Outcome-based Technology Education - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Nov 2013
News

A Passion for Film

Africa, China, and Eastern Europe," he recalls. "There's always pressure to take a somewhat trodden path, but I saw people from completely different backgrounds, and I realized how many opportunities had been given to me." His classmates inspired him, but so did the... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information

01 Mar 2010
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Hunting Red Balloons

In December, the government agency DARPA tethered to the ground ten red weather balloons at random locations around the United States in a test to see how social networks might mobilize and use the Internet for rapid problem-solving. In an online challenge, the... View Details

Keywords: contests; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services

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Folafolu Folowosele

tough.” And it wasn’t just the weather: “I thought it would be much more technologically advanced. Living in a town with just one street light was quite a shock.” Yet Fola’s Williams years awakened an appetite for travel, a “wanderlust”... View Details

01 Dec 1999
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The Way You See It

appeared in 1925, Harvard Business School has sent forth tens of thousands of MBA and Executive Education graduates into the world. As managers, leaders, and entrepreneurs, the School's alumni body collectively has had an impact on... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons. Data collection by Ericka Webb.

01 Sep 2012
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Alumni, Faculty, and Other Experts Offer Career Advice

Three HBS alumni will present online seminars in this fall’s Career Management Webinar Series, a resource offered by Alumni Career & Professional Development. Mark Chussil (MBA 1979) will discuss creating your ideal life; Jill Miller Perrin (MBA 1985) will analyze how... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services; Educational Services

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Entering the Age of Alliances

competencies of each partner and create two-way value is evidenced by, among others, the collaboration between The College Fund (UNCF) and Merck. UNCF, the largest and oldest minority educational assistance organization in the United... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin

01 Jan 2002
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Orin C. Smith (MBA '67)

President & Chief Executive Officer Starbucks Coffee Company Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page Earlier Education University of Washington, 1965 B.A., Finance, Economics, Accounting, and Statistics Other Jobs Touche Ross & Co.,... View Details

02 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

Digital Initiative Summit: The Business of Crowdsourcing

Boston predict which places might be violating public health regulations. And it is working with an education nonprofit in Watertown, Mass., Education Resource Strategies, to study how school districts spend... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Jan 2002
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Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, The Esquel Group Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page Earlier Education MIT, 1974 B.S., Mathematics Other Jobs Jardine Fleming, January-June, 1974 Having whizzed through MIT in 3 ½ years, Yang... View Details

2024
Working Paper

Platform Information Provision and Consumer Search: A Field Experiment

By: Lu Fang, Yanyou Chen, Chiara Farronato, Zhe Yuan and Yitong Wang

Despite substantial efforts to help consumers search in more intuitive ways, text search remains the predominant tool for product discovery online. In this paper, we explore the effects of visual and textual cues for search refinement on consumer search and purchasing... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Behavior; E-commerce; Decision Choices and Conditions; Learning; Internet and the Web

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Jolie Chow

financial hub, inspired another perspective as well. "I wondered what business might mean to governance, to sovereignty, to ordinary lives." That curiosity led to an undergraduate education in the United States. "In Hong... View Details

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Creating Value in Business and Government (HKS-HBS Joint Degree Seminar) - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Creating Value in Business and Government (HKS-HBS Joint Degree Seminar) Course Number 5230 Senior Lecturer Andy Zelleke Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits 10 Paper Educational Objectives This seminar will bring together students... View Details

07 Aug 2018
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DreamBox Learning Breaks New Ground

A recent article in Fast Company details the $130 million fundraising round by educational technology company, DreamBox Learning, and profiles the company’s president and CEO, Jessie Woolley-Wilson (MBA... View Details

18 Mar 2013
News

Sheryl Sandberg: The HBR Interview

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Managing International Trade and Investment - Course Catalog

flows. Educational Objectives The course aims to equip students with a deeper understanding of globalization and international business by focusing on three broad themes. First, we will consider the variety of domestic institutions and... View Details

05 Oct 2016
What Do You Think?

Can the US Economy Regain the Growth and Prosperity of the Past?

transportation innovations, to name just a few Political headwinds that prevent us from realizing our full potential from new technologies Reviewing Gordon’s arguments, I couldn’t help recalling the comment, “everything that can be... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Dec 1996
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

community - there are over 64,000 graduates of the School's MBA and executive education programs all over the world - is a significant challenge. Every two months, in addition to the most impressive Class Notes section of any alumni... View Details

02 Dec 2009
What Do You Think?

Should Immigration Policies Be More Welcoming to Low-Skilled Workers?

of cost shifting." J. Boxer points out that "there's a high cost to cheap labor, and that cost (free education, free health care, etc.) is passed on to the state and the taxpayer, generally." Eloton Fowler said, "Our history has been to use View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

09 Jan 2020
Blog Post

Set Your Recruiting Vision for 2020

recruiting. Go beyond the traditional webinar to educate students about your company and opportunities by thinking creatively about how you can convey your message. Invest in virtual communication tools. Build meaningful connections... View Details

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Once in a Lifetime Opportunities | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

over half a million low-income consumers across East Africa. The experience inspired Kasia to pursue a graduate education that would allow her to advance her career within the social sector. “I wanted two things from HBS: a more rounded... View Details

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