Elections - Publications - Faculty & Research

27 Feb 2012
Research & Ideas

When Researchers Cheat (Just a Little)

study's dependent measures, can be fairly innocuous. For instance, because it can be expensive to gather a representative sample from the American population, a researcher might elect to conduct one large-scale survey that includes three... View Details

Keywords: by Katie Johnston; Education

28 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Making the Switch from Finance to Fitness

doubt that it was where I wanted to be. Thankfully, I was accepted—and I can say with certainty, it was one of the best decisions I ever made. Life at HBS Now as a second-year, Elective Curriculum (EC) student at HBS, I can honestly say... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports

11 Jan 2019
Blog Post

The ABCs of Recruiting at HBS

HBS runs a Dedicated Interview Period for internship hiring. This week students do not have class and can dedicate time to interviewing. Over 100 companies come to Boston to conduct these interviews held at the DoubleTree Hotel. E – EC. EC stands for View Details

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Virtual Campus Tour | MBA

bring the case method alive—there are passionate debates, lots of laughs, and an energy that is unparalleled. Each section of approximately 90 students will spend their entire first year together in a single classroom. Hawes Hall Classrooms primarily used for... View Details

01 Jun 2012
News

Pitfalls, Trade-Offs, Dreaming Big

teaches the popular MBA elective Founders’ Dilemmas. In 2011, the course was named one of the top entrepreneurship courses in the United States by Inc. magazine. What’s a common instance of ill-advised behavior by entrepreneurs? Splitting... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Sep 2014
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2014

thought experiments designed in his executive MBA classes, he challenges readers to explore their cognitive blind spots, identify any salient details they are programmed to miss, and then take steps to ensure it won’t happen again. Democracy and Its View Details

Keywords: faculty research; Alumni Research

01 Sep 2010
News

Dare to be Different

MOON: “Differentiation is not a formula. Rather, it’s a way of thinking.” Professor Youngme Moon, who teaches one of HBS’s most popular electives (Consumer Marketing), has recently published her first book. In Different: Escaping the... View Details

Keywords: Jeff Cruikshank;Youngme Moon; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services

12 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 12, 2006

806-148 Describes the sixth and final module of the Harvard Business School MBA second-year elective course Legal Aspects of Management. This module deals with the way firms should approach business risks in order to avoid legal liability... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Dec 2021
News

What's the Word?

few pennies to that dollar. Lack of social supports, such as child care and paid sick leave, is another ever-present issue the pandemic laid bare. It could explain why some women have elected to leave the workforce altogether: “Women have... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Martha Rich; Manufacturing; Finance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Mar 2017
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017

good at it. Fit for the Presidency? Winners, Losers, What-Ifs, and Also-Rans by Seymour Morris Jr. (MBA 1972) (Potomac Books) Every four years Americans embark on the Super Bowl of democracy: a presidential election campaign filled with... View Details

19 Mar 2015
News

Walter Salmon Remembered

time when Professor Malcolm McNair invited him to do so, despite Walter not having yet been appointed assistant professor at least that is the way I remember my attendance that day in the second-year elective course, Retailing. I was... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

11 Dec 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 11, 2018

Into this environment, President Macri was elected and he made energy reform one of the key pillars of his administration. Furthermore, he invited the private sector back into Argentina to immediately alleviate its power generation... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

06 Sep 2005
What Do You Think?

What are the Lessons of New Orleans?

magnitude of the responsibility is incomparable. For example, the repair and maintenance of levees is a task requiring long-term vision and effort difficult to muster in a political environment in which deferred maintenance is an easy and invisible solution to budget... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

31 Oct 2019
Blog Post

5 Things on My Mind in the Second Year of the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program

ambiguity, form an opinion, and defend it with while keeping an open mind when listening to others. In the second year of the program, we choose electives based on our interests. I am particularly enjoying my Strategy and Technology... View Details

01 Dec 2016
News

HBS Alumni On Leading Their Alma Mater

a lowercase "i" as well. Every year about 20 percent of the cases in the MBA Program are new. So innovation could be a new elective that’s introduced. Or innovation could be refreshing one of the first-year courses that we all took many... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

22 Mar 2011
First Look

First Look: March 22

much. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/611012-PDF-ENG Children's Hospital Boston (A) Scott A. Snook and Jeffrey C. ConnorHarvard Business School Case 411-041 Five year old Matty died at Children's Hospital Boston as a result of View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2025
News

Alumni and Faculty Books

Edited by Margie Kelley Unlocking Innovation: A Leader's Guide to Turning Bold Ideas Into Tangible Results By Robyn Bolton (MBA 2005) Page Two Press Only 1 in every 50,000 incubated ideas reaches $1 million in sales. If you ask most corporate executives why their... View Details

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1.5 Attendance | MBA

and inform the Registrar’s Office ( registrar@hbs.edu ) before the scheduled exam, or paper or project deadline. Other Requests Requests for alternate arrangements for any reason other than those listed above must be approved in advance by the Chair, MBA View Details

01 Dec 2018
News

Hard Choices

states, and countries—entities that aspire to go on forever—must nonetheless run for reelection every few years. In some cases, they no sooner win one election than they are forced to run for reelection. Fearing loss of their seats, they... View Details

Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)

13 Nov 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, November 13, 2018

occupational standing and fostered industrial production and capital utilization. However, despite these economic benefits, it triggered hostile political reactions, such as the election of more conservative legislators, higher support... View Details