Randomized Field Experiment - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

Tracks of My Tears: Reconstructing Digital Music

albums—and because it is among the sectors most strongly affected by digital technology. So I reached out to Nielsen SoundScan, the company that tracks recorded-music sales in North America, to obtain data for a random sample of over 200... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Music

11 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Know Your Audience - Recruiting HBS Students for Venture Capital

prior finance experience, they bring a combined 14 years of Career & Professional Development expertise, helping firms develop their HBS recruiting strategy and connect with students. A Vested Interest in Venture Capital HBS students are highly motivated to enter... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity

12 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

Competition the Cure for Healthcare

point out in our book, the provider group doesn't create any value. Value is not created by breadth of services but excellence in particular medical conditions. Zero-sum competition was a natural evolution given the historical roots of the field. In some ways, the... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Health

30 Jun 2015
First Look

First Look: June 30, 2015

Publications Forthcoming Berrett-Koehler Publishers What Great Service Leaders Know and Do: Creating Breakthroughs in Service Firms By: Heskett, James L., W. Earl Sasser, and Leonard A. Schlesinger Abstract—Based on decades of collective View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Mar 2009
News

Your Taxi Is Waiting

convenience and efficiency, at a fraction of the cost, made more than a few entrepreneurs on both sides of the Pond sit up and take notice. As cofounder and CEO of e-Dialog, an early entrant in the field of e-mail direct marketing,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Air Transportation; Transportation

04 Jun 2024
Blog Post

Finding Alignment to Make Impact: Layla Ramirez (MBA 2017)

otherwise be shut out of opportunities—I'm a poster child for those” she said. Through her experiences engaging with professional development programs, the stage was set for Ramirez to become a leader who would advance opportunities for... View Details

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Elizabeth "Betsy" Latimer Jaffe Oral History - Business Education For Women At Harvard University | Harvard Business School

(HRPBA 1957) Elizabeth "Betsy" Latimer Jaffe (HRPBA 1962) "I did have more confidence, and I did try other fields . . . . The discipline of the WAC program helped me with the doctoral program later . . . in writing my doctoral... View Details

04 Sep 2019
News

Advancing Diagnostics that Can Save Lives

their way to developing a technology that rapidly identifies the molecular markers of cancer, there is a lot of work to be done to bring a product to market. Kelley points out that one of the key dilemmas Aikili faces is not unique to them. “A question that echoes... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

27 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes

Harvard Business School professors often travel into the field to conduct business research, but it's a safe bet none have had the experience of Professor Robin Ely. She and coauthor Debra Meyerson of... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities

16 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 16

cumulative innovation. To make progress towards understanding implications of such policy changes we devised a large-scale field experiment in which 733 subjects were divided into matched independent... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

01 Apr 1996
News

"Foundations" Paves the Way for Entering MBAs

group set its own record of sorts as the first set of MBA matriculants to enter the School in January as part of the new year-round MBA calendar. They were even setting records before they arrived at Soldiers Field as the first group to... View Details

05 May 2009
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First Look: May 5, 2009

knowledge. Using a multi-method field study across two professional service firms to refine and test the proposed model, I also find that only the use of client-specific expertise (not the expertise of high-status members) enhances... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

11 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

Guts and Bliss: The Entrepreneur’s Journey

of her then- five-year-old son's soccer team. As Applegate related with a fond smile, "You put the ball on the field and they all jumped on it. They fought their teammates; they fought each other. They looked like a rugby scrum and... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurship in Europe

entrepreneurship, a field they hadn't considered academic for a long time. The emergence of global start-ups, said Kuemmerle, has occurred very quickly. "An early global presence is very important, because business models are... View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss

08 Jul 2021
Blog Post

Managing Sustainable Advantage with Key ESG Co-Founders, Anne-Marie Schoonbeek and Heleen van Poecke

Prior to joining HBS, Schoonbeek worked at McKinsey for two years analyzing a range of business problems in different industries. “HBS was a very logical extension to that experience because after a few years at McKinsey you have an... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Technology

09 Mar 2021
News

Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic

districts and community colleges and creating apprenticeships. I'm not talking about jobs tourism, “Come on a field trip to my company.” I'm talking about compensated work to gain work experience and earn... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

02 Oct 2007
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First Look: October 2, 2007

the use of ESO in CEO compensation. Paper not available at this time. Team Familiarity, Role Experience, and Performance: Evidence from Indian Software Services Authors:Robert S. Huckman, Bradley R. Staats, and David M. Upton Abstract Much of the literature on learning... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 12

organizational networks, and new avenues of sustainable business growth. Providing comprehensive coverage of the field of management, the encyclopedia spans fourteen subject volumes providing a landmark work of reference for scholars,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Strategic Financial Analysis Online Course | HBS Online

finance-related issues and the experiences they go through. Saad Hashmi Associate Corporate Relationship Mangaer at HSBC Bank Middle East Limited Forecast financial success in the near and long term and recognize how companies’ accounting... View Details

01 Sep 2012
News

High Honors

important lessons about competition: “At the end of the day, it is a sport,” he says. “You shake hands, win or lose, and move on.” Hiroshi Mikitani, MBA 1993 MIKITANI: In his Tokyo office. Hiroshi Mikitani barely knew the word “entrepreneur” when he arrived at Soldiers... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Finance; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management; Mining; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

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