science - Publications - Faculty & Research

26 Jan 2018
HBS Seminar

John Helveston, Boston University

The New Market Conundrum

Brand-new markets are like the wormholes of science fiction, where the usual rules of time and space do not apply. When a market has just been born, the forces of competition there are constantly in flux, it's unclear who your customers really are, and conventional... View Details

11 Jan 2011
First Look

First Look: Jan. 11

http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470634251.html Thinking Too Little to Thinking Too Much: A Continuum of Decision Making Authors:Dan Ariely and Michael I. Norton Publication:Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Mar 2024
News

Rooms with a View

Alexander Mirza (MBA 1997) has spent two decades in the hospitality industry, opening and growing major hotel brands, including Hilton, Starwood, and Caesars, with locations around the world. And with each new project, Mirza faced the same primary challenge. “It didn’t... View Details

Keywords: April White; photos by Christina Gandolfo; Hospitality

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Events - Business History

scholarship contributed to important works of legal and business history on the evolution of the corporate form, the influence of corporate actors on public regulation, and the importance of social science research on regulatory choices.... View Details

30 Apr 2020
Book

Fighting Climate Change Requires a New Capitalism

Rebecca Henderson spent her young adult years living two lives. At work, she preached the risks of resisting change to MBA students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, drawing on lessons she learned while watching factories close as a management consultant.... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Energy

25 Jul 2023
Blog Post

Malcolm McClain (MBA/MPP 2023) Named First RISE Career Fellow

credit, especially for people who may be traditionally left out of capital markets.” BrightUp blends technology and behavioral science to help under-supported people become more financially healthy, delivering services to the market as an... View Details

30 May 2024
News

How to Have Effective Conversations

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Charles Duhigg (MBA 2003) is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, a staff writer for The New Yorker, and author of the bestselling books The Power of... View Details

04 Feb 2019
Book

Green Businesses Are Incredibly Difficult to Make Profitable. Try It Anyway

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Green Technology; Energy

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Curriculum - Business & Environment

Government and the International Economy Pakistan at 75: When Will the "Nazuk Mor" End? Singapore: "From Third World to First" Thailand: Red Shirts, Yellow Shirts, and a Green Revolution Data Science for Managers Arla Foods: Decarbonizing... View Details

Research Summary

Overview

By: Iavor I. Bojinov

Over the last decade, technology companies like Amazon, Google, and Netflix have pioneered data-driven research and development processes centered on massive experimentation. However, as companies increase the breadth and scale of their experiments to millions of... View Details

22 Feb 2024
News

Combat-Tested Cancer Coaching

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. When Kathy Giusti (MBA 1985) was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 1996, she was overwhelmed. It was the pre-Internet era, with limited available information, but... View Details

27 May 2022
Blog Post

Q&A with the HBS Armed Forces Alumni Association, MBA Class of 2023

Southern California; Political Science Military experience: Aircraft Maintenance Officer, US Air Force Why did you decide to pursue an MBA? Instead of pursuing an MBA directly after my service, I decided to join an edtech startup in San... View Details

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Hiring International Students

(OPT). In addition, many international students opt into the Management Science track through course selection and demonstrate a commitment to STEM-focused careers. An added benefit for these F-1 international students is eligibility for... View Details

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Entrepreneurial Management Curriculum - Faculty & Research

2026 Q4 1.5 Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism (also listed under General Management and Business, Government & the International Economy) Geoffrey Jones Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Entrepreneurship in Life Sciences (also listed under General... View Details

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Sample Student Projects - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Cluster (2013) Germany Baden-Wuerttemberg Automobile Cluster (2015) Germany Wind Power Cluster (2010) Germany’s Photovoltaic Cluster (2009) Hamburg Aviation Cluster (2009) Biotechnology and Life Sciences in Munich (2007) Ghana Ghana Cocoa... View Details

April 1991
Article

America's Green Strategy

By: M. E. Porter

Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Strategy

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10 Feb 2021
Research & Ideas

Has #MeToo Changed How Hollywood Hires?

light in 2017 are substantially more likely than those without such prior ties to bring on female writers following the #MeToo movement, according to a forthcoming article in Management Science titled Scandal, Social Movement, and Change:... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Media & Broadcasting

02 Nov 2023
Blog Post

Getting a Peek Into the HBS Experience

current students to learn about the HBS community and student experience, and hear about MBA admissions and financial aid. Recently, we had the privilege of interviewing Greg Asare, a graduate with a major in Biological Sciences from the... View Details

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HBR Classics - Alumni

William Torbert Social Intelligence and the Biology of Leadership , Daniel Goleman and Richard Boyatzis Persuasive Presentations Harnessing the Science of Persuasion , Robert B. Cialdini HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations , by Nancy... View Details

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