Natural Field Experiment - Publications - Faculty & Research

May 2024
Case

HarvEast

By: Jeremy Friedman and Natalie Kindred

In late 2023, Dmitry Skornyakov, CEO of Ukrainian agribusiness HarvEast, was navigating the turmoil caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that began in 2014 and escalated into full-scale war in February 2022. Before the full-scale invasion, HarvEast managed 127,000... View Details

Keywords: Goods and Commodities; Natural Resources; Food; Problems and Challenges; Adaptation; Innovation and Management; Crisis Management; Logistics; Supply Chain; Risk and Uncertainty; Loss; Trust; Human Needs; War; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Chile; South America; Latin America; Ukraine

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Educators

09 Jun 2022
HBS Case

From Truck Driver to Manager: US Foods’ Novel Approach to Staff Shortages

more money to do the job or you make the job easier to do.” Given the critical nature of the crisis, the company opted to do both. In addition to raising wages, it also sought to ease the burden and lower its attrition rate for new... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

22 Oct 2019
Research & Ideas

Use Artificial Intelligence to Set Sales Targets That Motivate

advanced analytics that incorporate artificial intelligence (AI). “Chung has seen companies dramatically improve productivity after adopting advanced analytics to guide compensation.” In an ideal world, a company would use trial and error to set the best sales targets... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

15 Mar 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

More Than 900 Examples of How Climate Change Affects Business

This word cloud is composed of blog posts by more than 900 students describing how individual organizations are likely to be affected by climate change. Image by Patrick Clapp Last fall, first-year MBA students at Harvard Business School received a new assignment in... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Green Technology

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Dean Nitin Nohria | About

team-based learning, particularly to support MBA field method courses. September 2011 FIELD Course Introduced The Field Immersion Experiences for... View Details

04 Mar 2019
What Do You Think?

What’s the Antidote to Surveillance Capitalism?

experience as free raw material for hidden commercial practices of extraction, prediction, and sales,” “a parasitic economic logic,” “a rogue mutation of capitalism marked by concentrations of wealth,” “as significant a threat to human... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Advertising; Consumer Products

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Globalization - Faculty & Research

demanding than what the minimalist nature of duties of forbearance initially would suggest. 2014 Working Paper Finance and Social Responsibility in the Informal Economy: Institutional Voids, Globalization and Microfinance Institutions By:... View Details

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Pre-Class Arrival - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

Assessment & Feedback Sample Class A case discussion class is not merely an intellectual exercise, but also an emotional and interpersonal experience that requires trust and collaboration. To develop and reinforce an effective case... View Details

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Nonprofit Strategy & Governance | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

groups. To study other-regarding behavior, we fielded an experiment through a text-to-give campaign in Greece. How Social Entrepreneurs Zig-Zag Their Way to Impact at Scale By: V. Kasturi Rangan & Tricia... View Details

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Online Leadership Principles Course | HBS Online

and Unleashing Capability Featured Exercises Explore the internal drivers of your motivations as a leader through the Personal Values Questionnaire self-assessment Video upload: Deepen your understanding of how others experience you as a... View Details

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Alternative Investments Course | HBS Online

yourself Who Will Benefit Early-Career Financial Services Professionals Aspiring Finance or Investment Professionals Non-Finance Professionals Gain a competitive edge by developing actionable skills in the alternative investments field... View Details

Profile

Rachel H Chung

with me. Coming to HBS is like Being at the world’s best test kitchen. I feel like I’m constantly tasting new flavors and experimenting with new recipes. Before HBS, I had minimal exposure to various industries and certain subjects, and... View Details

14 Oct 2021
In Practice

Reunited and It Feels (Not) So Good: Tips for Managing a Rocky Return

widespread and the timing and nature of the end of the virus as we know it so uncertain that it is impossible to know what the parameters of such an end state. Business leaders should, instead, think in terms of a “next normal.” Their... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

24 Sep 2019
Blog Post

Launching a Career in Clean Energy

great experiences for building relationships. I know the Energy and Environment Club is very active and would obviously be a great way to make connections in the field and meet other students who are... View Details

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Tim Kluska

Coming to HBS is like... Stepping onto a roller coaster with a blindfold—it's thrilling, unpredictable, and slightly daunting. Yet, you have faith you're on the right track, and as the ride progresses, you discover this experience will... View Details

02 Aug 2022
Blog Post

From HBS to Cutting-Edge Tech

tech industry. In the immersive Startup Bootcamp program, I joined a small team to take an idea from scratch and build a minimum viable product (MVP). Courses like The Entrepreneurial Manager, Launching Tech Ventures, Founder’s Journey, Entrepreneurial Finance, and... View Details

01 Oct 2013
First Look

First Look: October 1

Physical Health By: John, Leslie, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—This research examines how access to information on peer health behaviors affects one's own health behavior. Methods: We report the results of a randomized field View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Sep 2023
News

Capital Connection

complexities of capitalizing their projects—from debt to equity funding options—on their own. This is precisely where DLS steps in, leveraging 20 years of industry experience and relationships to connect clients with the right investors.... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Real Estate

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Building Entrepreneurial Organizations - Health Care

opportunity in health care. Innovating in Health Care: Field Course This course is for students interested in careers in financing, leading or creating innovative health care services, health insurance, health IT, or medical technology.... View Details

11 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

A World of Difference: What Keeps Companies from Becoming More Inclusive

which means that you try to start a dialogue with the person to understand them instead of trying to guess their feelings. Frei: Or, in our language, “center” on them. Bulletin: Putting yourself in someone else’s shoes might be a natural... View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint

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