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- 02 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 2
Publications September 2014 Organization Science Social Comparisons and Deception Across Workplace Hierarchies: Field and Experimental Evidence By: Edelman, Benjamin, and Ian Larkin Abstract—We examine how... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 10
own childhood leads people to experience feelings of moral purity and to behave prosocially. In Experiment 1, participants instructed to recall memories from their childhood were more likely to help the experimenter with a supplementary... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
designing focused experiments to test hypotheses in a capital-efficient fashion in order to achieve product-market fit. But ICOs substantially limit the benefits associated with such staged experimentation for three reasons. Publisher's... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 25
reduced the temptation governments face to intervene in the operation of large strategic enterprises. In the Leviathan as a minority shareholder mode, governments have small equity ownership in corporations and in general do not intervene in management. We find View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 02 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 2, 2009
Working PapersTruth in Giving: Experimental Evidence on the Welfare Effects of Informed Giving to the Poor Authors:Christina Fong and Felix Oberholzer-Gee Abstract It is often difficult for donors to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘Collective Genius’
organizations were able to: CollaborateEngage in discovery-driven learning Make integrative decisions Our leaders' uniform emphasis on fostering these three capabilities will not surprise anyone familiar with existing research on innovative prob¬lem solving. Much View Details
- 13 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Turning High Potential into Real Reward
Professor Joseph B. Lassiter III's research explores entrepreneurial marketing in high-potential ventures. He describes entrepreneurial marketing as a mindset and a process, one that involves gathering specific evidence that convinces a... View Details
- 11 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Four Ways to Create Lasting Change
(comparable-store sales increases). At Alpha, as "comps" began to suffer, the firm also started to collect anecdotal as well as more systematic evidence of declines in customer satisfaction. In particular, customers seemed... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 Jul 2015
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First Look: July 28, 2015
strategic management and to the literature on information disclosure. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=40289 Experimental Evidence on Decision Making Under Information... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Aug 2014
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First Look: August 5
working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2470523 Decision Making Under Information Asymmetry: Experimental Evidence on Belief Refinements By: Schmidt, William, and Ryan W. Buell Abstract—We explore how... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Nov 2009
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First Look: Nov. 24
Working PapersWalking the Talk in Multiparty Bargaining: An Experimental Investigation Authors:Kathleen L. McGinn, Katherine L. Milkman, and Markus Nöth Abstract We study the framing effects of communication in multiparty bargaining.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Governance in India and Around the Globe
not actual practices. This introduction and conclusion from a recent working paper, "Product and Labor Markets Globalization and Convergence of Corporate Governance: Evidence from Infosys and the Indian Software Industry," looks... View Details
- 26 Nov 2013
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First Look: November 26
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=45847 August 2013 Journal of Experimental Psychology: General Get Excited: Reappraising Pre-Performance Anxiety as Excitement By: Brooks, Alison Wood Abstract—Individuals often feel anxious... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 3
goal of residency training. The Confederacy of Heterogeneous Software Organizations and Heterogeneous Developers: Field Experimental Evidence on Sorting and Worker Effort Authors:Kevin J. Boudreau and Karim... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Markets or Communities? The Best Ways to Manage Outside Innovation
both worlds. Q: What are you working on currently? A: I am furthering my understanding of markets and communities for innovation by conducting field experiments in software development. My colleagues and I hope to provide experimental... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
It’s All in a Name: Reputable Investors Help Startups Shine
job seekers if a startup was funded by a top-tier VC firm—for example, a badge for startups funded by Kleiner Perkins or Accel Partners. A second badge simply showed if the firm had been recently funded. The experimental design randomly... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 22 Oct 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Motivate Me, Please
when goals can go off the rails. Research Paper Is Overconfidence a Motivated Bias? Experimental Evidence People are most at risk of making overly positive self-assessments when their assessment criteria are... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Counting Up the Effects of Sarbanes-Oxley
establish takeaways to guide the creation of future legislation. While current measurement systems are insufficient to make an unambiguous, overarching judgment of the act's net benefits, Srinivasan and Coates isolate a few clear findings and make a case for... View Details
- 17 May 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
You Probably Have a Bias for Making Bad Decisions. Here's Why.
a Motivated Bias? Experimental Evidence People are most at risk of making overly positive self-assessments when their assessment criteria are not clearly defined. What do you think of this research? Has bias... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 27
imprisonment increased around 1980, a period that coincides with the "Reagan revolution" in economic matters. We build an economic model where beliefs about economic opportunities and beliefs about punishment are correlated. We present three pieces of View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel