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- 25 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
Hikma Health + HBS MBAs Crowdsource Largest County-Level COVID-19 Dataset
shelter-in-place policies and public testing centers, are the most effective and initially only option to limit the spread of coronavirus. To fill this need, MBA students teamed up with Hikma Health on a purely volunteer basis to collect... View Details
- 12 Aug 2002
- Op-Ed
Using Big Business to Fight Poverty
amount of talk about free markets or balanced budgets will make a difference. The solution is an entirely new engine of change: a World Development Corporation (WDC). This entity could be chartered by the United Nations and established as a joint venture by a select... View Details
Keywords: by George C. Lodge
- 08 Oct 2021
- Research & Ideas
How Newspaper Closures Open the Door to Corporate Crime
pay the penalty to regulators without it affecting your reputation.” The paper, When the Local Newspaper Leaves Town: The Effects of Local Newspaper Closures on Corporate Misconduct, confirms that the press serves as a watchdog and keeps... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 16 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 16
Abstract This paper documents that ventures that are funded by two successful angel groups experience superior outcomes to rejected ventures: they have improved survival, exits, employment, patenting, web traffic, and financing. We use... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Raymond Hwang
while I’ve probably been a little more business-minded than the average doctor, it was actually my time at HBS that helped me realize an interest in entrepreneurship. But in general, the MBA helps me be a more effective professional; many... View Details
- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Is There Help for the Big Ticket Buyer?
important buying episodes. JCR has had a significant effect on the teaching and research directions of marketing departments and on the marketing strategies of major consumer product firms. My vision of consumer research is that it should... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Building a Movement
appointment with Harvard’s Kennedy School, where she founded the Social Innovation and Change Initiative. Here, they look back at the growing legacy of the SEI and the work still ahead. What are some of the effects from the first 25 years... View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 15, 2016
neglect the unit managers’ knowledge about which individuals would best match local conditions. We use difference-in-differences analyses to examine the effects of a switch from decentralized hiring to centralized hiring at our research... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Oct 2015
- Blog Post
4 Takeaways from HBS
I never expected the school to care so much about my values. For example, in Leadership & Organizational Behavior (LEAD), a first year Required Curriculum course on how managers become effective leaders, we spent a class discussing... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Floor It
the experience of businesses including Keurig, Peloton, and Rent the Runway to develop more effective strategies to engage and educate patients about precision medicine, the need for genetic testing, and the importance of sharing that... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Mengxin Li
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Book Review: The Old West
civil rights group protesting segregation in the Chicago schools. A Decisive Decade: An Insider's View of the Chicago Civil Rights Movement during the 1960s, by Robert B. McKersie (MBA 1956/DBA 1959) "If there's no wind, row. Essentially,... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Roger Ullman: Going Green with E2
Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2), a nonprofit group of businesspeople who believe that sound environmental policy and economic progress are not mutually exclusive. With about four hundred members nationwide, E2 works directly with the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Teaching Teachers
experience. “When I lead a discussion group now, I continue to respect the students' pace and interests, but I push them to decisions,” she comments. “I support them, but I'm not afraid to ask some hard questions and tell my students that... View Details
- 08 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 8
management friendly provisions, we identify the economic determinants of the resulting trade-offs for shareholder value. Consistent with the theory, our empirical analysis shows that provisions that allow managers to delay takeovers have a significant bargaining View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Online Entrepreneurial Marketing Course | HBS Online
Establish a customer selection strategy, including buyer personas and journeys Devise strategies for engaging and influencing the stakeholders making purchasing decisions Understand the importance of brand-building and the key components of an View Details
- 24 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 24, 2009
effects of v4 scarcity, while obtaining price discovery and allocative efficiency benefits of market transactions. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-091.pdf Why Do Countries Adopt International Financial Reporting... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Four Ways to Make The Most of Your Company Events - Recruiting
option to facilitate events 1:1 or in a small group in person or virtually, or in a large classroom setting. Here are four ways to effectively engage with students during your events this year. Post... View Details
- 26 May 2016
- News
Thomas J. Tierney, MBA 1980
Company, Consultant 1983 Named Partner, Bain & Company 1987 Named Managing Partner of San Francisco office, Bain & Company 1992 Named President, Bain & Company 1993 Named Worldwide Managing Director, Bain & Company 1999 Cofounds The Bridgespan View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 1
varied experience) and learning by groups finds inconsistent results. We hypothesize that repetition of interaction may help explain this difference, as familiar teams may be able to use the knowledge gained from the concurrent completion... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Oct 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: In Tackling #MeToo, Don’t Ignore Micro-Insults That Harm Women’s Careers
effect on productivity and innovation. As I showed in my book Confidence, organizations on “winning streaks” thrive on a culture of respect, which underlies speed and innovation, while “losing streaks” are full of secret anger, shunning... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter