Research-to-Practice Seminars
Tuck's unique Research-to-Practice Seminars were designed by our faculty to advance the critical thinking skills of our graduates. As students in these small seminars discuss a professor's current research, they gain insight into the way top-level researchers go about knowledge creation. The simultaneous result is to teach students to be intellectually skeptical, to test ideas against both theory and data.
The goal of these unique learning experiences is that, throughout their careers, Tuck students will be better trained and more confident thinkers. As they are presented with theories, claims, and proposals—to enter a new market, to deploy human resources, to invest in new technology—they can make better decisions for their organizations and achieve a higher level of success.
In 2011-2012, nine Research-to-Practice Seminars were offered:
- Corporate Takeovers
- Economics of the Credit Crisis
- Management of Multidisciplinary Teams
- Organizational Alignment
- Strategy in Innovation Ecosystems
- Social Networks in Organizations
- Time in the Consumer's Mind
- Deconstructing Apple
- M&A, Alliances, ad Corporate Strategy
The seminars are part of strategic teaching initiatives supported by gifts from our alumni.
The Deep End
Rigorous and intensely hands-on, Tuck’s new Research-to-Practice Seminars are giving students a seldom-seen look into origins and real-world application of faculty knowledge.
Measuring the Effects of a Diverse Workforce
When Professor Judith White talks about the Research-to-Practice Seminar she developed, she refers to it as a “research-based management idea incubator.”