take time and reflect is unreal and shouldn’t be subject to mathematical analysis. Add to this, you get these two years... View Details

Fast Answer

Stock Pitching: company, industry and market research

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16 Jan 2014
News

Learning from Helping Others

learned more than anyone else," she says. The work-hard-play-hard environment produced some of her most enduring friendships—Peter Nolan, Andrew Peisch, Suzanne Pollock, Kris Klein—among classmates, and she also met her husband, Alan Jones, at HBS. Favorite View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Health, Social Assistance

09 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Learning Curve

to meet kids where they are and tailor their teaching to individual learning styles. The majority of students spend just a few years at the Joy School. The goal is to bring the children’s skills to grade level, especially in fundamental View Details

05 May 2022
News

Lesson Plans

array of subjects in math and science, from photosynthesis to macroeconomics. Fractal Reserve Lending video: What we’re going to talk about in this video are the negatives, the negatives of fractional reserve lending. And the biggest... View Details

14 May 2013
Blog Post

Exploring new opportunities at HBS

experience). I came to campus looking to build on and challenge the knowledge I’d already gained through my work experience about analysis, operations, and marketing, and excited (and nervous) to begin studying new-to-me subjects like... View Details

Keywords: Technology

26 Apr 2011
First Look

First Look: April 26

(2011) Abstract Many studies have documented the benefits of religious involvement. Indeed, highly religious people tend to be healthier, live longer, and have higher levels of subjective well-being. While religious involvement offers... View Details