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  • 08 Nov 2016
  • First Look

November 8, 2016

Dialogue on Liberal Arts and Sciences: Re-engagement, Re-imagination, and Experimentation By: Kirby, William C., and Marjk van der Wende Abstract—This book highlights the experiences of international leaders in liberal arts and science... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Jun 2011
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First Look: June 21

results are consistent with an experimentation hypothesis in which tight monitoring of decisions leads to more control but less learning. An Evolutionary Approach to Financial History Author: Niall Ferguson Publication: Cold Spring Harbor... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 May 2014
  • Lessons from the Classroom

CORe: HBS Powers Up Online Program on Business Fundamentals

theory. "The more efficient style of learning may be in the form of assigned readings, but the experimental and experiential style of learning is probably more natural. It's very interactive, very engaging, and very customized. It's... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education
  • 18 Jun 2013
  • First Look

First Look: June 18

Unlocking Innovation Through Business Experimentation By: Thomke, Stefan Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: http://www.europeanbusinessreview.com/?p=8420   Working Papers Pay Harmony: Peer Comparison and Executive... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 30 Jan 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Measuring the Efficacy of the World’s Managers

larger number of organizations. The researchers have also started to work on management experiments, modeled on the randomized control trials adopted in the medical field. This experimental approach is much more costly and labor-... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • Web

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
  • 07 Dec 2010
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First Look: Dec. 7

monitoring" and entirely absent in those with "tight monitoring." The results are consistent with an experimentation hypothesis in which tight monitoring of decisions leads to more control but less learning. Download the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 12

punishment are correlated. We present three pieces of evidence (across countries, within the U.S., and an experimental exercise) that are consistent with the model. Download the paper: http://papers.nber.org/papers/w17309 Pricing and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Dec 2007
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First Look: December 11, 2007

collection will be of great interest to scholars of entrepreneurship, international business and business history. Psychology and Experimental Economics: A Gap in Abstraction Authors:Dan Ariely and Michael I. Norton Periodical:Current... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 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
Keywords: by Howard Stevenson and Shirley Spence; Health
  • 18 Jun 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Better by the Bunch: Evaluating Job Candidates in Groups

question that we look at—joint versus separate evaluation—a long time ago," Bohnet says, adding that the idea for the paper came from "a combination of Max's earlier work thinking about joint versus separate evaluation in the domain of product evaluation,... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
  • 17 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 17

both explore and exploit-to compete in mature technologies and markets where efficiency, control, and incremental improvement are prized and to also compete in new technologies and markets where flexibility, autonomy, and experimentation... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Mar 2019
  • News

The Merchant of Osaka

Setagaya ward. Just as importantly, the clinic succeeded as an experimental lab, a place to pilot new ideas incubated within Mediva. From that one neighborhood clinic a much bigger business took shape, all focused on the organizing... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
  • 08 Mar 2013
  • News

The Accidental Innovator

for one, is using Khan Academy on an experimental basis. It’s early, but test and learning results are promising. Here’s what happens: Students spend part of class time—and some time at home—working at their own pace on videos and... View Details
  • 31 Jul 2012
  • First Look

First Look: July 31

concern with appearing fair to others. In Experiments 1-2, most 6- to 8-year-old children behaved fairly towards others when an experimenter was aware of their choices; fewer children opted to behave fairly, however, when they could be... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 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
  • 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
  • 18 Jan 2021
  • Book

How Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More Problems

can invent and bring new ideas. They are there. There is amazing talent already inside government. Lagace: How can public entrepreneurs manage tensions between experimentation and failure? Weiss: In the book, I quote organizational... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace