Peer Groups - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Oct 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

Startup or Established Company? Which Is Best for You?

bad) looks like at scale and possibly a nice brand for your resume. Startups can offer a chance to do all the things that can be either a blessing or a curse depending on your interests. You may miss out on having peers to collaborate... View Details

Keywords: by Julia B. Austin

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OPM Renew

entrepreneurial challenges and opportunities. In the process, you'll reunite with classmates and program faculty—and forge new bonds with a diverse group of accomplished alumni from other OPM cohorts. Key Benefits Immersed in intensive... View Details

11 Aug 2022
Research & Ideas

When Parents Tell Kids to ‘Work Hard,’ Do They Send the Wrong Message?

the study cleanly about inequality as opposed to pre-existing beliefs about certain groups in society. More respondents, about 41 percent, chose to explain the species with lower achievement levels as lacking effort, compared to 34... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

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Team - Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurs' Summit, regional Roundtables, and smaller forum groups (Rock Councils). Visit our Showcase to see the HBS entrepreneurs who are currently members of our Rock 100 community. Read More Rock Summer Fellows Rock Summer Fellows... View Details

30 Aug 2023
Blog Post

I’m From the South and Going Back: Why HBS Was the Best School for Me

peers not in spite of, but as a direct result of my personal and professional background. HBS is quite intentional about designing the experience to highlight the voice of the individual to serve to the benefit of the collective, whether... View Details

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Organizational Behavior Curriculum - Faculty & Research

The first modules examine teams, individuals, and networks in the context of: The determinants of group culture. Managing the performance of individual subordinates. Establishing productive relationships with View Details

22 Feb 2024
Blog Post

It’s Time to Build: Why the MS/MBA Is Right for You!

Technology Venture Immersion. Much of the broader HBS experience is based upon the conversations you’ll have with peers. Whether classroom discussions or project collaboration, you end up getting to know this group of 30 View Details

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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

November 2017) Case Sustainability at IKEA Group By: V. Kasturi Rangan , Michael W. Toffel , Vincent Dessain and Jerome Lenhardt By 2014, IKEA Group was the largest home furnishing company, with EUR28.5... View Details

30 Jan 2007
First Look

First Look: January 30, 2007

influence of stewards and creators in the organization, so neither group always wins; (3) cultivate people who have credibility with both creators' and stewards and can help resolve conflicts; (4) use peer... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

13 Mar 2023
Research & Ideas

The Power of Personal Connections: How Shared Experiences Boost Performance

surveys for patients referred to specialists with whom a PCP had at least one year of overlap in those formative groups to those physicians who didn’t overlap with each other from those early years. They also looked at a subgroup who... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health

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Financial Accounting Online Course | HBS Online

community of peers before, during, and after your course. Learners who successfully complete an HBS Online program will be added to the HBS Online Community's Official Networking Group and gain exclusive... View Details

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Health Care - Faculty & Research

rewards are more effective when the peer group is larger. Overall, the findings demonstrate the power of non-financial rewards to motivate agents in settings where there are limits to the use of financial... View Details

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What Can You Do to Foster Gender Equity?

to work as their peers who are male or single, and as a result, don't hear about challenging developmental and high-profile assignments. Once they reach higher levels of leadership, women discover they are held to different standards and... View Details

07 Mar 2023
HBS Case

ChatGPT: Did Big Tech Set Up the World for an AI Bias Disaster?

study. “Just seeing this race for the sake of it. And so we wanted to write a paper to help slow it down and just think through the risks and harms.” While the paper had already been reviewed by Google and submitted for peer review... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis; Technology

05 Dec 2018
Research & Ideas

Why Managers Should Reveal Their Failures

person. As prior research has shown, this type of envy can be toxic in the workplace, stifling worker productivity, leading employees to behave less cooperatively, interfering with group cohesion, and making people feel more justified in... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

08 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 8

dead wrong. And when the rules failed, the reason was always the same: Companies trip up when they try to attract large volumes of customers without understanding (1) the strength of mutual attraction among various customer groups and (2)... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Jun 2022
Blog Post

The MBA Class of 2022 Looks Back

relationships you build with your classmates and professors. Take that weekend trip with a group of people you may not know so well, participate in that cultural event you haven’t participated in before, and really lean into the section... View Details

02 Nov 2023
Blog Post

Getting a Peek Into the HBS Experience

the lessons you learned from foundational classes to a complex real-world consulting project at the end of your first year. With a diverse group of peers, there is an opportunity to have a genuinely positive effect on different companies... View Details

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Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online

alongside a global community of peers through our Active, Social, Case-Based learning model. Learners who successfully complete an HBS Online program will be added to the HBS Online Community's Official Networking View Details

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Rising Leaders for Social Impact Forum | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

The Rising Leaders Forum is HBS’s premier offering for social impact focused students. Through carefully tailored content and small peer group discussion, our highest potential change leaders are engaged in... View Details

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