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- Organizational Change
Susan Sturm
- 10 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
What Happens When Business Owners Turn to ChatBots for Advice
agriculture. Researchers randomly divided the entrepreneurs into two groups. One group used the AI mentor to seek advice, while the second group received a placebo training guide. Surprisingly, low-performing entrepreneurs who had... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
- 28 Aug 2023
- Research & Ideas
How Workplace Wellness Programs Can Give Employees the Energy Boost They Need
salary, attrition due to burnout is worth preventing. Why companies should focus on employee energy Studies have found that employees who are in good health are more likely to feel engaged and productive at work, and employees in good mental health are less likely to... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson
- 09 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Manager’s Guide to Communicating with Customers Collection
what shoppers do. This observational work is the bread and butter of Paco Underhill, a consultant whose market research firm, Envirosell (New York City), has been studying retail shopper behavior for 20 years. Teach a kid to hammer, and... View Details
- Research Summary
Research: Shareholder Value in Europe
Marc L. Bertoneches research involves a series of empirical studies on value creation among Europes leading companies and the role of different models of corporate governance. He is also developing cases on European companies (Jazztel, Allianz, etc.). View Details
- 04 Mar 2015
- News
Focus on food
- 26 Feb 2014
- News
How Grocery Bags Manipulate Your Mind
- 08 Feb 2019
- News
Why didn’t the Panera Cares social experiment pay off?
- 17 Aug 2018
- News
How your peers can help your start-up
Boston Globe article on noncompete paper
Scott Kirsner profiles the sequence of events that led to my undertaking research on noncompete agreements (with Lee Fleming and Deborah Strumsky). He also discusses the "chilling effect" of noncompetes based on discussions with local labor lawyers. View Details
- 09 Jun 2014
- News
The Manager in Red Sneakers
- 07 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Looking to Leave a Mark? Memorable Leaders Don't Just Spout Statistics, They Tell Stories
Harvard Business School. People are more likely to recall information over a longer period when it’s wrapped in an anecdote as opposed to statistics, according to the study, "Stories, Statistics and Memory.” Graeber’s research validates... View Details
- Web
Finding Job Opportunities - Alumni
expresses interest. You're just one click away from your next executive role. Researching Your Options Baker Library Services The Baker Library team partners with alumni throughout their learning journey. We strive to provide... View Details
- Web
Latin America - Global
Latin America Mexico City, Montevideo, São Paulo HBS has had a longstanding footprint in Latin America for over 20 years. The Latin America Research Center (LARC) opened in 2000 to satisfy strong interest on the part of the HBS faculty in... View Details
- May 2006 (Revised November 2006)
- Case
China: To Float or Not To Float? (F)- Alcatel and Strong Chinese Competition
By: Laura Alfaro, Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel
The Chinese operations of Alcatel, a global communications solution provider based in France, were faced with strong local competition and a difficult market. It remained unclear how Alcatel would be able to recover growth in the Chinese market. Initiatives were... View Details
Keywords: Currency Exchange Rate; International Relations; Growth and Development Strategy; Research and Development; Competitive Strategy; Horizontal Integration; Communications Industry; China; France; United States
Alfaro, Laura, Rafael M. Di Tella, and Ingrid Vogel. "China: To Float or Not To Float? (F)- Alcatel and Strong Chinese Competition." Harvard Business School Case 706-036, May 2006. (Revised November 2006.)
- 16 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why ‘Sleep on It’ No Longer Sounds Like Great Advice
believe that with all of these positive cognitive effects, you might also get benefits for decision making,” says Karmarkar, who conducted the research with UMass Amherst psychology professor Rebecca Spencer and Stanford Graduate School... View Details
- Article
From Thinking Too Little to Thinking Too Much: A Continuum of Decision Making.
By: Dan Ariely and Michael I. Norton
Due to the sheer number and variety of decisions that people make in their everyday lives-from choosing yogurts to choosing religions to choosing spouses-research in judgment and decision making has taken many forms. We suggest, however, that much of this research has... View Details
Ariely, Dan, and Michael I. Norton. "From Thinking Too Little to Thinking Too Much: A Continuum of Decision Making." Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science 2, no. 1 (January–February 2011): 39–46.
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Overview
Ms. Fedyk's main research interests lie at the intersection of asset pricing and behavioral finance, with a particular focus on information and belief formation. Her job market paper is part of a broader research agenda on the way in which information is incorporated... View Details
- 2011
- Chapter
Knowledge Structures and Innovation: Useful Abstractions and Unanswered Questions
By: Gautam Ahuja and Elena Novelli
We examine the received research on organizational knowledge structures with a special focus on their link to innovation. We note that the literature has used the term knowledge structure to represent three quite distinct components of organizational knowledge: the... View Details
Ahuja, Gautam, and Elena Novelli. "Knowledge Structures and Innovation: Useful Abstractions and Unanswered Questions." Chap. 25 in Handbook of Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management. 2nd ed. by M. Easterby-Smith and M. Lyles, 551–578. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, 2011.
- Spring 2013
- Article
Accounting Quality, Stock Price Delay, and Future Stock Returns
By: Jeffrey Callen, Mozaffar N. Khan and Hai Lu
In frictionless capital markets with complete information and rational investors, stock prices adjust to new information instantaneously and completely. However, a substantial body of research studies information imperfections such as asymmetric information and... View Details
Callen, Jeffrey, Mozaffar N. Khan, and Hai Lu. "Accounting Quality, Stock Price Delay, and Future Stock Returns." Contemporary Accounting Research 30, no. 1 (Spring 2013): 269–295.