Experiment Design - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 Oct 2012
First Look

First Look: October 9

organization wishing to profit from big data. Read the article: http://hbr.org/2012/10/data-scientist-the-sexiest-job-of-the-21st-century/ Great Leaders Don't Need Experience Author:Gautam Mukunda Publication:Harvard Business Review 90,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2008
News

Alumni Books

implicit in the book’s title, the authors interviewed more than forty CEOs from both industry and the nonprofit sector, studied what successful managers do right, and drew on their own years of experience at Bain. They came up with four... View Details

Keywords: Management

15 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

A Better Business Model for Fighting Cancer

drugs,” says Giusti. Working with leaders at direct-to-consumer enterprises and five leading cancer organizations, they drew on the experience of businesses including Keurig, Peloton, and Rent the Runway to develop more effective... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health; Pharmaceutical

27 Jun 2017
Blog Post

Why I Would Have Applied to the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program

this need, because there were plenty of technical MBAs I spoke to who wanted the same mix of experiences during their time at Harvard." How do you think a program like this will help to position graduates as future leaders of... View Details

27 Apr 2023
News

Life Preserver

three-month program, held at NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, was designed to move entrepreneurs out of their silos and encourage them to work together to identify a worldwide problem and a high-impact solution. Through... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jun 2004
News

Strengthening Ties with Executive Education Graduates

the next forum, set for June 15–17 in Shanghai. It’s a great opportunity for alumni to hear from global business leaders, U.S. and Chinese officials, and HBS faculty. While visiting Shanghai, forum participants will experience firsthand... View Details

Keywords: Ted Fischer; Alumni Association Board of Directors; committee; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

15 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Valuing an MBA: Beyond Dollars and “Sense"

university’s generous financial aid, designed to ensure that financial need doesn’t interfere with deserving students’ ability to take part in and contribute to the HBS community, amplifies an already strong economic value proposition. ... View Details

01 Jun 2003
News

Batten Gift to Support Residential Campus

contributed $5 million in 1924 to build the School’s campus on the Boston side of the Charles River. From the outset, the HBS campus was designed to support a new kind of education for managers. It was created as a residential campus —... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank

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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Race, Work & Leadership: Learning about & from Black Experience Race, Work & Leadership: Learning about & from Black Experience 08–09 MAR 2018 Home Speakers Videos Agenda Dialogue Welcome and Introductions... View Details

10 Oct 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017

Abstract—We investigate how the scientific community's perception of a scientist's prior work changes when one of his articles is retracted. Relative to non-retracted control authors, faculty members who experience a retraction see the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 May 2012
First Look

First Look: May 8

important later on the experiment (unconscious thought), or to perform the task while believing the experiment had ended (control condition). Afterwards, sequence memory and intrusions of the film were... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

22 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity

to the aviation reward, the X PRIZE Foundation is offering similar carrots for breakthroughs in sequencing the human genome, designing fuel-efficient cars, and even reaching the moon. And the US government is View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

21 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Going Negative in Political Advertising

negative advertisements we've seen from the Clinton campaign: "Fear appeal" ads, such as the 3am phone call, designed to worry voters about Obama's lack of experience. Guilt-by-association ads that include footage of Pastor... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

18 Aug 2020
Blog Post

4 Ways to Make Your Company Conversations Count

recruiting, below are four ways to effectively engage with students during your Company Conversations this year. Implement these best practices and you may find you never want to go back to presentation-style recruiting! Post Materials in Advance Company Conversations... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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Eligibility | New Venture Competition

team and a significant equity holder, if equity has been distributed. Acceptable Business Ventures The objective of the Student New Venture Competition is to provide a meaningful learning experience for students who are interested in... View Details

01 Dec 2001
News

Navigating Success in Volatile Times

Hugh Price; and New York State Comptroller Carl McCall. Deborah Wright (MBA/JD '84), president and CEO of Carver Bancorp, provided closing remarks on Sunday. "We designed the conference to bridge industries, functions, and generations,"... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner; Finance

01 Feb 1997
News

Doing It Your Way

companies are springing to life up and down the virtual lanes of the Information Superhighway. As the use of color and moving pictures becomes routine, says Sahlman, Internet "stores" may well be able to give customers an experience that... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso (profiles by Linda Goodspeed, Elaine Gottlieb, Nancy O. Perry, and Judith A. Ross)

01 Jun 2014
News

What’s Next

class, a masterful faculty member who can bring the most out of them, cases and exercises that ground discussion in real-world problems, and a campus designed to support a fully engaged residential learning community, together create an... View Details

Keywords: HBS Campaign; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2020
Blog Post

Hiring a Career Switcher: The Value of the MS/MBA

In the fall of 2019, Kaelyn Griffin and Adam Palay entered HBS as two of 30 students in the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program, a joint degree offered with the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering & Applied Sciences. View Details