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22 Feb 2024
News

Combat-Tested Cancer Coaching

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. When Kathy Giusti (MBA 1985) was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 1996, she was overwhelmed. It was the pre-Internet era, with limited available information, but... View Details

March–April 2021
Article

Network-biased Technical Change: How Information Management Tools Overcome Some Biases but Exacerbate Others.

By: Gerald C. Kane and Lynn Wu

Organizations have long sought to improve employee performance by managing knowledge more effectively. In this paper, we test whether the adoption of digital tools for expertise search and access within an organization, often referred to as a support to an... View Details

Keywords: Digital Tools; Social Media; Social Networks; Transactive Memory Systems; Augmented Intelligence; Artificial Intelligence; Social and Collaborative Networks; Gender; Equality and Inequality; Technology Adoption; Knowledge Management; Performance Improvement; Power and Influence; Organizational Change and Adaptation

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06 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

Cheese Moving: Effecting Change Rather Than Accepting It

hard time dealing with big (or even small) changes in life, WMMC is a compelling read. The book is a useful reminder that we need to accept that change happens, that it may be beyond our control, and that we... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

2020
Working Paper

Design and Analysis of Switchback Experiments

By: Iavor I Bojinov, David Simchi-Levi and Jinglong Zhao

In switchback experiments, a firm sequentially exposes an experimental unit to a random treatment, measures its response, and repeats the procedure for several periods to determine which treatment leads to the best outcome. Although practitioners have widely adopted... View Details

Keywords: Switchback Experiments; Design; Analysis; Mathematical Methods

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31 Mar 2008
HBS Case

JetBlue’s Valentine’s Day Crisis

mobile Internet devices. Mees also set the goal of doubling the number of agents who could simultaneously use the company's reservations system and of getting a Web-based rebooking system up and running so that customers could reschedule... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Air Transportation

Research Summary

Research

The founding and expansion of new firms is central to innovation and economic growth, but the determinants of a new idea’s success are difficult to ascertain. The decision to form a new firm and its ultimate outcome are impacted by ownership structure, financing... View Details

17 Jun 2015
Research & Ideas

Michael Porter on America’s Historic Energy Opportunity

Full Report Press Coverage 11 JUN 2015 BLOOMBERG U.S. Losing the Race to Raise Workforce Skills 11 JUN 2015 BLOOMBERG U.S. Fracking Debate: Environment Vs. Economics 11 JUN 2015 NPR America's Next Economic Boom Could Be Lying Underground 11 JUN 2015 Business Insider... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter; Energy; Utilities

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Loan Reduction - Entrepreneurship

the venture. Applications are reviewed by the Selection Committee on an annual basis. The application deadline is April 14, 2025, at noon (ET) . Funds awarded can be used only to reduce existing need-based loans. Eligibility and selection... View Details

01 Jun 2022
Blog Post

Five Lessons From My First Year at HBS

how I should spend my time as an MBA student. A recurring piece of advice was “get to know your classmates beyond the classroom.” HBS does a great job at encouraging deep conversations among students – including through MyTakes, Evolve... View Details

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Financial databases: certification and training

Certification: This is a foundational certification covering core functionality within Datastream, designed to get you started The Datastream Certification allows you to demonstrate your knowledge of a product that is widely View Details

13 Jun 2022
Research & Ideas

Extroverts, Your Colleagues Wish You Would Just Shut Up and Listen

chance to speak, remember what you had said the next time you see them, and be focused on things other than the conversation at hand.’” Responses revealed a significant, negative relationship between an individual’s self-reported... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

Portrait Project

Albert Chiu

COVID-19. As a chemical engineer, I designed the process to manufacture Moderna and Pfizer’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. I developed new technologies to improve how vaccines are manufactured and shortened production time in half for Operation... View Details

10 Feb 2020
In Practice

6 Ways That Emerging Technology Is Disrupting Business Strategy

Even though the internet has been publicly available for almost three decades, executives at just about every company are wrestling with how to use digital technology to advance their business strategy. We asked professors from Harvard... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

22 Nov 2023
News

So You Want to Join a Startup

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: At age 29, Gus Bessalel (MBA 1988) decided to leave consulting for a decidedly less glamorous life as an entrepreneur, working out of a storage room in the bowels of an underground hotel... View Details

12 May 2015
Blog Post

A Summer Internship in General Management

my own analyses from scratch. How did you use what you learned in your RC year in your summer internship? In a general manager role, I spent most of my time interpreting and synthesizing contributions from... View Details

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Measuring Sentiment & Expectations - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

securities. The series takes its highest values in 1988, 1989, 1997, 2004, and was high in 2014 before falling recently. Note: This dataset uses the latest bond issuance data from Mergent via Wharton Research Data Services. There may be... View Details

Mar 2012
Article

Does America Really Need Manufacturing?

difficult-to-predict ways (and vice versa). The second is the maturity of the manufacturing process. Immature processes are ripe for innovation, but over time opportunities for improvement become incremental. Viewed through the... View Details

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Hiring International Students

organizations are pursuing global competency as a key attribute in their hiring, so this is a pool of talented professionals you should not overlook. There are common misperceptions and this information will allow you to navigate the world of View Details

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Student Journey - Entrepreneurship

team for Startup Bootcamp , use the Rock Summer Fellowship to work on your own venture or work for an early stage startup, and join the Rock Venture Partners program. How do I find other people interested in entrepreneurship? Each class... View Details

23 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard

intra-organizational partnerships, facilitating alignment and partnership with external constituents: customers, suppliers, and communities. The Balanced Scorecard: From Measurement To Management We introduced the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) in 1992.1 The BSC measures... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton

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