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- 26 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 26
whether the testimonial's efficacy increases when information is added about an affiliation the quoted individual shares with the recipient. Research Design and Methods: A total of 5,498 union members were randomly assigned to receive 1... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Rights of First Refusal Are a Bad Deal
written to protect renters in Britain when their landlord put their flat up for sale. Renters had a right of first refusal to purchase the property. In the end, however, the right worked against the renters. The issue in both contracts, says Roth, who specializes in... View Details
- 21 Aug 2017
- Lessons from the Classroom
Companies Love Big Data But Lack the Strategy To Use It Effectively
Technology and Operations Management Unit. He discussed with students how German soccer team TSG Hoffenheim deploys analytics in scouting and player development. He also noted how New Zealand’s yacht designers and crew prepared for the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
How Tennis, Golf, and White Anxiety Block Racial Integration
accessing valuable resources primarily controlled by White people, according to the study, Structuring Local Environments to Avoid Diversity: Anxiety Drives Whites’ Geographical and Institutional Self-Segregation Preferences, which will appear in the July issue of the... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 23 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 23
design principles and properties for a non-technical audience; reviews its past, present, and future uses; and points out risks and regulatory issues as Bitcoin interacts with the conventional financial system and the real economy.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: SELCO - Last Mile Solar Powered Energy for Rural India
for the unique requirements of low-income urban and rural communities through conducting needs assessments for various customer segments, like street vendors, midwives, and farmers. Through experimentation and customer feedback, they have... View Details
- 20 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: December 20
analyses indicate that "All-Star" recognition proxies for buy-side client votes on analyst research quality used to allocate commissions across banks and analysts. Taken as a whole, our evidence is consistent with analyst compensation being View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Economics of Experimentation in the Design of New Products and Processes” (Ph.D. diss., Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 1993 Stefan H. Thomke : Awarded the 1993 Lemelson-MIT Doctoral Fellowship for... View Details
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Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online
Parlor Room to discuss the rise of generative AI, how to come up with good business ideas, why experimentation is vital to finding product-market fit, and how to raise venture capital successfully. This course features access to an AI... View Details
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Entrepreneurial Support - Business & Environment
please visit the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship’s website . HBS EC Course - Tough Tech Ventures - Joshua Lev Krieger and Jim Matheson While tough technology has the potential to transform incumbent industries and tackle our most pressing societal issues, the tough... View Details
- 21 Feb 2005
- Op-Ed
Is Business Management a Profession?
departments stemmed from the recognition that economics, at the time, had no interest in one of management's most pressing concerns—namely, the internal organization of the firm. When experimentation with various disciplines—including... View Details
- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Hard Work of Failure Analysis
after much smaller scale errors or "near misses." These formal studies were forums designed explicitly for the purpose of learning from mistakes by probing deeply into their causes. In addition, cross-functional teams, known as... View Details
Keywords: by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon
- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
issues of econometric and scientific uncertainty. As a result, the basis for the broader legitimacy of the WTO is shifting from questions of representation that have long drawn attention to epistemic issues, especially concerning the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Is Web Surfing Distracting Your Workers?
available for subsequent tasks," says Piovesan, who conducts much of his fellowship work through the Computer Lab for Experimental Research at HBS. "We were interested to see if this theory was true, and, if so, what were the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 04 Aug 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Dangerous Is Common Sense to Managers?
should practice "emergent" strategy formulation in which long-term predictions are replaced by efforts to better understand what is going on at present. According to Watts, leaders run the risk of injecting too much common sense into decisions, uninformed by... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 18 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
Pulpit Bullies: Why Dominating Leaders Kill Teams
specialists—including a professional climber, a doctor, and a photographer—each of whom scored points according to how many of their individual goals were met. For each group, the researchers designated a formal leader. In some cases they... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 20 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 20
time. Read the paper: http://www.europeanceo.com/business-and-management/2012/07/iso-standards-stamp-approval/ Children Develop a Veil of Fairness Authors:Alex Shaw, Natalia Montinari, Marco Piovesan, Kristina Olson, Francesca Gino, and Michael I. Norton... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Future Vision
launched, Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS) and the Digital, Data, and Design Institute at Harvard (D^3). What is their focus, and what do you hope to accomplish through them? For many decades, business has been... View Details
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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
philanthropy. Conducting Business Experimentation Professor Benjamin Roth + More Info - Slides – Less Info - Slides This interactive lecture will introduce the tools of randomized experimentation (A/B tests,... View Details
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Organizational Behavior Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Decade Award for “Taking Gender into Account: Theory and Design for Women’s Leadership Development Programs” (September 2011) with Herminia Ibarra and Deborah M. Kolb. Robin J. Ely : Awarded the 2021 Outstanding Practitioner-Orientated... View Details