Surveys - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2009
News

IXP 2009

and post-IXP surveys indicate that students are more than satisfied with the program. “Getting global exposure was a top priority for my time in B-School,” wrote one participant. “HBS’s investment in these programs is a truly outstanding... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

06 Sep 2005
Research & Ideas

The Best Place for Retirement Funds

paper called, "Asset Allocation and Asset Location: Household Evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances," published by the Journal of Public Economics in August, 2004. Using data from the View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

30 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Political Polarization: Why We All Just Can't Get Along

That’s actually good news because it’s harder to change people’s taste preferences than it is beliefs,” says Minor, joking that he’s been trying to change his daughter’s food tastes for years. Minor used a survey pool of 7,000... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Banking; Financial Services

01 Sep 2020
News

Road Work

borrowing habits have unlocked more affordable loans and created increased transparency around (and investment in) a loan market the firm estimates at between $15 billion and $20 billion. As the coronavirus pandemic enters its third quarter, a View Details

Keywords: banking; LatinX; small businesses; COVID-19; Finance

01 Dec 2008
News

…and by Comparison

interesting snapshot of a different era. For example, of the class’s 2,173 applicants, 36 percent were admitted; 70 percent were either veterans or on active duty and sent by the military. There were no women and few minorities. In a View Details

Keywords: National Security and International Affairs; Government

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Value Line | Baker Library

Investment Survey Archive covering about 1,800 large-cap companies and 1,700 small and mid-cap companies. Archive coverage begins with September 7, 1997. Get Access HBS Faculty, Students, and Staff Remote access available HBS Executive... View Details

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Hospitals: statistics (US)

Where can I find statistics of US hospitals? You may begin with: American Hospital Association Survey Databases ( see also View Details

02 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Managing the Open Source vs. Proprietary Decision

software, approach the received wisdom with caution. Our survey of firms regarding the costs of different types of software suggests that some of the commonly accepted patterns about the differences in costs and benefits between these two... View Details

Keywords: by Josh Lerner & Mark Schankerman; Technology

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Marketing - HBS Online

a global professional network, including the HBS Online Connext conference, HBS faculty events, and HBS Online Community Yes No *Considered more impactful than other online programs (From a 2023 survey of participants across all HBS... View Details

22 Aug 2012
Working Paper Summaries

A Randomized Field Study of a Leadership WalkRounds™-Based Intervention

departments, intensive care units, and medical/surgical units. We collected survey data from nurses in those work areas. Measures: To measure the program's impact, we collected pre and post survey data on... View Details

Keywords: by Anita L. Tucker & Sara J. Singer; Health

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Associations

Encyclopedia of Associations Descriptions of approximately 120,000 international and U.S. membership organizations in all fields. Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage Look at the section within each industry survey titled "Industry... View Details

27 Aug 2013
First Look

First Look: August 27

of Public Economics What Makes Annuitization More Appealing?" By: Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian, and Stephen P. Zeldes Abstract—We conduct and analyze two large surveys of hypothetical... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 May 2011
Research & Ideas

How ‘Political Voice’ Empowers the Powerless

victims were willing to come forward to report crimes, or because the police were more likely to give them a sympathetic hearing because of the increase in women's political representation. Because there are very few victimization surveys... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

01 Mar 2012
News

Cracks in the Foundation

I couldn't help but feel a sense of gloom as I read the results of the recent HBS alumni survey on US competitiveness. It revealed that alumni overwhelmingly believe the United States is losing its competitive edge, particularly when... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Mintel Reports | Baker Library

In person access only Harvard Faculty, Students, and Staff Remote access available Visitors In person access only Additional Information Create a profile to download the consumer survey databook, add sections of reports to a presentation,... View Details

01 Mar 2018
News

Money (Actually) Can Buy Happiness

cleaning or cooking or doing your taxes? We ran survey studies with people living in the United States, Canada, Denmark, and the Netherlands, including millionaires as well as people who are less wealthy. And we found consistent evidence... View Details

Keywords: April White

13 Oct 2010
First Look

First Look: October 13, 2010

micro-determinants are not well understood. We test leading theories of low demand for financial services in emerging markets, combining novel survey evidence from Indonesia and India with a field experiment. We find a strong correlation... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Bibliography - Business Education For Women At Harvard University | Harvard Business School

Women at the Administrative Level of Organization. [Boston: Harvard University, Graduate School of Business Administration, Division of Research], 1952. Full text available. This report is based on a 1952 study by the Harvard Business School Division of Research View Details

March 1, 2022
Article

Widespread Use of National Academies Consensus Reports by the American Public

By: Diana Hicks, Matteo Zullo, Ameet Doshi and Omar Isaac Asensio

In seeking to understand how to protect the public information sphere from corruption, researchers understandably focus on dysfunction. However, parts of the public information ecosystem function very well, and understanding this as well will help in protecting and... View Details

Keywords: Reports; Surveys; AI and Machine Learning; Knowledge Dissemination; Knowledge Use and Leverage

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Digital Transformation - HBS Online

Connext conference, HBS faculty events, and HBS Online Community Yes No *Considered more impactful than other online programs (From a 2023 survey of participants across all HBS Online programs, conducted by City Square Associates). Better... View Details

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