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Timeline - Race, Gender & Equity
Tom Kilburn, and Geoff Toothill develop the Small-Scale Experimental Machine - the first to run a computer program 1951 The Eckert and Mauchly Computer Company sells first commercial computer 1957 Dr. Albert Sabin develops a polio... View Details
- 13 Feb 2018
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New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018
appear prosocial and not to appear greedy—relates to individuals' volunteer reputations. Experimental results support this possibility. Individuals with past histories of volunteering are less responsive to image concerns if their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Civic Benefits of Google Street View and Yelp
caveats—an algorithm generated on the features found in New York City may not be readily transferable to small Indonesian villages, which display radically different types of features. It will take hard work and experimentation to produce... View Details
- 07 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Are Creative People More Dishonest?
the researchers learned, the higher the creativity required for the job, the higher the level of self-reported dishonesty. Then, through a series of experimental studies, the researchers tested--and largely proved--the theory that... View Details
- 13 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Turning High Potential into Real Reward
Very often, that customer you would ultimately like to sell to is very reluctant to buy new, still-evolving products. So you have to get started with customers who have a desire for experimentation and who are not only willing but driven... View Details
- 11 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Four Ways to Create Lasting Change
refine ideas through experimentation prior to full-scale rollout. The mobilizing process entails the use of symbolism, metaphors, and compelling stories to engage people's hearts as well as minds so as to build commitment to the project.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 03 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 3, 2015
difference-in-differences, matching estimations, and regression discontinuity designs. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50014 Experimental Evidence of Pooling Outcomes Under Information Asymmetry By:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Feb 2014
- First Look
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advantageous for production of designs Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2321691 Off the Hook? Mistaken Expectations of Leniency in the Punishment of Transgressions By: Moore, Celia, Lamar Pierce, and Francesca Gino Abstract—This paper combines View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
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2.1.4 Classroom Non-Attribution - MBA
it is especially important for students to bring an attitude of openness and experimentation to their learning, and because our pedagogy often requires students to speak in class and take positions on topics not of their choosing, we are... View Details
- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Faculty Books Published in 2020
flip them in your favor, you create an edge—and your hard work works harder for you. Experimentation Works: The Surprising Power of Business Experiments by Stefan Thomke Don’t fly blind. See how the power of experiments works for you.... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 10 May 2017
- Research & Ideas
Amazon Web Services Changed the Way VCs Fund Startups
out if this new strategy has paid off for investors and their portfolio companies. Nanda and colleagues present their findings in a paper scheduled to appear in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Financial Economics, titled Cost of View Details
- 13 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
5 Weight Loss Tips From Behavioral Economists
students went through the experimental session wearing 15-pound backpacks, while the other half wore 5-pound backpacks. The results showed that participants wearing a heavy backpack indeed experienced higher levels of guilt than the light... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 07 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 8, 2018
better joint outcomes. Study 2 demonstrates the causal impact of handshaking using experimental methodology. Study 3 suggests one driver of the cooperative consequence of handshaking: negotiators expected partners who shook hands to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jun 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 13
experimentally dissociable, little is known about ambiguity sensitivity in individuals who engage in chronic antisocial behavior. We used a financial decision-making task in a high-risk community-based sample to test for associations... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
‘Humblebragging’ is a Bad Strategy, Especially in a Job Interview
common tool in experimental economics, the dictator game has one player determining how to split an endowment between himself and another player.) The prediction bore out. In a series of experiments involving 154 participants, those... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 23 Jan 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 23, 2018
cross-occupational survey (Study 1), we found that idle time occurs frequently across all occupational categories; we estimate that employers in the United States pay roughly $100 billion in wages for time that employees spend idle. Studies 2a through 3b View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Chance Encounters: What's at Stake in Return-to-Office Decisions
rare opportunity to reimagine the workplace. What does the landscape look like now, and how strategic is the decision-making around office space? Maria Roche: I think there was a lot more experimentation earlier, in terms of letting... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Ideas in Action
cross-disciplinary investigations over multiple years that would not otherwise be possible. It also enables faculty to pursue novel, experimental studies, giving them the opportunity to take risks and shape the intellectual agenda in... View Details
- 24 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
Harvard Business Review Managing Political Misfits By: Bermiss, Y. Sekou, and Rory McDonald Abstract—Not all employees agree with your politics. That's OK. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54406 forthcoming Management Science The ABCs... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Solving COVID'S Mental Health Crisis
community-based organizations. COVID-19 has disrupted GPP’s school-based activities, which include teacher training and the Teen Advisory Council, a program that supports students as they educate their peers about the dangers of prescription drug misuse and View Details