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  • 23 May 2017
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First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017

in press Journal of Experimental Psychology: General Pseudo-Set Framing By: Barasz, Kate, Leslie John, Elizabeth A. Keenan, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Pseudo-set framing—arbitrarily grouping items or tasks together as part of an... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 03 Nov 2015
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November 3, 2015

behavioral hazard, providing a theoretical foundation for value-based insurance design and a way to interpret behavioral "nudges." Once behavioral hazard is taken into account, health insurance can do more than just provide... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 21, 2009

participation decisions. Based on our experimental results, we suggest preliminary lessons for improving the design of household risk management contracts. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 13

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-043.pdf Introductory Reading for Being a Leader and the Effective Exercise of Leadership: An Ontological Model Authors:Werner Erhard, Michael C. Jensen, Steve Zaffron, and Kari L. Granger Abstract This paper is the sixth of six... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Jan 2013
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First Look: January 15

  PublicationsThe Future of Organization Design Authors:Baldwin, Carliss Y. Publication:Journal of Organization Design Abstract The modern corporation has long been the central focus of the field of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Jul 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Markets or Communities? The Best Ways to Manage Outside Innovation

manufactuer's 787 Dreamliner, designed and built using more than 100 outside partners, is perhaps the most-watched example of the use of innovation networks. But already almost two years late, the project was dealt another blow last month... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology
  • 30 Jan 2012
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Measuring the Efficacy of the World’s Managers

seven years, large teams of affiliated WMS analysts have interviewed managers at some 10,000 organizations in 20 countries, setting out to determine how and why management practices differ vastly in style and quality. Best Practices The researchers used an evaluation... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
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Timeline - Race, Gender & Equity

gas-powered automobile built in the U.S. 1894 Boycott of Pullman sleeping cars leads to general strike on railroads Pullman Porters 1900 U.S. Industrial Commission declares trade unions good for democracy 1902 Willis H. Carrier designs... View Details
  • 07 May 2013
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First Look: May 7

innovation. While arguments exist for and against policy support of entrepreneurial clusters, our understanding of what works and how it works is quite limited. The best path forward involves extensive experimentation and careful... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 17 Nov 2015
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November 17, 2015

at many non-financial firms have highlighted a "low-leverage puzzle" and raised questions about the implications of cash holdings for corporate investment and economic growth. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50095 2015 View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 12, 2018

decisions a firm makes when designing systems to support these workers are 1) what guidance to deliver and 2) what kind of training (if any) to provide. We examine these choices in the context of mobile money platforms—systems that allow... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 27 Nov 2006
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Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes

dangerous, and male-dominated—because these settings have undergone radical operational and cultural changes designed to increase safety and effectiveness. In the particular company we studied, these changes resulted in a decline in the... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities
  • 02 Feb 2016
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February 2, 2016

The aversion is equally strong whether tax revenue goes to the U.S. government or back to the experimenter (a “laboratory tax”). We discuss the implications of our results for the relationship between labor supply and taxation.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Aug 2016
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August 30, 2016

variation generated by the experimental treatments, we model sales force performance to identify the effectiveness of various forms of conditional and unconditional compensation. We account for salesperson heterogeneity by using a... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 13 Dec 2016
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December 13, 2016

design decisions, asking themselves the following questions: 1) Are we providing too much information? In many cases, the simplest, most effective change a platform can make is to withhold information such as race and gender until after a... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 13 Sep 2016
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September 13, 2016

enjoyment. Study 2 replicated these findings for family rituals pertaining to a secular holiday, New Year’s Eve. Study 3 used experimental design and had participants either describe their rituals and then... View Details
  • 01 Apr 1996
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Technology for Learning's Sake

curriculum. In that exercise, designed to make managers more comfortable using personal computers and to help them recognize the changes technology would bring to their organizations, each participant was provided with a personal computer... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig
  • 26 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 26, 2010

Leadership—An Ontological Model' Authors:Werner Erhard, Michael C. Jensen, Steve Zaffron, and Kari L. Granger Abstract This course is designed to leave students being leaders and exercising leadership effectively as their natural... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018

that our experimental design minimizes informational social influence, homophily, and group-identity signaling to the general public. We find that there exists significant social influence within a user’s... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
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CFO Letter - Annual Report 2017

and expanding Executive Education facilities. The School’s fiscal 2017 capital activity centered on the construction of Klarman Hall, a new convening space slated to open in fall 2018. Additionally, HBS completed the Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab, View Details