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- 23 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
Jo Tan (MBA 2021) Draws on Experience
her followers can see on Instagram, colorful illustrations of watermelon, bananas, puppies, baked goods, and HBS architecture liven up the grey-ish wall next to her bed—she says the little everyday things from her life often inspire her... View Details
- 15 May 2020
- Blog Post
Words from an HBS Partner: Reflections on the Partner Experience
partner’s future. As thankful as I was for this incredible opportunity, I couldn’t help but feel a sense of heaviness as I felt I was putting my life on hold for the next two years. How wrong I had it. These two years have been an... View Details
- 19 Jan 2023
Life at HBS Chat in Ireland
Hosted by current and former Harvard Business School students from Ireland and the HBS Club of Ireland, this event is an opportunity for prospective students to learn more about HBS and the MBA. Students and alumni will talk through their own View Details
- 04 May 2022
Life at HBS Chat: Sweden (Virtual)
Join for a unique opportunity to learn more about the application process, the MBA experience and life at HBS directly from HBS alumni. HBS Club of Sweden will host an in-person event (also possible to join... View Details
- September 2021
- Article
Income More Reliably Predicts Frequent Than Intense Happiness
By: Jon M. Jachimowicz, Ruo Mo, Adam Eric Greenberg, Bertus Jeronimus and Ashley V. Whillans
There is widespread consensus that income and subjective well-being are linked, but when and why they are connected is subject to ongoing debate. We draw on prior research that distinguishes between the frequency and intensity of happiness to suggest that higher income... View Details
Jachimowicz, Jon M., Ruo Mo, Adam Eric Greenberg, Bertus Jeronimus, and Ashley V. Whillans. "Income More Reliably Predicts Frequent Than Intense Happiness." Social Psychological & Personality Science 12, no. 7 (September 2021): 1294–1306.
- January 2017
- Article
The Dark Side of Going Abroad: How Broad Foreign Experiences Increase Immoral Behavior
By: Jackson G. Lu, Jordi Quoidbach, F. Gino, Alek Chakroff, William W. Maddux and Adam D. Galinsky
Due to the unprecedented pace of globalization, foreign experiences are increasingly common and valued. Past research has focused on the benefits of foreign experiences, including enhanced creativity and reduced intergroup bias. In contrast, the present work uncovers a... View Details
Lu, Jackson G., Jordi Quoidbach, F. Gino, Alek Chakroff, William W. Maddux, and Adam D. Galinsky. "The Dark Side of Going Abroad: How Broad Foreign Experiences Increase Immoral Behavior." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 112, no. 1 (January 2017): 1–16.
- 24 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
My Classroom Experience During Harvard Business School’s Summer Venture in Management Program
discussion groups; and trading stories of life experiences and sidesplitting tales of professional gaffes in the HBS courtyard. Whatever awaited me at Harvard Business School, I thought, would be... View Details
- 17 Nov 2018
Life At HBS Chat - Pittsburgh
Join an information session about the Harvard MBA Program. This informal event will be hosted by a student at Harvard Business School. Topics to be covered include the academic experience and HBS community. Check-in for the event will... View Details
- 20 Apr 2016
- News
The Remarkable Life of Coventry's Patrick Lister
- March 13, 2023
- Article
Sales Teams Need to Stop Focusing on the Customer Funnel
By: Frank V. Cespedes
Understanding where customers are, how they navigate streams in your market, and how to interact with them in a given stream is now central to crafting a good customer experience, and that has implications. Among other things, companies need to shift from thinking... View Details
Keywords: Customer Experience; Customer Value and Value Chain; Customer Relationship Management; Consumer Behavior
Cespedes, Frank V. "Sales Teams Need to Stop Focusing on the Customer Funnel." Harvard Business Review (website) (March 13, 2023).
- 01 Nov 2023
Diverse Student Voices Series: The Black & Latino Experience
Join us for a 20-minute chat with a current student and get a peek into their daily life at HBS. On this episode, we’re talking with Alliyah Gary, MBA 2024 and AASU Admissions Representative. This virtual event is open to all prospective... View Details
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Fostering Innovation in Life Sciences - Health Care
to additional field-based experience in innovating new health care ventures on topics chosen by the students or from those made available by the faculty. For Students & Alumni Blavatnik Fellowship in Life... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Willoughby G. Walling II: A Learning Experience
more than anything else, I think I've done just about all of them." Walling's interest in educational reform runs deep, and when you ask him about his experiences on the front lines of the battle for better schools, he doesn't hide his... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 18 Dec 2023
Diverse Student Voices: The First-Gen Experience at HBS
Join us for a 20-minute chat with a current student and get a peek into their daily life at HBS. On this episode, we’re talking with Dennis Cha, MS/MBA 2024. This virtual event is open to all prospective students. View Details
- 17 Nov 2020
Life at HBS Chat with MBA Students
Life At HBS Chats are a unique opportunity to hear straight from current HBS students regarding their MBA experience. These current students will share their backgrounds and experiences and talk about how... View Details
- 16 Apr 2019
- Blog Post
How Being an Introvert Influenced My Business School Experience
Bismah Rahmat is a second-year student at HBS (Class of 2019). Here, Bismah shares her experience of how being an introvert specifically impacted her experience at the school as well as her summer internship... View Details
- 27 Aug 2024
Life at HBS Chat with Current Students
Life at HBS Chats are a unique opportunity to hear straight from current HBS students regarding their MBA experience. These current students will share their backgrounds and experiences and answer all of... View Details
- 04 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
How a Juicy Brand Came Back to Life
prudent temperaments while others flourish in the hands of risk takers. Brands thrive when there's a close fit between process and corporate temperament. This explanation, I believe, will provide the framework for understanding Triarc's and Quaker's contrasting View Details
- 25 Apr 2023
Life at HBS Chat in Stockholm (In-Person)
Join for a unique opportunity to learn more about the application process, the MBA experience and life at HBS directly from HBS alumni. HBS Club of Sweden will host an in-person event (also possible to join... View Details
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Understanding the Advice of Commissions-Motivated Agents: Evidence from the Indian Life Insurance Market
By: Santosh Anagol, Shawn Cole and Shayak Sarkar
We conduct a series of field experiments to evaluate the quality of advice provided by life insurance agents in India. Agents overwhelmingly recommend unsuitable, strictly dominated products, which provide high commissions to the agent. Agents cater to the beliefs of... View Details
Keywords: Advice; Customers; Insurance; Service Operations; Motivation and Incentives; Ethics; India
Anagol, Santosh, Shawn Cole, and Shayak Sarkar. "Understanding the Advice of Commissions-Motivated Agents: Evidence from the Indian Life Insurance Market." Review of Economics and Statistics 99, no. 1 (March 2017).