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  • June 2022
  • Article

Conservatism Gets Funded? A Field Experiment on the Role of Negative Information in Novel Project Evaluation

By: Jacqueline N. Lane, Misha Teplitskiy, Gary Gray, Hardeep Ranu, Michael Menietti, Eva C. Guinan and Karim R. Lakhani
The evaluation and selection of novel projects lies at the heart of scientific and technological innovation, and yet there are persistent concerns about bias, such as conservatism. This paper investigates the role that the format of evaluation, specifically information... View Details
Keywords: Project Evaluation; Innovation; Knowledge Frontier; Information Sharing; Negativity Bias; Projects; Innovation and Invention; Information; Knowledge Sharing
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  • 2020
  • Working Paper

When Do Experts Listen to Other Experts? The Role of Negative Information in Expert Evaluations for Novel Projects

By: Jacqueline N. Lane, Misha Teplitskiy, Gary Gray, Hardeep Ranu, Michael Menietti, Eva C. Guinan and Karim R. Lakhani
The evaluation of novel projects lies at the heart of scientific and technological innovation, and yet literature suggests that this process is subject to inconsistency and potential biases. This paper investigates the role of information sharing among experts as the... View Details
Keywords: Project Evaluation; Innovation; Knowledge Frontier; Negativity Bias; Projects; Innovation and Invention; Information; Diversity; Judgments
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  • August 2016 (Revised August 2016)
  • Teaching Note

Intrapreneurship at DaVita Healthcare Partners

By: Joseph B. Fuller and Matthew Preble
DaVita Healthcare Partners Inc. (DaVita) is one of the U.S.'s leading dialysis providers, a process whereby persons with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) are connected to a machine that performs the functions of a healthy kidney. Kent Thiry, DaVita's CEO, has expanded... View Details
Keywords: Intrapreneurship; Entrepreneurial Organizations; Startup Management; Startup; Strategic Positioning; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Corporate Strategy; Business Startups; Strategic Planning; Competitive Strategy; Health Industry; United States
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  • 2015
  • Discussion Paper

The Roles of Import Competition and Export Opportunities for Technical Change

By: Claudia Steinwender
A variety of empirical and theoretical trade papers have suggested and documented a positive impact of trade on the productivity of firms. However, there is less consensus about the underlying mechanism at work. While trade papers focus on access to export markets,... View Details
Keywords: Performance Productivity; Trade
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  • Summer 2016
  • Article

Open Content, Linus' Law, and Neutral Point of View

By: Shane Greenstein and Feng Zhu
The diffusion of the Internet and digital technologies has enabled many organizations to use the open-content production model to produce and disseminate knowledge. While several prior studies have shown that the open-content production model can lead to high-quality... View Details
Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Internet and the Web; Balance and Stability; Operations; Knowledge Management; Knowledge Dissemination
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  • 2016
  • Working Paper

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Modern Administrative State, 1912–1925: Trade Associations, Codes of Fair Competition, and State Building

By: Laura Phillips Sawyer
From its founding in 1912 through the interwar years, the Chamber's history shows a persistent preoccupation with progressive economics and policy-making. Rather than flouting the new ideas of institutional economics, which favored federal regulators overseeing data... View Details
Keywords: Organizations; Trade; Business and Government Relations; Competition; United States
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  • August 2014 (Revised August 2015)
  • Supplement

Opening the Valve: From Software to Hardware (B)

By: Ethan Bernstein, Francesca Gino and Bradley Staats
Valve, one of the world's top video game software companies, has also become an iconic example of an organization with virtually no hierarchy. A 400-person organization, Valve's unique organizational form (described in detail in the case and accompanying employee... View Details
Keywords: Valve; Self-Managed Organizations; Organization Design; Strategy; Flat Organization; Video Games; Organization Alignment; Family Business; Steam; Steam Machine; Design; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Human Resources; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Technological Innovation; Leadership Style; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Groups and Teams; Alignment; Software; Hardware; Video Game Industry; Seattle
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  • June 2012
  • Case

