Neural Reward Processing - Publications - Faculty & Research

26 Nov 2001
Op-Ed

Why Corporate Budgeting Needs To Be Fixed

shenanigans have become so common that they're almost invisible. The budgeting process is so deeply embedded in corporate life that the attendant lies and games are simply accepted as business as usual, no matter how destructive they are.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen

March 2022
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Winning Business at Russell Reynolds (B)

By: Ethan Bernstein and Cara Mazzucco

In an effort to make compensation drive collaboration, Russell Reynolds Associates’ (RRA) CEO Clarke Murphy sought to re-engineer the bonus system for his executive search consultants in 2016. As his HR analytics guru, Kelly Smith, points out, that risks upsetting–and... View Details

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14 Feb 2019
Blog Post

LOVE At HBS

each other. From the morning “Te amo” to the texts throughout the day to the constant and mutual support during our coming out process to our traditional Latino families. For us, finding the sweet spot between trying to be present and... View Details

04 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 4

model the technology of step processes with bottlenecks and show how this technology rewards vertical integration, a hierarchical organization, and the use of direct authority. These properties in turn... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Leadership Lessons of the Great Recession: Options for Economic Downturns

prepared for it.” Click Here Cote also emphasized to students that, as important as it was to avoid the disruption of layoffs and to preserve the company’s workforce, Honeywell also continued its process of “seed planting”—investing in... View Details

Keywords: by Sandra Sucher & Susan Winterberg; Aerospace; Electronics

01 Feb 2002
News

It's academic. (Not!)

background, and they have a good idea of what they want to do with that experience when they get here." The flexibility and freedom of academia has an entrepreneurial appeal that is extremely rewarding for those who want to set their own... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

18 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

How Disruptive Innovation Changes Education

write, "Disruption is a positive force. It is the process by which an innovation transforms a market whose services or products are complicated and expensive into one where simplicity, convenience, accessibility, and affordability... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

18 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Looking in the Mirror: Questions Every Leader Must Ask

likely to under-achieve your potential." Do You Have A Succession-planning Process In Place? Kaplan stresses the importance of developing potential successors for key positions in your company-including your own-and creating a... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

27 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

Want a Happy Customer? Coordinate Sales and Marketing

customers. The limits of such customization must be set, and the processes for approvals clarified. Otherwise, there will be constant tension and infighting between headquarters and the field. Once the common understanding and the... View Details

Keywords: by Benson Shapiro

19 Sep 2005
Research & Ideas

Rethinking Company Loyalty

ways with their employer when they discover that they won't be able to achieve their career goals. But if the process is handled skillfully, all parties profit in the long run. The best kind of loyalty is when both parties are... View Details

Keywords: by Lauren Keller Johnson

19 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?

professors are evaluated in part on the number of papers they publish in peer-reviewed journals. Primarily written for and read by other academics, many of those journals tend to reward novelty over applicability. In academia, “basic”... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

a software company that encourages households to reduce their energy consumption. From Opower's earliest days, its managers utilized experiments to amplify their environmental impact and enhance customer value. We will revisit some of their most consequential... View Details

21 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now

is far cheaper, better informed, and more trustworthy than outreach from a representative less attached to the company. Pay attention to, develop, and reward internal expertise. Such talent will naturally begin to surface as a result of... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Robin Abrahams, and Katherine Connolly Baden

03 May 2010
Research & Ideas

What Is the Future of MBA Education?

in countries such as India, Japan, China, and Mexico, to ask about the distinctive challenges of their markets and organizations. I am developing several cases based on this research for my second-year course General Management: Processes... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

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Neil Band | MBA

track in tech entrepreneurship. Tech areas of interest: I’m fascinated by the application of machine learning, distributed systems, and cryptography to economics and biology. I currently research memory optimization in deep neural network... View Details

26 Mar 2012
Research & Ideas

What Neuroscience Tells Us About Consumer Desire

between the goals of academia and the goals of a corporation in utilizing neuroscience. For Karmarkar, her work falls into the category of decision neuroscience, which is the study of what our brains do as we make choices. She harbors no motive other than to understand... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products

13 Jun 2017
Blog Post

What is the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program? A Q&A with Professor Tom Eisenmann

rewarding to watch their ventures come to life. For all these reasons, I'm excited about teaming up with SEAS faculty to build a joint degree program that blends engineering, design, and management and trains future leaders of technology... View Details

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Workshops & Technical Talks - Research Computing Services

Processing (NLP) in Python (RCS) Workshop Recording Code and data Introduction to Topic Modeling in Python (RCS) Workshop Recording Code and data Interactive Data Visualization with Python (RCS) Workshop Recording Code and data... View Details

23 Oct 2012
First Look

First Look: October 23

adaptive benefits of synchrony, including neural efficiency and the release of a reward signal that promotes future social interaction. In nature, neural synchrony yields... View Details