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- 26 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Field Researchers Share Tricks of the Trade
study participant. "There's a [perception] that there's a tradeoff between serving the needs of the organizations and doing rigorous research," Beshears said. "But the organization you're working with... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
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Laura Mackay
Why was earning your MBA at Harvard Business School important to you? I had gotten to a point in my professional career where I was in leadership positions, yet did not have the capabilities I needed to be an effective leader. Having taken a View Details
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Annora Wang
was filled with second year students who had made career switches, like I wanted to make, and could speak about their experiences as interns in media entertainment companies. It was very easy to get helpful advice. Why do you think your... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media
- 09 Sep 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching Climate Change to Skeptics
A few years ago, Joseph B. Lassiter traveled to San Francisco, Houston, and New York to hold discussions with Harvard alumni on the topic of business and the environment. Each time, he surveyed the audience about the touchy subject of climate change and how society... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 11 Sep 2015
- Blog Post
What is the JD/MBA Program at HBS?
school, both because it appealed to my intellectual passions and would provide rigorous critical thinking training. However, after spending one year as a teacher in an LA public school, I realized that... View Details
- 03 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
HBS Pilots First Impact Investing Fund
advisors Emily McComb and Henry McGee—quickly began a rigorous diligence process. This process included elements such as interviews with the owner, discussion with other local bodega owners, research on the... View Details
- 31 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
With Predictive Analytics, Companies Can Tap the Ultimate Opportunity: Customers’ Routines
If knowing what customers need is marketing gold, pinpointing exactly when they need it may just be platinum. Services that become part of a customer’s routine may deliver advantages beyond repeat business for a company, Harvard Business School Associate Professor Eva... View Details
- 06 Aug 2014
- Research & Ideas
Climbing Down from the Ivory Tower
unfamiliar with standard research rules. It took nearly four years to design the health care worker recruitment experiment, Ashraf notes. "It's challenging to balance the rigor of science and objectivity... View Details
- 08 May 2018
- Blog Post
Meet the Entrepreneurship Club
We partner with a wide variety of organizations to connect our founders with mentors and “joiners” with start-ups around the world. Please email club presidents, Sara Choi and Alexander Vidiborskiy to:... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- 13 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 13
Different Stakeholders? Authors:Michael Pirson and Deepak Malhotra Publication:Organization Science 22, no. 4 (2011) Abstract Prior research on organizational trust has not rigorously examined the context... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Apr 2018
- Blog Post
Policy, Practice, Leadership & Impact: Making a Difference with the HBS/HKS Joint Degree
About the MBA/MPA-ID Harvard Kennedy School’s Master in Public Administration in International Development (MPA-ID) is designed to prepare the next generation of leaders in international development. It is an economics-centered, multidisciplinary program combining... View Details
- 16 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
How Companies Managed Risk (and Even Benefitted) in World War Internment Camps
The resourcefulness with which companies dealt with these staffing challenges could be an area of deeper research, Giacomin says, and has ongoing relevance in today’s tight labor market. The internment... View Details
- 03 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 3, 2015
queues. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50023 Evaluating Firm-Level Expected-Return Proxies By: Lee, Charles M.C., Eric C. So, and Charles C.Y. Wang Abstract—We develop View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Let Customers Call the Shots
information, and even price. Consumers can shape the marketing interaction, making it more relevant for themselves, and this should lead to greater involvement View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 27 Jun 2017
- Blog Post
Why I Would Have Applied to the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program
comes from more than creating elegant solutions to problems. Your work is most satisfying when it's in the hands of real users who are benefitting from it - and ideally paying you for it! I think I understood this in the abstract at my... View Details
- 04 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is Your Org Chart Stuck in a Rut? Try a Scientific Experiment
not pursued.” To be clear, the o-Lab is not out to question the value of business consultants or CEOs. Rather, it aims to illustrate the value of the tools of business research. “If we, the HBS faculty, are going to claim that we have theories about organizations that... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 17 Jan 2007
- Op-Ed
Learning from Private-Equity Boards
oversee the ongoing business. Private-equity directors typically spend more time with their companies after the buyout than many of their public company counterparts. Private-equity boards are typically small working groups composed of individuals with View Details
- 05 Jan 2017
- Blog Post
Crossing the River: The HBS/HKS Joint Degree Program
rigor it deserved. The more time I spent in the social sector, the more I recognized that robust applications of strategy, financial analysis, and enterprise management were underrepresented in the field. ... View Details
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Patrick Chun
by another two with Francisco Partners, a private-equity firm focused exclusively on technology. "It was four years of rigorous advisory and deal work, without a second to spare," says Patrick,... View Details
- 24 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 24
PublicationsHigher Risk, Lower Returns: What Hedge Fund Investors Really Earn Authors:Ilia Dichev and Gwen Yu Publication:Journal of Financial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract The returns of hedge fund investors depend not only on the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne