Filter Results:
(2,009)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(2,009)
- People (22)
- News (582)
- Research (869)
- Events (24)
- Multimedia (17)
- Faculty Publications (419)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(2,009)
- People (22)
- News (582)
- Research (869)
- Events (24)
- Multimedia (17)
- Faculty Publications (419)
- 02 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019
account, we present six studies, conducted in the field and in the lab. A pre-registered field experiment indicated that diners were 21.1% more likely to buy a bowl of chicken... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
American Dream
American vacation, Wall Drug was already a kind of Wild West theme park. “My dad built an experience for people to take away with them,” Hustead says. “It involves education, entertainment, aesthetics, and escapism — you can’t fake it.”... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Leveraging Female Talent
experience gave me more of an emotional connection. I told my wife that I couldn't remember anything that bothered or interested me as much. But I had no skills as a gender scholar. She said, "Well, maybe you should take a look at this... View Details
- 24 Sep 2015
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
Why We Recruit is a series of interviews with our recruiting partners covering everything from their experience working with HBS to what they would like students to know. Each week, we will release a new interview that dives into a unique... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- Profile
Paul Lenehan
of cold calls." Tribes and technology For his EC year, Paul would like to pursue a field study "in a 'tribe' with a similar passion for emerging media. In particular, I'd like to look at online video and see how traditional... View Details
- Profile
Jessica Kramer
The Entrepreneurial Manager,” she says. “It’s very practical – we get face time with real entrepreneurs who talk about the million problems we’ll have to resolve.” Applying the business “code” For her FIELD 3 entrepreneurial assignment,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Charting the Year Ahead
Committee in Washington, chaired by Charles Rossotti (MBA 1964) and coordinated by Julie Wolinsky (MBA 1998). Congratulations to Senior Associate Dean Mal Salter (now retired!), who served as faculty chair; to the many faculty members who took the HBS View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Making a Difference
Three stories in this issue will introduce you to remarkable individuals who work in strikingly different fields but who share a common passion — the pursuit of ideas that are changing the way others think and act. Gayle Lemmon (MBA ’06),... View Details
- 15 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
Valuing an MBA: Beyond Dollars and “Sense"
perspectives. The result is that the MBA prepares students for roles that rely on contribution through interdependence rather than through independence. At HBS, there’s a mentality that some skills can be taught, but others can only be learned. View Details
- Student-Profile
Anil Doshi
economists, operations management scholars, organizational theorists, and others studying topics ranging from open innovation to information technology to product innovation. I have borrowed freely from these many perspectives to develop my own research. The HBS View Details
- 07 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 7
with those who allocate resources might affect innovation outcomes and the matching of resources to individuals within a distributed organization. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52163 Can CEO Activism Spark Sustainability Transitions?... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 7
that will deliver corporate performance. Finally, I conclude that the field will ultimately require a framework that puts firms at its center. Benefiting from Location: Knowledge Retrieval Authors:Juan Alcácer and Wilbur Chung... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
way. Publisher's link: http://www.amacombooks.org/book.cfm?isbn=9780814434093 Forthcoming Journal of Public Economics No Margin, No Mission? A Field Experiment on Incentives for Public Services Delivery. By:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 03 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 3
well) to the thoughtful adoption of social media technology. And they offer guidance on how to balance the benefits of open-ended talk with the realities of strategic execution. Drawing on the experience of leaders at diverse companies... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 14, 2007
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-005.pdf Can Higher Prices Stimulate Product Use? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Zambia Authors:Nava Ashraf, James Berry, and Jesse M. Shapiro Abstract The controversy... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
The Spiritual Lives of Leaders - Course Catalog
drawn from across participating Harvard schools. Participate in several optional field trips on selected weekends or evenings across the semester; planned destinations include the Arnold Arboretum, the Harvard Art Museum, the Harvard... View Details
- 08 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 8, 2008
hyperbolic discounting and shows in the field that the impact of intrapersonal conflict can be large in magnitude. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-099.pdf How Is Foreign Aid Spent? Evidence from a Natural View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Dean Clark Reflects on the School’s Key Initiatives
key areas of work that reflect our commitment to improving the way we carry out our mission. MBA Admissions We continue to seek outstanding students from a wide range of backgrounds whose experience will enrich our classrooms. We... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Leadership: Getting Down to Fundamentals
approached in a fragmentary manner. It might be considered from a decision-analysis perspective, or a more sociological approach, or around the question of leading a small team. So even though it’s part of many schools’ missions, it’s not a View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 31 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 31
literacy may slow adoption of these products. This article reports on a field experiment that offered an innovative new financial product, rainfall insurance, to 600 small-scale farmers in India. A... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel