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What You Can Support - Alumni

Giving What You Can Support Giving What You Can Support Creating Value How will you make an impact? All alumni are encouraged to sustain the School’s excellence by giving annually to the HBS Fund. Donors who wish to target their giving to... View Details

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Outdoor Spaces | About

designed to encourage continued learning outside of the classroom, promote collaboration, and build a sense of community. The firm of Frederick Law Olmsted, designer of New York’s Central Park and Boston’s “Emerald Necklace” system of... View Details

20 Nov 2019
Research & Ideas

It's No Joke: AI Beats Humans at Making You Laugh

understood,” the authors write. What companies can do With that in mind, companies should consider ways to encourage consumers to appreciate AI-based recommendations from algorithms. One idea: Give the computer some “human-like... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

11 May 2016
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Fix This! Why is it so Painful to Buy a New Car?

dealership can be effective tools, although sales staffs also know the walk-away tactic and sometimes even encourage it to put a deal in play. Experts also suggest buyers hunt down dealerships that are moving away from sales commissions... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Auto

28 Feb 2022
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Making an Impact on the Media Industry with my MBA

considering applying to HBS? One of the things that makes HBS so incredible is that it is a place that celebrates diversity of thought and experience both in and out of the classroom. I would encourage anyone who has a media background... View Details

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Strategy for Health Care Delivery - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

facilitate your growth. Your learning will take place on your own, in your living group, and in the larger classroom, driven by the renowned HBS case method . Admissions Criteria and Process: We admit candidates to specific sessions on a rolling, space-available basis,... View Details

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Value Measurement for Health Care - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

renowned HBS case method . Admissions Criteria and Process: We admit candidates to specific sessions on a rolling, space-available basis, and encourage you to apply as early as possible. Although most programs have no formal educational... View Details

06 Jan 2020
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Motivate Your High Performers to Share Their Knowledge

compared notes on how they could improve. Stanton speculates that the bonus offer encouraged people to work harder during the promotion period, and then effort fell sharply when it ended. Talk is cheap—and more effective Taken as a whole,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

06 Jan 2014
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Technology Re-Emergence: Creating New Value for Old Innovations

re-emergence has to take place not only at the industry level and the organizational level, but right on the factory floors." Raffaelli describes the watch collectors and the old employee as institutional guardians, who encourage... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Apparel & Accessories; Technology; Consumer Products

28 Apr 2015
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3 Reasons Engineers Thrive at Business School

frustrations to my mentors, they encouraged me to go to business school. If I could couple my engineering skills to newly discovered business skills, I could meet 100% of my goal and bring great science to patients in need. I am now able... View Details

11 May 2022
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MoMBAs: The Inspiring Student Mothers of HBS

being a mom at HBS? Nothing beats the hugs from my kids when I get home. HBS is amazing but real life happens in my home, eating dinner and laughing with my babies. What advice do you have for prospective student moms? Pregnancy showed me the flexible side of HBS and... View Details

25 Jan 2017
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How Should Advertisers Respond to Consumer Demand for Whiter Skin?

speak.” For others in the course, however, it mattered how cosmetic firms were actually encouraging the demand, Deshpandé says. “If it’s through making consumers feel concerned about themselves, about their bodies and skin color, (they... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Beauty & Cosmetics

21 May 2015
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3 Ways to Fund Your HBS MBA

co-signer. If you do not have a US co-signer, Harvard University Employees Credit Union (HUECU) provides private educational loans. There may also be other private educational loans available to you, and you are encouraged to investigate... View Details

08 Sep 2015
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Knowledge Transfer: You Can't Learn Surgery By Watching

participating in them can go a long way toward normalizing the kind of office culture that encourages employee interaction, says Myers. Managers can take it to the next level by including a regular time for coactive vicarious learning... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

22 Feb 2022
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Lack of Female Scientists Means Fewer Medical Treatments for Women

encourage men to study women’s health, helping them understand and empathize with the experience of women. “That may then help them see opportunities to invent or become more comfortable supporting these sorts of ideas,” he says. [Image:... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

30 Jan 2013
Working Paper Summaries

These Are the Good Old Days: Foreign Entry and the Mexican Banking System

Keywords: by Stephen Haber & Aldo Musacchio; Banking

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Corporate Honesty and Business Education: A Behavioral Model

By: Rakesh Khurana and Herbert Gintis

Since the mid-1970s neoclassical economic theory has dominated business school thinking and teaching in dealing with the nature of human motivation. However valuable in understanding competitive product and financial markets, neoclassical economic theory employs an... View Details

Keywords: Business Education; Ethics; Managerial Roles; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Culture; Business and Shareholder Relations; Mathematical Methods; Behavior

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Global Activities 2020

Fellowship (GO: Africa), are working to encourage and scale businesses on the continent from their base in Ghana. Asia Pacific HBS Engagement Across the Region The Harvard Shanghai Center and HBS Asia-Pacific Research Center in Hong Kong... View Details

25 Apr 2011
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What CEOs Do, and How They Can Do it Better

should for the moment be interpreted as suggestive correlations rather than firm causality statements. Even so, encouraged by the results of the initial study, the group is planning to continue along this line of research by expanding the... View Details