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- 08 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
Handgun Waiting Periods Prevent Hundreds of Homicides Each Year
iStockPhoto State laws that require people to wait a few days before purchasing firearms reduce gun-related homicides by 17 percent, new research shows. Waiting periods saved 750 lives per year in the 17 states that had such policies in...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- June 2017
- Article
The Social Trajectory of a Finance Professor and the Common Sense of Capital
By: Marion Fourcade and Rakesh Khurana
This paper traces the career of Michael Jensen, a Chicago finance PhD turned Harvard Business School professor to reveal the intellectual and social conditions that enabled the emergence and institutionalization of what we call the “neoliberal common sense of capital,”...
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Executive Pay;
The Firm;
Michael Jensen;
Neo-Liberalism;
Shareholder Value;
Agency Theory;
Corporate Governance;
Executive Compensation;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Transformation
Fourcade, Marion, and Rakesh Khurana. "The Social Trajectory of a Finance Professor and the Common Sense of Capital." History of Political Economy 49, no. 2 (June 2017): 347–381.
- 05 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
To Buy Happiness, Purchase an Experience
Video directed and produced by Joanie Tobin Conventional wisdom says that money can't buy happiness. Behavioral science begs to differ. In fact, research shows that money can make us happier—but only if we spend it in particular ways. In...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 21 Jul 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
Business Reopening Decisions and Demand Forecasts During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- 15 Mar 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
Backhanded Compliments: How Negative Comparisons Undermine Flattery
- 01 Feb 2022
- Book
Innovation Isn’t Just for Startups: How Big Companies Can Succeed
book Corporate Explorer: How Corporations Beat Startups at the Innovation Game. In fact, venture-minded managers in big corporations often have the tools and infrastructure to become more successful than their peers at startups, say authors View Details
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by Lane Lambert
- 03 Oct 2013
- News
Study: Rankings Affect Student Applications
- 16 Nov 2016
- News
The best ways to combat bias
- 24 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Much Will Remote Work Continue After the Pandemic?
from Firm-Level Surveys, was conducted by Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Zoe Cullen and Associate Professors Michael Luca and Christopher Stanton, with colleagues...
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by Kristen Senz
- 08 Jun 2016
- News
Study: Airbnb hosts discriminate
- 23 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Conversational Leadership
Instead, they are adopting a conversational approach. In their new book, Talk, Inc.: How Trusted Leaders Use Conversation to Power Their Organizations, Groysberg and communication professional Michael Slind show how several global...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 12 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
When Mass Shootings Lead to Looser Gun Restrictions
In states with Republican-controlled legislatures, mass shootings lead to a significant increase in the number of laws that loosen gun restrictions. That’s one of several key findings in the study “The Impact of Mass Shootings on Gun Policy,” co-authored View Details
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by Carmen Nobel
- 07 Mar 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
Calculators for Women: When Identity Appeals Provoke Backlash
- 2020
- Book
The Power of Experiments: Decision-Making in a Data-Driven World
By: Michael Luca and Max H. Bazerman
Have you logged into Facebook recently? Searched for something on Google? Chosen a movie on Netflix? If so, you've probably been an unwitting participant in a variety of experiments—also known as randomized controlled trials—designed to test the impact of changes to an...
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Experiments;
Randomized Controlled Trials;
Organizations;
Decision Making;
Analytics and Data Science;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques
Luca, Michael, and Max H. Bazerman. The Power of Experiments: Decision-Making in a Data-Driven World. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2020.
- 20 Nov 2019
- Research & Ideas
It's No Joke: AI Beats Humans at Making You Laugh
my god,” replied the lawyer, finally noticing the bloody left shoulder where his arm once was. “Where's my Rolex?!” Do you think your friends would find that joke amusing—well, maybe those who aren’t lawyers? A research team led by...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Apr 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Applying the Care Delivery Value Chain: HIV/AIDS Care in Resource Poor Settings
- 13 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
‘Humblebragging’ is a Bad Strategy, Especially in a Job Interview
generous to them” Humblebragging runs rampant on Twitter, but it turns out to be a lousy self-promotion tactic, especially in business situations such as job interviews, according to recent research by Harvard Business School's Ovul...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 08 May 2017
- News