Field Experiment - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 Feb 2012
First Look

First Look: Feb. 21

faculty and alums who have experience with corporate boards. It will provide a uniquely HBS perspective on the future of boards. Management Practices across Firms and Countries Authors:Nicholas Bloom, Christos Genakos, Raffaella Sadun,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Dec 2006
Research & Ideas

Improving Public Health for the Poor

low cost or a business providing goods or services that end or reduce respiratory ailments. Bringing together public healthcare and market forces "could have huge impact," says Chu. That feeling was underscored by Chu's own extensive View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Race Does Matter in Mentoring

and design assignments. The education facilitated his transition into management when he was finally promoted two years later. Once in middle management, Williams's career took off; he was charged with coordinating the engineering, manufacturing, and View Details

Keywords: by David A. Thomas

01 Sep 2009
First Look

First Look: September 1

experience yields improved performance. Experience, however, can take many forms. Building on recent studies on learning in operations, we distinguish between repetition of task (i.e., prior experience with... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Dec 2015
Research Event

How Do You Predict Demand and Set Prices For Products Never Sold Before?

the researchers then developed an efficient multi-product price optimization algorithm to concurrently recommend prices for all products on Rue La La’s site in a given day. Determining optimal pricing Then, in January 2014, they teamed up with Rue La La on a View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail; Apparel & Accessories

30 May 2007
Research & Ideas

Health Care Under a Research Microscope

regulated industry, so anyone who's interested in business and government would be a player. It has a social and ethical component to it. So this is fertile ground to study a lot of other phenomena." The School has assembled a talented set of practitioners and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health; Biotechnology

04 Feb 2022
Blog Post

Energy and Cleantech: Career Advice from the Career & Professional Development Office

about 80% of them today versus 50% in 2017. CPD has responded to this growing interest by adding career coaches with experience in energy, cleantech, mobility, and impact investing, and increasing the number of coaches who work in VC and... View Details

25 Jul 2016
Blog Post

Advice on Switching Careers While at HBS

It is a feeling that is familiar to many of us, the “career switchers”: beginning an MBA program with a keen interest in a different industry, yet not really sure where to start. I had worked in management consulting for three years before HBS, and while I loved my... View Details

11 Feb 2016
Blog Post

First Came Love, then Came Business School

the same days off and holidays! We have had the chance to go to some incredible places with the friends we have met here at HBS. We know how lucky we are to have the chance to travel together. We chose to go to different locations for View Details

25 Aug 2014
News

Gerald Chertavian, MBA 1992

Up stems from his experience as a volunteer in the Big Brother Big Sister program. After earning a degree in economics from Bowdoin College, Chertavian worked at Chemical Bank in New York City, where he volunteered as a mentor to... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Oct 2001
News

Looking for a Leader: The Role of Executive Search Firms

field research. Over a period of six years, he interviewed nearly forty board members of Fortune 500 companies who, together, had participated in more than a hundred CEO successions. Subsequently, he visited leading executive search... View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs; Telecommunications; Information

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

15 Apr 2022
Blog Post

How I Spent My HBS 2+2 Deferral: Kelly Ogiesoba

The HBS 2+2 program is a deferred admission process for current students in their final year of study, either in college or a full-time master’s degree program. If you are admitted through 2+2, you work for two to four years in a field of... View Details

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Career risks and professional growth: Finding a fulfilling career with Paige Arnof-Fenn (MBA 1991) - Recruiting

leaned into marketing, taking courses and building a resume that showcased my strengths. A summer internship in marketing at Procter & Gamble confirmed I was on the right path, and I’ve never looked back. Making a career leap wasn’t without its struggles. I had to... View Details

01 Sep 2016
News

Advancing the Vision for HBS

Volunteers The HBS Campaign is... Accelerating the School’s efforts to innovate in its educational programs “Experiential learning through courses like FIELD helps our students to be more effective, particularly in the early stages of... View Details

01 Oct 1997
News

Shaping the Way Business Does Business: HBR at 75

example," she continues. "It's where HBS professor Ted Levitt first outlined the principles that defined the field of marketing and where Mike Porter first identified the five competitive forces that shape strategy. It's also where key... View Details

23 Jun 2021
Blog Post

How I Sourced My Internship Outside of the US: Abena Nyantekyi-Owusu

drawn to business development and tech and felt a strong sense of direction. Speaking with alumni in the field reinforced and validated her interest, and sparked the idea of joining a startup for the summer given her background was... View Details

10 Aug 2015
News

A Talent Pipeline for Society’s Challenges

nonprofit sector, but decided to get business experience first,” she recalls. “When I was ready to make that jump, I found that I had a business background but I didn’t have a network, and nonprofits didn’t know what to do with me.” From... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

17 Dec 2024
News

Solving the Underemployment Crisis

that, field of study is the single-strongest predictor of whether someone would be in a college level job or not. The second-strongest predictor was whether or not someone completed at least one internship. And for those individuals that... View Details

08 Dec 2015
First Look

December 8, 2015

desire to signal to others. We present a field experiment where participants could choose to give up money if they did not follow through with an action. If their commitment choice was made public rather... View Details