field experience - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Neuroeconomics: Eyes, Brain, Business

seem like an odd fit. But the fact is that the business world has been paying increasing attention to how the brain works. The field of neuroeconomics has gained ground in the past 10 years, with work exploring the brain processes that... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

23 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

Looking for CEOs in All the Wrong Places

ability, even when experience and academic research have shown that link to be tenuous. Other circumstances such as market conditions and the skills and experience of the company's senior management team can... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs; Employment

04 Dec 2007
First Look

First Look: December 4, 2007

Working PapersThe "Fees Savings" Link, or Purchasing Fifty Pounds of Pasta Authors:Michael I. Norton and Leonard Lee Abstract Many consumers have had the experience of entering discount membership clubs to make a few... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 21, 2008

Working PapersCan Higher Prices Stimulate Product Use? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Zambia (revised) Authors:Nava Ashraf, James Berry, and Jesse M. Shapiro Abstract The controversy over whether and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Profile

Beau D'Arcy

have such a positive experience at a venue or event that they relive the memories with social media posts and storytelling for years to come. I still talk with my high school friends about driving up to Soldier View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Entertainment / Media

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Doing Business with China 2035: Navigating Uncertainty - Course Catalog

sequence of field cases, ranging from internet startups to revitalized state-owned enterprises (SOEs), across a wide range of geographical and product markets. This stands in addition to a series of technical notes address the cultural,... View Details

08 May 2019
Blog Post

Top-Notch Talent Begets Top-Notch Talent

finance. By the end of 2016, people were asking about finance.” In response to this constant market demand, Cheney decided to hire a partner with recruiting experience in finance. She met Lesley Finer in the spring of 2016 through a... View Details

05 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Developing Black Talent for Leadership

For too long companies and governments in the U.S. have under-funded and under-resourced the anti-racist organizations leveling the playing field for the black communities we stand in solidarity with today. 100+ Historically Black... View Details

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Early Years at HBS - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

factory, and it was here that he became fascinated with mechanics and factory operations. With experience in the automobile industry, Georges was chosen to serve as an engineering officer in the French heavy artillery regiment during... View Details

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Authentic Leader Development - Course Catalog

behaviors. We expect you to be absolutely honest with yourself and others. While few of our students are completely comfortable or sure about this type of work coming in, you must be at least open to experimenting with a different kind of... View Details

17 Nov 2016
News

Wired for Innovation

exploring the feasibility of canopy tours of the rainforest. “I was interested in startups and had experience in Latin America, so it seemed like a good fit after HBS,” recalls Skelly. “We wound up building what was essentially a... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

15 Nov 2020
News

Exploring China’s Belt & Road Initiative

Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The culmination of an immersive field course, the trip brought the students’ classroom learning to life and offered insight into one of China’s major political and economic development programs. Combining... View Details

01 Feb 1999
News

Short Takes

Bulletin. In her working paper, "Psychological Safety and Learning Behavior in Work Teams," Edmondson presents field research she conducted at Office Design Incorporated (ODI), a midwestern manufacturer of office systems and furniture... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Mar 2010
News

Alumni Books

large book on the life and work of the late Stanley Meltzoff, a noted U.S. commercial artist, has nearly 190 color plates showing works ranging from illustrations for the Armed Forces’ Stars and Stripes and his covers for Field & Stream,... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2010
News

Do Good: Eat Chocolate

A FEEL-GOOD HIGH: Founder Sarah Endline with sweetriot’s tiny treats. As a girl in Auburn, Michigan, a small town two hours north of Detroit, Sarah Endline (MBA 2001) grew up with a clear understanding of the link between crops in the View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; candy; chocolate; Crop Production; Agriculture; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

29 Mar 2016
First Look

March 29, 2016

Guidance Systems to Create Dynamic Capabilities By: Kanter, Rosabeth M., Matthew Bird, Ethan Bernstein, and Ryan Raffaelli Abstract—How do strategic leaders create change-adept organizations? Based on qualitative field research, this... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2010
News

The Transformers

That experience led him to assign several Bain teams to analyze the viability of setting up a nonprofit consultancy. The need quickly became evident. Bain research turned up “some 3,000 solo practitioners who offered consulting services... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

22 Mar 2016
First Look

March 22, 2016

restrict one's future opportunity set as evidence for sophisticated time-inconsistency. We propose an additional mechanism that may contribute to the demand for commitment technology: the desire to signal to others. We present a field... View Details