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- January–February 2018
- Article
Ads That Don't Overstep: How to Make Sure You Don't Take Personalization Too Far
By: Leslie John, Tami Kim and Kate Barasz
Data gathered on the web has vastly enhanced the capabilities of marketers. With people regularly sharing personal details online and internet cookies tracking every click, companies can now gain unprecedented insight into individual consumers and target them with... View Details
John, Leslie, Tami Kim, and Kate Barasz. "Ads That Don't Overstep: How to Make Sure You Don't Take Personalization Too Far." Harvard Business Review 96, no. 1 (January–February 2018): 62–69.
- Article
Uninformed Consent
By: Leslie K. John
Companies want access to more and more of your personal data—from where you are to what’s in your DNA. Can they unlock its value while respecting consumers’ privacy? View Details
Keywords: Personal Data; Privacy; Customers; Analytics and Data Science; Ethics; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
John, Leslie K. "Uninformed Consent." Special Issue on The Big Idea: Tracked. Harvard Business Review (website) (September–October 2018).
- July 2009
- Exercise
Bringing AMP Home: Personal Memos to Improve Your Organization
By: Max H. Bazerman
This exercise helps AMP participants connect the concepts in AMP to specific issues that are current in their organizations. This exercise is done for each participant and each phase is shared with living group colleagues View Details
- 8 Aug 1990 - 12 Aug 1990
- Conference Presentation
Multidimensional Scaling of DSM-III Personality Disorders in Two Populations
By: W. B. Simpson, M. J. Lyons, L. Young and M. T. Tsuang
- July–August 2013
- Article
Relaxing the Taboo on Telling Our Own Stories: Upholding Professional Distance and Personal Involvement
By: Michel Anteby
Scholars studying organizations are typically discouraged from telling, in print, their own stories. The expression "telling our own stories" is used as a proxy for field research projects that, in their written form, explicitly rely on a scholar's personal involvement... View Details
Keywords: Fieldwork; Research Practiced; Distance; Involvement; Taboo; Practice; Ethics; Education Industry
Anteby, Michel. "Relaxing the Taboo on Telling Our Own Stories: Upholding Professional Distance and Personal Involvement." Organization Science 24, no. 4 (July–August 2013): 1277–1290.
- Article
Perceiving Freedom Givers: Effects of Granting Decision Latitude on Personality and Leadership Perceptions
By: Roy Y.J. Chua and Sheena Iyengar
A perennial question facing managers is how much decision latitude to give their employees at work. The current research investigates how decision latitude affects employees' perceptions of managers' personalities and, in turn, their leadership effectiveness. Results... View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Leadership; Perception; Employees; Performance Effectiveness; Personal Characteristics
Chua, Roy Y.J., and Sheena Iyengar. "Perceiving Freedom Givers: Effects of Granting Decision Latitude on Personality and Leadership Perceptions." Leadership Quarterly 22, no. 5 (October 2011): 863–880.
- Article
High School Curriculum and Financial Outcomes: The Impact of Mandated Personal Finance and Mathematics Courses
By: Shawn Cole, Anna Paulson and Gauri Kartini Shastry
Financial literacy and cognitive capabilities are convincingly linked to the quality of financial decision-making. Yet, there is little evidence that education intended to improve financial decision-making is successful. Using plausibly exogenous variation in exposure... View Details
Keywords: Financial Literacy; Cognitive Capability; Secondary Education; Personal Finance; Decision Making
Cole, Shawn, Anna Paulson, and Gauri Kartini Shastry. "High School Curriculum and Financial Outcomes: The Impact of Mandated Personal Finance and Mathematics Courses." Journal of Human Resources 51, no. 3 (Summer 2016): 656–698.
- 1994
- Chapter
Person and Environment in Talent Development: The Case of Creativity
By: T. M. Amabile, E. Phillips and M. A. Collins
Amabile, T. M., E. Phillips, and M. A. Collins. "Person and Environment in Talent Development: The Case of Creativity." In Talent Development: Proceedings of the 1993 Henry B. and Jocelyn Wallace National Research Symposium on Talent Development, edited by Nicholas Colangelo, Susan G. Assouline, and DeAnn L. Ambroson. Unionville, NY: Trillium Press, 1994.
- 2020
- Chapter
The Group Malleability Intervention: Addressing Intergroup Conflicts by Changing Perceptions of Outgroup Malleability
By: Amit Goldenberg, J. J. Gross and Eran Halperin
Precise shifts in the ways people make sense of themselves, others, and social situations can help people flourish. This compelling handbook synthesizes the growing body of research on wise interventions—brief, nonclinical strategies that are "wise" to the impact of... View Details
Goldenberg, Amit, J. J. Gross, and Eran Halperin. "The Group Malleability Intervention: Addressing Intergroup Conflicts by Changing Perceptions of Outgroup Malleability." Chap. 15 in Handbook of Wise Interventions: How Social Psychology Can Help People Change, edited by Gregory M. Walton and Alia J. Crum. New York, NY: Guilford Press, 2020.
