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- 13 Feb 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018
J. Terry Abstract—We experimentally test how effort responds to wages—randomly assigned to accrue to individuals or to a charity—in the presence of expectations-based reference points or targets. When individuals earn money for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Computer Security is For Managers, Too
each warrants. A bank, for instance, might assign the greatest amount of protection to the database that stores its customers' financial information. For a pharmaceutical company, it might be the research servers that hold data on... View Details
- 11 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Saying “Race” Out Loud: Leading Conversations on Diversity in HBS Classrooms
conversations when they arise. “It’s a ‘when,’ not ‘if’ they arise situation,” she notes. In one recent training for a case on mass incarceration, Creary cold-called two faculty members for a role-playing scenario, assigning them names,... View Details
- 02 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 2
when they were randomly assigned to wear them (Experiment 1b). Experiment 2 shows that the effects of wearing counterfeit sunglasses extend beyond the self, influencing judgments of other people's unethical behavior. Experiment 3... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 8, 2018
recollection of how Howard revolutionized the field of negotiation and how those insights are now affecting broader areas of the social science. Raiffa received the 1999 Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Association for... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Globalization Revisited
argued that advances in communications technology were increasingly inspiring consumers around the world to want the same things. Therefore, he declared, international companies should cease to act as “multinationals” that customized... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
HBS Conferences Explore Range of Issues
including the information age in Asia, venture capital in India, and joint ventures in China. Other conference highlights included the participation of Vietnam's Finance Minister Nguyen Sing Hung, Taiwan's Minister of State Ma Ying-jeou, and Daewoo View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
he’s hosting a tour of the space—and assigning McKenna a key card. Ten months in as CEO of the humanitarian aid organization, it’s finally her first day in the office. One by one, a few other senior leaders assemble in the lobby for the 1... View Details
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
America By: Fourcade, Marion, and Rakesh Khurana Abstract—This article draws on historical material to examine the co-evolution of economic science and business education over the course of the twentieth century, showing that fields evolve not only through View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 11 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Adding Time to Activity-Based Costing
Jane Gilbert: What inspired you to develop the concept of time-driven activity-based costing? Robert Kaplan: When Robin Cooper and I introduced ABC in the mid-1980s, we were strongly influenced by the approach taken by strategy consultants, who used interviews and... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 18 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 18
enterprises (MNEs), the paper argues we have reason to reject assigning human rights obligations to business enterprises and their managers. The paper begins by distinguishing business and human rights from the more general topic of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
Common Pitfalls So That Your Organization Can Collaborate, Learn, and Innovate By: Leonardi, Paul, and Tsedal Neeley Abstract—Workplaces have adopted internal social tools—think stand-alone technologies such as Slack, Yammer, and Chatter,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The Levitt Brand
the room, slaps down his papers, and fixes his audience with a piercing gaze before choosing one unfortunate soul: “Mr. Brown. Begin.” Startled, Mr. Brown launches into a halting rehash of the day’s assignment before he’s cut short with a... View Details
- 20 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Open Source Science: A New Model for Innovation
coming up with a solution that could be off-the-shelf. So when they actually see solutions from this type of method, they're blown away. Recently, an internal science team at a U.S.-based major biotechnology firm was View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 03 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 3, 2006
engineer has invented a breakthrough, but refuses to assign the intellectual property to the firm, despite having agreed to do so in his employment contract. Fogg must choose from a variety of options, including prosecution of a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 4
This exercise reveals that international capital flows are mainly shaped by government decisions and sovereign-to-sovereign transactions. Specifically, we show (i) international capital flows net of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Technology for Learning's Sake
running on different operating systems). "Our strategy is to use internally the kind of protocols the Internet uses outside the School," Upton notes. "We've built something called an 'intranet' using open protocols: no one company owns... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig
- 16 May 2017
- News
Facing the Board
an opportunity for alumni to have a meaningful experience with students and relive a little of the energy of HBS.” With the alumni up to speed, the 156 six-person student groups—who had received the case and assignment questions six days... View Details
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
How the U.S. Army Develops Leaders
These interviews were used to determine officers' stage of development. As we learned, understanding "where officers are" developmentally had huge implications not only for modifying our approach to leader development, but also for how we select and View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 27 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27
challenging in the past, and remains so today, the book argues that one reason was how they have both been defined. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52778 forthcoming Journal of International Economics The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne