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- 20 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2008
Working PapersFinding Missing Markets (and a disturbing epilogue): Evidence from an Export Crop Adoption and Marketing Intervention in Kenya Authors:Nava Ashraf, Xavier Gine, and Dean Karlan Abstract In much of the developing world,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
The analysis finds no impact of financial incentives on learning but significant effects of both goal setting and counseling on real financial outcomes. These results identify important complements to financial education that can bridge the gap between financial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 14
Additionally, labor quality and the structure of demand and a long tradition of work in organizational behavior suggests that the successful adoption of productivity enhancing managerial practices requires complementary changes in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 10
Galinsky Publication:Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (forthcoming) Abstract In four studies employing multiple manipulations of psychological closeness, we found that feeling connected to another individual who... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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BiGS Fellows | Institute for Business in Global Society
faces are seen by users. Chyei Vinluan Former Postdoctoral Fellow of Business Administration, Harvard Business School Chyei Vinluan was a former Postdoctoral Fellow of Business Administration in both the Negotiation, Organizations, and Markets and Organizational View Details
- 16 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 16
Publications December 2014 Management Science When Performance Trumps Gender Bias: Joint Versus Separate Evaluation By: Bohnet, Iris, Alexandra van Geen, and Max Bazerman Abstract—We examine a new intervention to overcome gender biases in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
Should Entrepreneurs Pitch Products or Ideas for Products?
when a writer is sufficiently confident about the idea, the incentive to capture a greater slice of the pie (because a spec is better protected) outweighs the advantages of pitching (such as getting early feedback). The data provide some evidence for a writer’s... View Details
- 31 Jul 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: The Rise of the FOMO Sapiens
but I would say that early intervention about the proper role of technology is important. And I think kids are super receptive to it, because what I have seen is that they watch their parents and they take cues and they're like, "You know... View Details
- 29 Mar 2016
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March 29, 2016
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50648 2016 New York: Oxford University Press Consumers, Corporations, and Public Health: A Case-Based Approach to Sustainable Business By: Quelch, John A. Abstract—The public health footprint associated with corporate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
The Devil You Don’t Know
big part of it is actually a tangible barrier rather than a behavioral one. If you're in a lockdown or if you’re nervous about going out and being around other people, you’re less likely to go out and shop, to consume, and this directly... View Details
- 18 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 18
scientifically grounded way to align our speech and nonverbal behavior with our beliefs, abilities, and values to produce a synchronized inner state that resonates and connects with others. In this way, we can capture the inner strength... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work
work, Tucker and Singer assigned each suggestion a priority score based on importance, likelihood, severity, and difficulty of correction. Identifying the hospitals with the most improved safety scores turned up some surprising findings. For one, management View Details
Keywords: by Paul Guttry
- 16 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence
discuss, decide on, and reward ideas in a group. The research team compared the behavior of two groups that had free-form discussions in response to questions that varied in the amount of “maleness” of the topic. In one group, the gender... View Details
- 30 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 30
Publications 2013 pub Rx: Human Nature: How Behavioral Economics Is Promoting Better Health Around the World By: Ashraf, Nava Abstract—Why doesn't a woman who continues to have unwanted pregnancies avail herself of the free contraception... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 27 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 27
scrutinizing the behavior of customers, suppliers, and competitors to identify new ways of doing things; (4) Experimenting: constructing interactive experiences and provoking unorthodox responses to see what insights emerge; and (5)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018
measure both face-to-face and electronic interaction before and after the adoption of open office architecture. The results inform our understanding of the impact on human behavior of workspaces that trend toward fewer spatial boundaries... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 23, 2016
D. KC, and F. Gino Abstract—Many models in operations management involve dynamic decision making that assumes optimal updating in response to information revelation. However, behavioral theory suggests that rather than updating their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
June 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
Toolbox: The Hopes and Hazards of Climate Intervention By Wake Smith (MBA 1986) Cambridge University Press Reaching net-zero emissions will not be the end of the climate struggle, but only the end of the beginning. For centuries... View Details
- 27 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 27
U.S., and an experimental exercise) that are consistent with the model. Working PapersWhen Performance Trumps Gender Bias: Joint versus Separate Evaluation Authors:Iris Bohnet, Alexandra van Geen, and Max H. Bazerman Abstract We examine a new View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 26 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 26, 2008
similar behavior following periods of poor financial performance. In addition to offering promotions more frequently, we find that firms offer deeper price discounts to manage earnings during these periods. Furthermore, our results... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace