Practical Project Work - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Mar 2019
HBS Seminar

Abhishek Nagaraj, University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business

23 Jun 2023
HBS Case

This Company Lets Employees Take Charge—Even with Life and Death Decisions

case, we heard anecdotes from Buurtzorg’s employees that suggest many, if not most, of them are highly engaged, take full ownership of their work, are pursuing creative ways of serving their patients, and feel motivated to do the best View Details

Keywords: by Annelena Lobb; Health

28 Apr 2015
First Look

First Look: April 28

differences-revealing the business strategies and practices they pioneered while building their firms. David B. Yoffie and Michael A. Cusumano have studied these three leaders and their companies for more than 30 years, while teaching... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Mar 2022
Blog Post

How I Spent My HBS 2+2 Deferral: Vika Wasyliw

products, the time seemed right to take my next step and attend HBS. Did 2+2 change your path or alter your post-undergraduate plans? Without 2+2, I likely would have stayed at Starry for much longer, continuing to work on technical View Details

28 May 2024
In Practice

Job Search Advice for a Tough Market: Think Broadly and Stay Flexible

expectations, things soon settled back down, and project volumes decreased. At the same time, adjacent industries like tech, venture capital and private equity also experienced slowdowns, which meant fewer consultants left their firms for... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

01 Nov 2021
What Do You Think?

How Long Does It Take to Improve an Organization’s Culture?

fostered “know-it-alls vs. learn-it-alls,” practiced “accountability that trumped everything,” and in which “hierarchy and pecking order had taken control.” The process of changing that culture involved a classic effort to identify and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

15 Dec 2015
Blog Post

One MBA's Path to Boston Consulting Group

These days it seems like many MBAs are focused on launching the next big startup. Entrepreneurship is awesome but you might call me a traditionalist. Consulting was my goal for my summer internship from the start. I have always been analytical and enjoy View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Consumer Products / Retail

01 Dec 2023
Blog Post

8 FAQs on the MBA Application

versions of these exams where available, and both GRE and GMAT scores are valid for five years. 3. Is full-time work experience required? As the case method of learning used by our MBA program relies on exchanging perspectives, you must... View Details

15 Nov 2016
First Look

November 15, 2016

policies and practices as an unconscious “social defense” to help employees fend off anxieties raised by a 24/7 work culture. Due to the social defense, two beliefs remain unchallenged—the necessity of long... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Dec 2016
Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2016

platforms. “How Uber, Airbnb, and Etsy Attracted Their First 1,000 Customers” was the most-read story on Working Knowledge in 2016. Other popular topics among our readers included workplace communication, negotiation, white-collar crime,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

25 Feb 2015
HBS Seminar

Jeffrey Schnapp, Harvard Graduate School of Design

January 2006
Case

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By: Lynn S. Paine

The division human resources officer must decide whether to discipline a long-time employee for misusing company time and for improperly filling out time cards for his work on government contracts. Intended to focus on the various factors relevant to disciplining... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Moral Sensibility; Employees; Business or Company Management; Management Practices and Processes; Organizations; Crime and Corruption

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13 Aug 2021
Blog Post

Exploring Racial Justice with the Scaling Minority Businesses Course

work on real-world projects with Black and Latinx-led businesses in Greater Boston – a proximate learning experience that seemed like exactly the opportunity I was seeking. The course itself consisted of a... View Details

24 Nov 2010
Working Paper Summaries

Valuation When Cash Flow Forecasts Are Biased

Keywords: by Richard S. Ruback

Research Summary

Of Measurement and Mission: Accounting for Performance in Non-Governmental Organizations

By: Debora L. Spar

As members of civil society NGOs would seem to have a built-in proclivity towards representation: towards working on behalf of some group of people, or toward some specific goal. Yet in practice such moments of accountability are rare. Unlike other social agents,... View Details

April 2025
Article

Transitioning Into Retirement: The Interplay of Self and Life Structure

By: Marcy Crary, Douglas T. (Tim) Hall, Kathy E. Kram, Teresa M. Amabile and Lotte Bailyn

This paper explores the psychological, social, and behavioral ways in which professionals end their corporate careers and reorient themselves and their lives in the transition from employment to retirement. Framed within life course theory, specifically the adult... View Details

Keywords: Retirement; Behavior; Transition; Identity

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A major area of Professor Torfason's research is the behavior of individual social network structures. He studies the violation of norms – specifically the use of excessive force in conflict situations – within the empirical context of a large online... View Details

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The Founding of U.S. Steel and the Power of Public Opinion | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Documenting the Wartime Effort Labor Practices Post-war PR Campaigns Reaching Wide Audiences Lessons in Economics Shaping the Corporate Image Gary Works Photograph Album Resources Research Links Films & TV... View Details

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Latin America - Global

Latin America Mexico City, Montevideo, São Paulo HBS has had a longstanding footprint in Latin America for over 20 years. The Latin America Research Center (LARC) opened in 2000 to satisfy strong interest on the part of the HBS faculty in this dynamic region. As a... View Details

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Courses - Entrepreneurship

Richard Ruback Royce Yudkoff Spring 2024 Q3Q4 3.0 Field Course: Field X (also listed under Finance) Randolph Cohen Fall 2023 Q1Q2 3.0 Field Course: Field Y: Projects in Business Management (also listed under Finance) Randolph Cohen Spring... View Details

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