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  • 30 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 30

the two tendencies can be explained as a product of a contingent recency effect: although the estimations reflect negative recency, choice behavior reflects positive recency. A similar pattern is observed in the field study: immediately... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Jun 2023
  • Blog Post

Actively Addressing Unconscious Bias in Recruiting

School, along with actions you can take now to make a lasting difference. What is Unconscious Bias? Unconscious or implicit bias is the term for the mental processes that cause a person to act in ways that reinforce stereotypes even when in our conscious mind we would... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 24 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 24

context, reflected in its introduction of product features, is influenced by prior industry affiliation. We hypothesize first, that prior industry experience shapes a set of shared beliefs resulting in similar and concurrent firm behavior; second, that firms will... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 30

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-143.pdf Watch What I Do, Not What I Say: The Unintended Consequences of the Homeland Investment Act Authors:Dhammika Dharmapala, C. Fritz Foley, and Kristin J. Forbes Abstract This paper analyzes the impact on firm View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 23, 2008

represent strategic research sites for understanding the formation of economic practices and representations. This article draws on historical material to analyze the changing place of economics in American business education over the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 May 2017
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First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017

points. Pseudo-set framing changes gambling choices (Study 1), effort (Studies 2 and 3), giving behavior (Field Data and Study 4), and purchase decisions (Study 5). These effects persist in the absence of any reward, when a cost must be... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 02 Oct 2007
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First Look: October 2, 2007

Inner Angels and Demons: What We Have Learned About Want/Should Conflicts and How That Knowledge Can Help Us Reduce Short-Sighted Decision Making Authors:Katherine L. Milkman, Todd Rogers, and Max H. Bazerman Abstract Although observers of human View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 May 2014
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First Look: May 13

maintaining a long-term strategic plan is of value in thwarting such investors. Executives and directors are advised to analyze their corporations from the point of view of an activist investor, to create harmony within the board of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 16

that may be to do. In this article, the authors look at research from behavioral economics, social psychology, and other disciplines and offer practical tactics for leaders hoping to project a healthy amount of both qualities. Publisher's... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 28 May 2008
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First Look: May 28, 2008

institutional theory, we hypothesize that ratings are particularly likely to spur responses from firms whose legitimacy is threatened—and thus are shamed—by these ratings. We extend existing theory by drawing on the strategic choice... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Oct 2016
  • News

Smart Moves

series of strategic acquisitions. The first, in 2011, was ITIS Holdings, a UK–based competitor, which helped INRIX to extend its global reach. More recently, the company acquired Santa Monica, California–based ParkMe in 2015, which helps... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Support Activities for Transportation; Transportation
  • November 2017 (Revised November 2021)
  • Case

Irene Rosenfeld at Mondelēz International: Crafting a Corporate Strategy

By: Raffaella Sadun, David J. Collis, Amram Migdal and Kerry Herman
The case focuses on Irene Rosenfeld’s tenure as CEO of the global snack food company Mondelēz International. Beginning in 2006, she had led the company through many acquisitions, including France’s LU Biscuit and British confectionery company Cadbury, before, in 2012,... View Details
Keywords: Snack Food; Snack; Global Snacking; Packaged Food; Consumer Packaged; Kraft Foods; Kraft; Agribusiness; Change; Change Management; Corporate Strategy; Transformation; Geography; Geographic Scope; Global Strategy; Leadership; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Management; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Style; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Demand and Consumers; Consumer Behavior; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Planning; Strategic Planning; Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Illinois
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  • 13 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 13

logic into the business process setting to find that leaders were far more likely to adopt the incremental innovation of internet-based e-buying. However, they were commensurately less likely to adopt the more strategically sensitive and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Dec 2010
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First Look: December 21

with age. Temptation and Productivity: A Field Experiment with Children Authors:Alessandro Bucciol, Daniel Houser, and Marco Piovesan Publication:Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (forthcoming) Abstract Substantial evidence... View Details
  • 07 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017

ZIP codes. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53271 Harvard Business School Case 718-419 Hilti (A): Fleet Management? This case explores the strategic decision-making process of premium power tools... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Dec 2007
  • News

How Business Schools Lost Their Way

advantage of lax monitoring to build corporate empires with little strategic coherence, producing commensurately lackadaisical results. I do believe, however, that with the abandonment of the professionalization project and the idea that... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Abraham Zaleznik; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
  • Career Coach

Lauren Murphy

Lauren is the Founder and Principal Coach of Pivotal Executive Coaching, partnering with senior business leaders to accomplish their professional and organization goals. She works with executives in technology, healthcare, real estate, consumer products, and financial... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products; Investment Management; Financial Services (All); Manufacturing; Publishing / Communications / Advertising; Retail; Health Care; Clean Technology; Energy; Commercial Banking; Financial Services (All); Consulting; Education; Entertainment / Media; Entrepreneurship; Financial Services (All); Government; Hospitality; Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Real Estate; Search Fund; Financial Services (All); Sports; Technology; Telecommunications; Venture Capital; Financial Services (All)
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CFO Letter - Annual Report 2019

investing in core programs and strategic innovation, while still concluding the year in a strong financial position. The HBS economic model is unique among the Harvard University schools and begins with our commitment to internally funded... View Details
  • 07 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 7

pressure increases, team members begin to over-rely on general expertise while discounting domain-specific expertise, leading to suboptimal performance. I use longitudinal qualitative case studies to explore the underlying behavioral... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2010
  • News

The Transformers

years after Grossman’s article, Bishop William Lawrence University Professor Michael Porter coauthored a groundbreaking November–December 1999 article titled “Philanthropy’s New Agenda: Creating Value.” The authors made the case that foundations devoted too little... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services