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01 Sep 2008
News

The Business Environment in the 21st century

The business leaders surveyed for the colloquium suggested several ways in which business schools generally, and HBS in particular, could play a role. They included research and thought leadership on major challenges to capitalism;... View Details

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

14 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Few Women on Boards: Is There a Fix?

incorporates a focus on gender issues. His studies include a comprehensive global survey of board members, as well as a series of case studies that approach the issue of women on boards from an individual, an organizational, and a country... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Oct 2002
News

Making a Difference

Haacker: strategic planning in Alaska's Denali National Park. photo courtesy John Haacker Dimas: reaching a wider audience at Boston's Gardner Museum. photo courtesy Jennifer Dimas It's not often that an MBA student's research involves a helicopter drop-off to View Details

13 Dec 2011
News

Harvard Business School Launches US Competitiveness Project

leaders, scholars, and current and former senior government officials. The Project will include original research, new survey data, digital forum, regional events, and special issue of Harvard Business Review. "Our ambition at HBS is to... View Details

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

26 Aug 2008
First Look

First Look: August 26, 2008

Immigration: A Survey Authors:Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr Abstract This paper surveys recent empirical studies on the economic impacts of immigration. Particular emphasis is given to the experiences... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2013
News

A Conversation with Dean Nohria

benefit to doing more, as is evident from our recent experience with the School's US Competitiveness Project. In pondering how to better understand the prospects for American competitiveness, we realized that our alumni represent a unique resource. Indeed, their... View Details

03 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

Forget About Making College Affordable; Make it a Good Investment

rates is the highest priority in higher education. A bachelor’s degree may once have been a ticket to the middle class, but that is no longer a sure thing. Analyses by labor economists, as well as a survey commissioned by the Pew Research... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Fuller; Education

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Field Course: Business of the Arts (BOTA)

may not be freely available. Conference Board Reports on key issues in business management and economics. Includes the surveys "Business Contributions to the Arts" and "Giving in Numbers". SMU DataArts
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01 Mar 2015
News

Communicating the Language of Business Across Borders

interviews conducted in a variety of languages, more than 3,500 survey results, and thousands of pages of archival material, a project of this scope would have been nearly impossible without the international resources and infrastructure... View Details

01 Sep 2003
News

Joe Badaracco

HBS students who, Badaracco says, are better than ever: “The talent and energy in the classroom is just amazing.” This fall, many of the eager faces he surveys look younger than usual: Badaracco and his wife, Patricia O’Brien (DBA ’86),... View Details

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

15 Sep 2014
Research & Ideas

Are the Most Talented Employees the Highest Paid? Yes—If They’re Bankers

results of a salary survey conducted by the French Engineering and Scientist Council, a network of alumni organizations that includes 144 of the country's 240 engineering schools. Respondents shared their latest yearly salary, current... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking

18 Dec 2012
First Look

First Look: December 18

their propensity to make things themselves (Experiments 3A and 3B). Paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/mnorton/mochon norton ariely 2012.pdf Measuring Teamwork in Health Care Settings: A Review of Survey Instruments Authors:Valentine,... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Book publishing industry

'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Prior to BookScan, the only source for market data for some individual titles was Best Seller lists compiled by publications such as the New York Times that View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

2017 in Health Care: Telemedicine Has Arrived

help achieve better access to care and a lower cost of care. And employers are embracing telemedicine as a way to provide employees convenient health care at a lower cost for their companies. A survey conducted among large employers this... View Details

Keywords: Halle Tecco (MBA 2011), founder emeritus, Rock Health; angel investor; adjunct professor, Columbia Business School

01 Jun 2002
News

In VMI Partnerships, the Devil is in the Data

conditions under which such systems were or were not beneficial to the manufacturer.” Interviewing leading VMI-experienced manufacturers and retailers, Kulp identified information transfer as a potential trouble spot. Her insights were supported by View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA 1988)

18 May 2010
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First Look: May 18

executives at a major multinational corporation, and with participants in an open-enrollment program at a major business school. Student course feedback and a follow-up survey administered about one year after the course suggest that the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

2008
Working Paper

Concentration Levels in the U.S. Advertising and Marketing Services Industry: Myth vs. Reality

By: Alvin J. Silk and Charles King III

This paper analyzes changes in concentration levels in the U.S. Advertising and Marketing Services (A&MS) industry using publicly released data that have been largely ignored in past discussions of the industrial organization of this industry, namely those available... View Details

Keywords: Advertising; Mergers and Acquisitions; Revenue; Analytics and Data Science; Surveys; Marketing; Measurement and Metrics; Rank and Position; Competition; Advertising Industry; Service Industry; United States

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Research Resources | Baker Library

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 surveying the demand for women... View Details

24 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 24

theoretical framework contribute to our understanding of the nature of expert influence and how and why functional groups, such as risk managers, can become influential. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-068.pdf Measuring Teamwork in Health Care... View Details