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- 08 Dec 2023
- News
What Makes a Company Great at Producing Leaders?
- 11 Jan 2021
- News
A Step Toward Making Your Company More Sustainable
- Research Summary
Intra-Household Decision Making
Professor Ashraf's research in intra-household decision making examines how households make financial and health decisions, particularly in the presence of asymmetric information or benefits.
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- 04 May 2021
- News
A Return to the Office Is a Great Chance to Make a Fresh Start
- Article
Making a Difference: Developing Actionable Knowledge for Practice and Theory
By: Michael Beer
There is a widely acknowledged gap between academic research and practice. While the field of organizational studies and development has had an impact on management practice in some organizations, it has had only a modest impact on widely accepted management practice...
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Actionable Knowledge;
Actionable Practice;
Normal Science;
Scholar-consultant;
Management Practices and Processes;
Theory;
Innovation Leadership;
Organizations;
Performance Effectiveness
Beer, Michael. "Making a Difference: Developing Actionable Knowledge for Practice and Theory." Journal of Applied Behavioral Science 56, no. 4 (December 2020): 506–520.
- 16 Dec 2020
- News
To Make a Building Healthier, Stop Sanitizing Everything
- Research Summary
Decision making
Dr. Bos investigates how unconscious processes aid and improve performance. His work contests the common-sense notion that conscious deliberation always leads to the best outcomes. Dr. Bos and colleagues propose that, for complex decisions, the best outcomes result...
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- 30 Jun 2015
- Video
Gender Differences in Health, Wellness, and Healthcare
- 17 May 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
You Probably Have a Bias for Making Bad Decisions. Here's Why.
beliefs (confirmation bias), to give ourselves too much credit or not enough blame (self-serving bias), or to place more value on losing $100 than making $100 (loss aversion). In business, a bias-clouded...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Behavioral Economists Can Make You a Healthier Consumer and Smarter Marketer
behavioral science, specifically, behavioral economics, tries to understand consumers as they actually behave and promote changes in their decision making around those biases. Harvard Business School Associate Professor Leslie John...
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by Amelia Kunhardt
- 22 Apr 2014
- News
If a Bubble Bursts in Palo Alto, Does It Make a Sound?
- June 1999
- Case
NovaCare, Inc. - Helping Make Life a Little Better
NovaCare, a rehabilitation and employee-services comapny, has evolved over a 15-year period. Senior management believes that its success is largely due to its core values, which are shared on a daily basis and drive decisions. Operational and structural changes have...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Growth Management;
Organizational Culture;
Service Industry
Barrett, Diana. "NovaCare, Inc. - Helping Make Life a Little Better." Harvard Business School Case 399-118, June 1999.
- 10 Jul 2014
- News
A Case for Group Risk-Taking
- 09 May 2016
- Blog Post
What Is the Difference between RC and EC Year?
EC and RC year are like two siblings: widely different in personalities but they happen to live under the same roof. I've polled my classmates on which year is their favorite, and the results are divided with no clear winner. You'll...
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- winter 1996
- Article
Ethics for the 21st Century: A Decision Making Approach
By: D. M. Messick and M. H. Bazerman
Messick, D. M., and M. H. Bazerman. "Ethics for the 21st Century: A Decision Making Approach." MIT Sloan Management Review 37, no. 2 (winter 1996): 9–22.
The Power of Experiments: Decision Making in a Data-Driven World
In this book, Michael Luca and Max Bazerman explain the importance of experiments for decision making in a data-driven world. Luca and Bazerman describe the central role experiments play in the tech sector, drawing lessons and best practices from the experiences of... View Details
- Jun 03 2016
- Interview
A Tactical Game Plan for Making the Best M&A Deal
- 2023
- Working Paper
Trusting Talent: Cross-Country Differences in Hiring
By: Letian Zhang and Shinan Wang
This article argues that a society’s social trust influences employers’ hiring strategies. In selecting workers, employers could either focus on applicants’ potential and select on foundational skills (e.g., social skills, math skills) or focus on their readiness and...
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Keywords:
Selection and Staffing;
Trust;
Competency and Skills;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
European Union
Zhang, Letian, and Shinan Wang. "Trusting Talent: Cross-Country Differences in Hiring." Working Paper, October 2023.
- 28 Feb 2023
- News
Muhammad Ali: A Case Study in Purpose-Driven Decision Making
- Article
Making Exit Interviews Count
By: Everett Spain and Boris Groysberg
In the knowledge economy, skilled employees are the assets that drive organizational success. Thus companies must learn from them—why they stay, why they leave, and how the organization needs to change. A thoughtful exit interview—whether it be a face-to-face...
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Spain, Everett, and Boris Groysberg. "Making Exit Interviews Count." Harvard Business Review 94, no. 4 (April 2016): 88–95.