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- 22 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 22, 2007
Language Authors:Jerry Green and Laurence J. Kotlikoff Abstract A century ago, everyone thought time and distance were well-defined physical concepts. But neither proved absolute. Instead, measures/reports of time and distance were found to depend on one's View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 21, 2009
studies were less likely to criticize the actions of others when their behavior eroded gradually, over time, rather than in one abrupt shift. We refer to this phenomenon as the slippery slope effect. Our studies also demonstrate that at... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Four Questions Fundraisers Must be Prepared to Answer
referred a donor to another organization that more closely fit with the individual’s philanthropic goals. That suggestion earned a $1 million “tip” a few months later, simply because the donor was so pleased to learn about an organization... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 08 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 8, 2016
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50668 forthcoming Journal of Marketing Research Design of Search Engine Services: Channel Interdependence in Search Engine Results By: Edelman, Benjamin, and Zhenyu Lai Abstract—The authors examine prominent placement of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant
of the NFL coaching carousel over the last few decades? Why did coaches succeed or fail in a league that some scholars have referred to as a natural laboratory for studying performance? When and why did previously successful coaches lose... View Details
- 25 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 25
effect of greater rivalry dominates for less uncertain problems whereas the effect on the extreme value prevails for more uncertain problems. Adding competitors thus systematically increases overall contest... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 May 2016
- First Look
May 10, 2016
build a literature more effectively than they could with less diverse approaches to gathering data. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51015 April 29, 2016 Science The Growing Problem of Patent Trolling By:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 16 Jul 2024
- Blog Post
Advancing Health Equity: Social Enterprise Summer Fellow Simona Stancov (MBA 2025)
community. These MBA learnings have framed the way I approach my work at CHAI. By investigating the various forces at play behind malaria prevalence and incidence, I am better able to help colleagues and partners develop nuanced, View Details
- 18 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Words Get in the Way: The Failure of Fiscal Language
labeling conventions—representing, in the words of the authors, "an exercise in linguistics, not economics." Like Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, which concluded that concepts like time and distance depend on one's View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 03 Aug 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Can We Hold the “Leadership Industry” Accountable?
context of organizations. In total, however, this month’s comments provide little hope for change of the kind that will enable the leadership industry to become more effective in fostering enlightened leadership around the world. This... View Details
- 02 Aug 2021
- What Do You Think?
Can Companies with Remote Management Succeed?
Fifth Third’s employees back to the office he remarked that, “We can’t be a great company working remotely We can get the job done, but it’s tough to flourish.” The comment refers to Fifth Third’s management core. Like many service... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 10
(2003): "Exploitation, Exploration, and Process Management: The Productivity Dilemma Revisited." Our paper received the Academy of Management Review's best paper award in 2003 and the decade award in 2013. We consider the context within which the paper was... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 15 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
These VC Partners May Make Your Firm Less Innovative
“which is a fancy way of referring to all of the things you don’t have as a new company—products, knowledge, connections, resources.” The most common and effective way to make up for that lack is to find... View Details
- 27 Oct 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Achieving Excellence in Nonprofits
are focusing on; that is, the most important and defining feature of these organizations is whether their central mission is social rather than private. We refer to them as "social-mission-driven organizations" (SMDOs). We are... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Homers: Secrets on the Factory Floor
employees on company time, with company material and/or tools. The origin of the term is unclear but probably refers to the fact that these artifacts are brought home. In the French aeronautics plant I studied, cutlery, toys, and... View Details
- 06 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
When Product Variety Backfires
refers to the types of tradeoffs an assortment demands of a consumer. An alignable assortment is one where products vary along a single dimension—such as size or speed or capacity. Therefore, the tradeoffs are "within attribute"... View Details
- 12 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Accounting Information as Political Currency
expected the accounting effect on election outcomes to be minor. When we ran the tests, we found that even a one standard-deviation change in our measure of earnings management could affect election outcomes in some cases. Q: Were you... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Marked Managers
biotech industry. At HBS, Higgins currently teaches Self-Assessment and Career Development in the MBA curriculum and Strategic Human Resource Management in the Executive Education Program. What is a career imprint? Organizational career imprinting View Details
- 23 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 23, 2008
Experience and Team Familiarity: Addressing the Knowledge Acquisition-Application Problem Authors:Robert S. Huckman and Bradley R. Staats Abstract Prior work in organizational learning has failed to find a consistent effect of variation... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 May 2016
- What Do You Think?
What Does Boaty McBoatface Tell Us About Brand Control on the Internet?
but people will still refer to it as Boaty I say take the gift and run with it!” Frank D. did indeed run with it, suggesting that “The life boats could be Life Boaties. He (apparently referring to the gender... View Details