Innovating at AT&T: Partnering to Lead the Broadband Revolution

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Phillip Andrews and Kerry Herman
In 2010, the U.S. retail market value for next-generation non-handset wirelessly-enabled devices was just over $1 billion. By 2011 it had grown 1,141% to $13.2 billion and was forecast to reach $24.7 billion in 2015. At the same time, user demand for data was surging... View Details
Keywords: Innovation ＆ Entrepreneurship; Team Leadership; Emerging Technologies; Business Models; Business To Business; Corporate Vision; Growth Strategy; Corporate Culture; Innovation and Invention; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Partners and Partnerships; Leadership; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Growth and Development Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Business Model; Technology Industry; United States
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    Judo Strategy: Turning Your Competitors’ Strength to Your Advantage

    Why do some companies succeed in defeating stronger rivals, while others fail? This is a question that, sooner or later, all ambitious competitors must face. Whether you’re a tiny start-up taking on industry giants or a giant moving into markets dominated by... View Details

    • 08 Jun 2012
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Location Choices Under Strategic Interactions

    Keywords: by Juan Alcacer
    • July 2022
    • Article

    When Alterations Are Violations: Moral Outrage and Punishment in Response to (Even Minor) Alterations to Rituals

    By: Daniel H. Stein, Juliana Schroeder, Nicholas M. Hobson, Francesca Gino and Michael I. Norton
    From Catholics performing the sign of the cross since the 4th century to Americans reciting the Pledge of Allegiance since the 1890s, group rituals (i.e., predefined sequences of symbolic actions) have strikingly consistent features over time. Seven studies (N = 4,213)... View Details
    Keywords: Ritual; Morality; Groups; Norms; Commitment; Groups and Teams; Values and Beliefs; Change; Moral Sensibility; Behavior
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    • 2011
    • Working Paper

    From Single Deals to Negotiation Campaigns

    By: David A Lax and James K. Sebenius
    Negotiation scholars typically take the individual deal, or a few linked deals, as the unit of analysis. While analyzing one deal requires a familiar conceptual framework, doing the same for a broader "negotiation campaign" calls for a different focus and set of... View Details
    Keywords: Negotiation Deal; Framework; Business Subsidiaries; Agreements and Arrangements; Mergers and Acquisitions; Information Management; Finance; Business and Shareholder Relations; Corporate Governance; Business and Government Relations; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues
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    • 04 Oct 2023
    • HBS Seminar

    Ithai Stern, INSEAD

    • 06 Feb 2023
    • HBS Seminar

    Using Oral History in Business and Management Studies

    • 25 Apr 2024
    • News

    Origin Stories

    embassies around the world. Later, as an MBA, it also inspired him to write to Laurance Rockefeller after reading about Rockefeller’s early investments in what would become Eastern Air Lines and McDonnell Douglas. That initial contact led... View Details
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    Brandon Graves

    time, I couldn’t anticipate how much my initial opinions and viewpoints would change over an 80-minute case discussion. What is your favorite childhood memory? One of my favorite childhood memories is going to work with my mother. She... View Details
    • Web

    Building Entrepreneurial Organizations - Health Care

    care. Alumni Competition Student Competition Watch this brief video to learn more about the Fellowship and the success stories of past fellows. These HBS alums have launched 23 breakthrough life sciences technology businesses and raised $370M collectively! View Details
    • Web

    Online Entrepreneurship & Innovation Courses | HBS Online

    creativity to take your initial ideas and turn them into successful, groundbreaking business ventures. What You Earn Certificate of Completion Take any individual course to earn a Certificate of Completion and boost your resume.... View Details
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    About Us - Research Computing Services

    expertise. Statistical & Data Services RCS provides consulting services and assistance for HBS faculty research, along with guidance for RAs, doctoral students, faculty support specialists, and other collaborators supporting faculty research. View Details
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    Leadership Transitions | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

    Lehman Brothers Gay and Lesbian Network, Lehman Employees of African Descent, the Latin American Council, and Women’s Initiatives Leading Lehman. Lehman Brothers Centre for Women in Business, created in 2006 as a joint partnership between... View Details