Observation - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2011
What Do You Think?

Thinking Slow: An Argument for Bureaucracy?

make them wiser. An observer of policy based on behavioral economics might well conclude that an assumption of irrationality may be valid, but irrational behavior is hard to predict. Why, for example, do people (even experts and managers... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

06 Sep 2004
What Do You Think?

How Do We Prepare for a World Without Cheap Oil?

Summing Up Is the end of cheap oil a challenge to the world? Yes. Will it affect our standard of living adversely? Not likely. At least that is the verdict of most of the large number of respondents to this month's column who rely on assumed human ingenuity combined... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

21 Sep 2015
News

Funding Progress Back Home

“Harvard gives you powerful tools for getting things done in the world,” observes Eric-Vincent Guichard (MBA 1990). “Over time, you more fully appreciate the responsibility that goes with that education.” Guichard, who grew up in rural... View Details

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THE VALUE OF THE PHYSICIAN SHADOW PROGRAM: Witnessing The Front Lines of Care Delivery - Blog: Health Supplement

hospitals, the HCI has forged relationships with many physicians who volunteer for the program. Participating students report having the opportunity to observe doctors’ intakes with patients, ER rounds and surgical procedures, as well as... View Details

14 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Web Surfers Have a Schedule and Stick to It

they will carve out more time for shopping and for sniffing out the best bargains. "What we observe suggests that households have fixed amounts of time to give to sites..." “Taken together,” the researchers conclude in their... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail; Web Services

24 Feb 2015
First Look

First Look: February 24

fieldwork observation and interviews with representatives from a diverse set of organizations in China and the Netherlands. Analyses focus on the impact of cultural differences on five project management processes: (1) project planning,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2009
News

Insights from the Post-Macho Workplace

night shift took over my bunk while I was observing and interviewing the day shift. The food was great, and most of the time I arrived and departed by helicopter.” Looking back on the project, she rates it “the best field research... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining

Profile

Mengwen Zhao

you form effective relationships with auditors? HBS gives us the big picture for managing our career paths." She recalls an observation from a HBS career coach. "He said that the purpose of this school is not to teach you skills... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; CPG; Healthcare/Biotech

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1.12 Clearance for Return | MBA

circumstances the student may continue in or return to residence or enrollment. HBS also may independently decide that, based on its observations or other information it has about a student, it should initiate the process of consultation... View Details

15 Sep 2020
News

Lifting Fallen Families

get to see it firsthand. Kim thinks of Jervon Lemon, a scholarship administrator on his team. After her father, Sergeant Jerome Lemon, was killed in Iraq in 2004, Children of Fallen Patriots stepped in to help fund her college education. Today, she speaks to the kids... View Details

01 Jun 2001
News

But It's All Right Now (In Fact, It's a Gas)

to New England. Industry observers thought his proposal for an LNG plant there, small by industry standards, was “totally harebrained,” Shearer recalled, but Trinidadian officials liked it. Three years of contentious negotiations with... View Details

Keywords: Natural Gas Distribution; Utilities

17 Apr 2014
News

Support for the Global Century

exceptional international relationships and execution capabilities,” observes the head of Greenhill & Co., Inc. “I believe strongly that the business world needs leaders who have a true global perspective and the ability to strategize and... View Details

01 Jun 1997
News

New Releases

may still lose market dominance. Drawing on observations from a variety of industries, HBS associate professor Clayton Christensen argues that otherwise sound business practices - such as concentrating investments and technology on the... View Details

01 Dec 2005
News

What’s Next for You?

to sustain.” Once that internal motivation is identified, the transition to a new role — whether in the corporate world or in areas such as academia, government service, or the nonprofit sector — can still be tricky. “As an MBA, you have an incredibly rich skill set,”... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

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Inessa Lurye

medical professionals listen and observe more deeply.” This approach reflects “human-centered design” and aims to direct design away from “one size fits all” product models and toward “creating experiences around the specific needs of... View Details

01 Jun 2002
News

New Fellowship Program Encourages Young MBAs to Work for Nonprofits

Program, begun twenty years ago, and the Initiative on Social Enterprise (ISE), established in 1993, the new service leadership program represents a further expansion of HBS's interest in the management and leadership of social-sector entities. View Details

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

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How to Onboard Recently Graduated MBAs - Recruiting

organizations.” Brennan would know. In addition to coaching HBS students, she is the Executive Director of Career Exploration and Development at Bowdoin College, and a former talent acquisition and management professional. Through her View Details

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Tomasz Cienkowski | MBA

opportunity to learn how to accelerate commercialization of science. Tech areas of interest: Biotechnology, Aesthetic Medicine, Medical Diagnostics Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business: During my research internship here in Boston, I read... View Details

08 Dec 2015
First Look

December 8, 2015

and two laboratory experiments in food service settings suggest that transparency that 1) allows customers to observe operational processes (process transparency) and 2) allows employees to observe customers... View Details