- December 2022
- Article
Shaping Nascent Industries: Innovation Strategy and Regulatory Uncertainty in Personal Genomics
By: Cheng Gao and Rory McDonald
In nascent industries—whose new technologies are often poorly understood
by regulators—contending with regulatory uncertainty can be crucial to organizational survival and growth. Prior research on nonmarket strategy has largely
focused on established firms in mature... View Details
Keywords: Technological Change; Innovation; Qualitative Methods; New Categories; Entrepreneurship; Technological Innovation; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Risk and Uncertainty; Strategy
Gao, Cheng, and Rory McDonald. "Shaping Nascent Industries: Innovation Strategy and Regulatory Uncertainty in Personal Genomics." Administrative Science Quarterly 67, no. 4 (December 2022): 915–967.
- 07 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Personalized Entrepreneurial Finance and Other VC Trends
Over the last ten years, technology has reduced entire catalogues of consumer goods to devices that fit in the palms of our hands. Phones are smarter, networks are faster, and more people have access to more information than ever before. This democratization of access... View Details
- 1994
- Dissertation
Borderline Personality Disorder: Dimension or Category? A Maximum Covariance Analysis
By: William B. Simpson
- Article
Imperfect Personal Information and the Demand Revealing Process: A Sampling Approach
By: Jerry R. Green and Jean-Jacques Laffont
Green, Jerry R., and Jean-Jacques Laffont. "Imperfect Personal Information and the Demand Revealing Process: A Sampling Approach." Special Issue on The Demand-Revealing Process. Public Choice 29, Suppl. (Spring 1977): 79–94.
- Article
The Impact of Personal Genomics on Risk Perceptions and Medical Decision-Making
By: Joshua Lev Krieger, Fiona Murray, J. Scott Roberts and Robert C. Green
Krieger, Joshua Lev, Fiona Murray, J. Scott Roberts, and Robert C. Green. "The Impact of Personal Genomics on Risk Perceptions and Medical Decision-Making." Nature Biotechnology 34, no. 9 (September 2016): 912–918.
- 2023
- Working Paper
Personalized Game Design for Improved User Retention and Monetization in Freemium Games
By: Eva Ascarza, Oded Netzer and Julian Runge
One of the most crucial aspects and significant levers that gaming companies possess in designing
digital games is setting the level of difficulty, which essentially regulates the user’s ability to
progress within the game. This aspect is particularly significant in... View Details
Keywords: Freemium; Retention/churn; Field Experiment; Field Experiments; Gaming; Gaming Industry; Mobile App; Mobile App Industry; Monetization; Monetization Strategy; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Customers; Retention; Product Design; Strategy
Ascarza, Eva, Oded Netzer, and Julian Runge. "Personalized Game Design for Improved User Retention and Monetization in Freemium Games." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-062, November 2020. (Revised December 2023.)
- 2011
- Book
True North Groups: A Powerful Path to Personal and Leadership Development
By: Bill George and Doug Baker
All too often, we find ourselves forced to confront life's challenges on our own. What we need is an intimate group with whom we can examine our beliefs and share our lives. For the past thirty-five years, Bill George and Doug Baker have found the answer in True North... View Details
Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Leadership; Personal Development and Career; Problems and Challenges; Groups and Teams; Opportunities; Personal Characteristics
George, Bill, and Doug Baker. True North Groups: A Powerful Path to Personal and Leadership Development. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2011.
- 2003
- Article
The "Moralities" of Poaching: Manufacturing Personal Artifacts on the Factory Floor
By: Michel Anteby
Anteby, Michel. The "Moralities" of Poaching: Manufacturing Personal Artifacts on the Factory Floor. Ethnography 4, no. 2 (2003): 217–239.
- 01 Jan 1981
- Conference Presentation
Concepts and Personal Introspection: Which Should We Stress in Teaching OB?
By: John A. Davis
- September 2008
- Article
Effect of Personal Taxes on Managers' Decisions to Sell Their Stock
Jin, Li, and S.P. Kothari. "Effect of Personal Taxes on Managers' Decisions to Sell Their Stock." Journal of Accounting & Economics 46, no. 1 (September 2008).
- August 1982 (Revised July 1984)
- Case
Corning Glass Works (B): Personal Computing - The Implementation of Change
Porter, Leslie R. "Corning Glass Works (B): Personal Computing - The Implementation of Change." Harvard Business School Case 183-015, August 1982. (Revised July 1984.)