Behavior And Behavioral Decision Making - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 22

potential impact of policies to manage systemic risk. Unravelling in Two-Sided Matching Markets and Similarity of Preferences Author:Hanna W. Halaburda Publication:Games and Economic View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 May 2008
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domestic partners. In order to illuminate the interplay between these two levels, we review literature from two separate bodies of literature. Research in psychology and organizational behavior on... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

27 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 27, 2007

Note 607-074 No abstract available. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=607074 Tickle Harvard Business School Case 807-100 Describes a set of decisions confronting the management team of a... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

25 Oct 2006
Op-Ed

Fixing Executive Options: The Veil of Ignorance

option practices remains unknown, this most recent scandal has deepened the sense in many quarters that option contracts given to managers distort behavior in destructive ways. The ability to play with, and... View Details

Keywords: by Mihir Desai & Joshua Margolis

16 Jul 2014
HBS Case

Marketing Obamacare

healthcare legislation in the US ensured that it would be complex and tough to sell to the public, Quelch says. But that was just the problem: Congress and the Obama Administration didn't sell it.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

13 May 2019
Research & Ideas

The Unexpected Way Whistleblowers Reduce Government Fraud

behavior on the part of government contractors and to keep a portion of any resulting settlement. Boeing, for example, has paid more than $40 million in settlements stemming from False Claim Act cases in the... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Service; Construction

03 Aug 2016
What Do You Think?

How Can We Hold the “Leadership Industry” Accountable?

humans. It is undermined by any company that tries to justify decisions based on market norms . Academics and training alone will not create leaders. Life creates leaders.” Bill C., in pointing to corporate... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

21 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 21

practitioners. Researchers have built upon the work in behavioral decision theory, examining the ways in which negotiators may deviate from rationality. The 1990s brought a renewed interest in social... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation

size and structural issues, the bill relies largely upon the judgment and willingness of regulators and politicians to deal with firms that threaten the "system"... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

17 Oct 2016
HBS Case

Business Solutions That Help Cut Food Waste

thing that irked him: Store food displays were too big, which meant a lot of food was wasted, particularly perishables including seafood, meat, and produce. “It was all about pile it high, make it look... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage

30 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 30, 2007

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-048.pdf Behavioral Decision Research, Legislation, and Society: Three Cases Author:Max H. Bazerman Abstract No abstract available. Download... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 May 2009
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First Look: May 12, 2009

results were very promising. However, the industry was dominated by large players who could impede the introductions of new technologies. BCM's founders would have to make critical decisions about how... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

11 Feb 2015
Research & Ideas

Politicians Benefited From Using Toxic Loans

according to the researchers. About 43% used toxic loans More than 72 percent of the 300 largest local governments in France used structured loans, according to the researchers. And of those loans, 40 percent can be classified as toxic.... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

October 2011 (Revised March 2012)
Supplement

Cottle-Taylor: Expanding the Oral Care Group in India, Student Spreadsheet (Brief Case)

By: John A. Quelch and Alisa Zalosh

Keywords: Forecasting; Budgeting; International Marketing; Product Planning ＆ Policy; Sales Promotions; Marketing Plans; Products; Consumer Behavior; Marketing; Product Design; Emerging Markets; Forecasting and Prediction; Budgets and Budgeting

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08 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

Everything Must Go: A Strategy for Store Liquidation

factors into account to optimize performance when decisions need to be made very, very quickly. This approach shows that being systematic about price markdowns, inventory transfers, and store closings can... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail

10 Oct 2007
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Abstract We study the effect of small windfalls on consumer-spending decisions by examining the purchasing behavior of a sample of online grocery shoppers over the course of a year. We compare the purchases... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Feb 2007
What Do You Think?

Is There Too Little “Know Why” In Business?

What do you think? To read more: Michael Maccoby, Why Work: Motivating and Leading the New Generation. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988. Original Article Two recent books offer views of the roles of... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

17 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 17

http://www.people.hbs.edu/shanson/shortint_text_20130814_FINAL.pdf September 2013 Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Cheating More for Less: Upward Social... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 May 2002
Book

Bringing the Master Passions to Work

thrust toward an end past which we cannot see with any of our senses." The fact that logic is timeless—untensed—is not a coincidence: It is the tenselessness of logical explanations that makes them attractive to a mind so impressed... View Details

Keywords: by Mihnea C. Moldoveanu & Nitin Nohria

Summer 2014
Article

When Does a Platform Create Value by Limiting Choice?

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Hanna Halaburda

We present a theory for why it might be rational for a platform to limit the number of applications available on it. Our model is based on the observation that even if users prefer application variety, applications often also exhibit direct network effects. When there... View Details