Case Studies - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2023
News

A Continuum of Innovation

discussions that make the case method such a powerful learning experience. In a related step, for the first time this year, we are offering an RC course called Data Science for Managers to help students, as general managers, use data... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

22 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019

or Hands: How Do Employees Respond to a Radical Global Language Change Over Time? By: Reiche, Sebastian, and Tsedal Neeley Abstract— To understand how recipients respond to radical change over time across cognitive, affective, and behavioral dimensions, we conducted a... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Executive Education - Entrepreneurship

Executive Education Given the importance of innovation and entrepreneurship within organizations, our programs are designed to help seasoned executives transform their thinking and vision in a dynamic global environment. Using the vaunted HBS View Details

01 Oct 2021
News

Fueling the Faculty Pipeline

distinction as a Baker Scholar. He has served on the Board of Dean’s Advisors and various class committees, kept in touch with classmates, and was the subject of an HBS case study about Blackstone’s... View Details

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Systems Integration - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

concentration of volume by medical condition to fewer locations. Numerous studies have shown that technically difficult procedures, such as surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy administration, have been associated with higher... View Details

18 Jan 2022
Research & Ideas

How Eliminating Non-Competes Could Reshape Tech

opportunities that their previous employers may have failed in or overlooked. Imagine how the last year might have been for all of us if Eric Yuan—formerly an executive at Cisco WebEx—was unable to go on to launch Zoom Video Communications; we learned about Eric’s... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Technology

24 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

Why It's Best to Take Tests Early in the Day

students’ performance on standardized tests.” Published in the February 15 edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study was authored by Hans Henrik Sievertsen, a postdoctoral researcher at the Danish National... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Fiduciary Duty: Evidence from Variable Annuities” ( The Review of Financial Studies , 2022) with Shan Ge and Johnny Tang. Benjamin C. Esty : Winner of the 2023 Case Centre Award in the Finance, Accounting... View Details

01 Sep 2023
News

Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint

at the company. He then turned his attention to the e-commerce platform the firm launched in 2018 to sell products directly to retail consumers. Now, as the case “Digital Transformation at Tata Steel” explains, Narendran had to decide... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

19 Jan 2022
Blog Post

From Retail to HBS: How I’m Building a Career Path at the Intersection of Arts, Culture, and Business

much of business, so it’s no surprise that we had tons of retail-related cases as part of the RC (first-year) curriculum. This meant there were plenty of opportunities for me to bring my experience and perspective to class, but it also... View Details

28 May 2013
First Look

First Look: May 28

and Traffic Violations By: Yap, Andy J., Abbie S. Wazlawek, Brian J. Lucas, Amy Cuddy, and Dana R. Carney Abstract—Can the structure of our everyday environment lead us to behave dishonestly? Four studies found that expansive postures... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook

and social science research is specialist, peer-reviewed journals. Second, much research takes the form of case studies and is often qualitative rather than quantitative. In disciplines where standardized... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

Toomas Laarits & Jeffrey Wurgler MAR 2022 What is the role of fiscal stimulus in the stock market? The authors study the stock market effects of the arrival of the three rounds of “stimulus checks” to U.S. taxpayers and the single round... View Details

29 Jul 2022
Research & Ideas

Will Demand for Women Executives Finally Shrink the Gender Pay Gap?

both employers and job candidates can build on it.” You Might Also Like: Career Advice for Minorities and Women: Sharing Your Identity Can Open Doors Representation Matters: Building Case Studies That... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

13 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk

the antigen. What we're hoping to be able to do with these different approaches is to create a vaccine that we can study quickly that can be both safe and effective and can be durable. Those are three different issues. No one knows for... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Pharmaceutical

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Online Leadership Principles Course | HBS Online

Entrepreneurs Prepare for leadership roles after working as an individual contributor or functional specialist. "I found the content of the course to be extremely informative and applicable to the real challenges of being a leader. I loved the frameworks and the View Details

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Online Business Analytics Course | HBS Online

firm, BMI Research. The techniques I learned make it easier to comprehend the more complex functions. In addition, the integrated learning I took from the case studies allows me to apply “total analysis” in... View Details

02 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

Do Online Dating Platforms Help Those Who Need Them Most?

identify potential partners in the offline world, and the online worlds are helping them do that, thereby potentially equalizing access to romantic relationships.” Harvard Business School Associate Professor Mikolaj Piskorski has studied... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology

19 Jul 2024
Blog Post

Seven Lessons from the Section Experience

building a disability-tech startup (TestParty) since graduation. As an undergraduate, I studied philosophy. My days were filled with Emmanual Kant’s reflections on the categorial imperative, Ralph Waldo Emerson’s views of friendship, and... View Details

26 Jul 2016
First Look

July 26, 2016

Studies 1a-c, participants viewed individuals who reframed distress as passion as more competent than those who attributed distress to emotionality or made no attribution. In Studies 2a-b, reframing emotion... View Details