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  • 08 Jun 2010
  • First Look

First Look: June 8

http://people.hbs.edu/evandensteen/OnlineDocs/PP10_MS_EVdS_Culture%20Clash.pdf   Working PapersThe Role of Institutional Development in the Prevalence and Value of Family Firms Authors:Raphael Amit, Yuan Ding, Belén Villalonga, and Hua... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Jul 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Part-Time Employees Want More Hours. Can Companies Tap This ‘Hidden’ Talent Pool?

looking for talent in a tight job market. “A company has to understand that rigidity around job descriptions and work processes artificially constrains the pool of talent that they can access for a position.” The data were culled from... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
  • 05 Jun 2012
  • First Look

First Look: June 5

abstract is unavailable at this time. Publisher's Link: http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f0a1b93d#/f0a1b93d/12   Working PapersLocation Choices under Strategic Interactions Author:Juan Alcacer Abstract The literature on location... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Jun 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Four Steps to Building the Psychological Safety That High-Performing Teams Need

doing the work together—becomes a feedback loop that can bond a team and help create the conditions for psychological safety. “Uncertainty and interdependence are attributes of most View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
  • July 2022 (Revised October 2024)
  • Case

3G Capital

By: Jo Tango and Alys Ferragamo
In June 2022, 3G Capital Co-Managing Partners Alex Behring and Daniel Schwartz were in a partners’ meeting. On the agenda were three potential investments. Code named “Alpha,” “Bravo,” and “Charlie” (real target companies that have been disguised), they were the... View Details
Keywords: Investment Decisions; Investment Funds; Investment Portfolio; Decision Choices and Conditions; Private Equity; Leveraged Buyouts
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Managing Turbulence

superb leadership skills are of little value when businesses lack strategic moves that cut through the fog of competition. Through this blended, three-module program, you will prepare to identify strategic opportunities and challenges—and then create the View Details
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Senior Executive Leadership Program—Middle East

Summary Change is everywhere in the Middle East today, as many countries seek to diversify their economies and encourage new industries. The region's complex business environment includes distinct political and economic conditions in each... View Details
  • 20 Oct 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Getting the Marketing Mix Right

assistant professor of marketing at Purdue University, and Sachin Gupta, the Henrietta Johnson Louis Professor of Management and professor of marketing at Cornell University. Steenburgh believes that the model could help brand managers determine which marketing... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 06 Oct 2023
  • Book

Yes, You Can Radically Change Your Organization in One Week

conditions to make and maintain the changes, the coauthors say. “The premise of the book,” concludes Frei, “is that you really have to earn your right to do this kind of tactical work around speed. You need... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
  • 29 Jul 2020
  • Working Paper Summaries

What Jobs Are Being Done at Home During the COVID-19 Crisis? Evidence from Firm-Level Surveys

Keywords: by Alexander Bartik, Zoë Cullen, Edward L. Glaeser, Michael Luca, and Christopher Stanton
  • 22 Feb 2017
  • HBS Seminar

Juliet Schor, Boston College

  • 19 Dec 2023
  • Research & Ideas

$15 Billion in Five Years: What Data Tells Us About MacKenzie Scott’s Philanthropy

giving, Scott’s approach suggested an impatience to give away her wealth, a belief in giving as a way to empower the good works of others, and an unusual willingness to cede control. “Scott has not finished her giving, but with more than... View Details
Keywords: by Matthew Lee, Brian Trelstad, and Ethan Tran
  • November 22, 2022
  • Article

Is Novel Research Worth Doing? Evidence from Peer Review at 49 Journals

By: Misha Teplitskiy, Hao Peng, Andrea Blasco and Karim R. Lakhani
There are long-standing concerns that peer review, which is foundational to scientific institutions like journals and funding agencies, favors conservative ideas over novel ones. We investigate the association between novelty and the acceptance of manuscripts submitted... View Details
Keywords: Research; Journals and Magazines
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Megastudies Improve the Impact of Applied Behavioural Science

By: Katherine L. Milkman, Dena Gromet, Hung Ho, Joseph S. Kay, Timothy W. Lee, Pepi Pandiloski, Yeji Park, Aneesh Rai, Max Bazerman, John Beshears, Lauri Bonacorsi, Colin Camerer, Edward Chang, Gretchen Chapman, Robert Cialdini, Hengchen Dai, Lauren Eskreis-Winkler, Ayelet Fishbach, James J. Gross, Samantha Horn, Alexa Hubbard, Steven J. Jones, Dean Karlan, Tim Kautz, Erika Kirgios, Joowon Klusowski, Ariella Kristal, Rahul Ladhania, Jens Ludwig, George Loewenstein, Barbara Mellers, Sendhil Mullainathan, Silvia Saccardo, Jann Spiess, Gaurav Suri, Joachim H. Talloen, Jamie Taxer, Yaacov Trope, Lyle Ungar, Kevin G. Volpp, Ashley V. Whillans, Jonathan Zinman and Angela L. Duckworth
Policy-makers are increasingly turning to behavioural science for insights about how to improve citizens’ decisions and outcomes. Typically, different scientists test different intervention ideas in different samples using different outcomes over different time... View Details
Keywords: Policy Making; Behavioral Science; Behavior; Change; Decision Making; Policy
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  • June 30, 2020
  • Article

Scaling Up Behavioral Science Interventions in Online Education

By: Rene F. Kizilcec, Justin Reich, Michael Yeomans, Christoph Dann, Emma Brunskill, Glenn Lopez, Selen Turkay, Joseph J. Williams and Dustin Tingley
Online education is rapidly expanding in response to rising demand for higher and continuing education, but many online students struggle to achieve their educational goals. Several behavioral science interventions have shown promise in raising student persistence and... View Details
Keywords: Online Learning; Behavioral Interventions; Scale; Education; Online Technology; Performance Improvement
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    [Dissertation Research] Bringing Worlds Together: Cultural Brokerage in Multicultural Teams

    My dissertation (2013 Organization Science/ INFORMS Dissertation Proposal Competition Finalist) examines the dynamics and creative performance of multicultural teams. Using both qualitative and quantitative methods, I introduce the concept of "cultural... View Details

    • July 1980 (Revised November 1981)
    • Case

    Strike in Space

    A three-man skylab crew, after repeatedly unsuccessful attempts to influence Houston Mission Control to slow down the work pace, turns off radio communication and refuses to talk. Questions for the class: What leads up to this break? How does one repair it? View Details
    Keywords: Working Conditions; Conflict and Resolution; Aerospace Industry; Houston
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    Overview

    I am an ethnographer and field researcher studying how people experience and interpret their work and cultural contexts, as well as how this shapes inequality and organizational outcomes like normative control. I specialize in utilizing in-depth, inductive field... View Details
    Keywords: Qualitative Research; Ethnography; Corporate Culture; Organizational Behavior; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Theory; Working Conditions; Consulting Industry
    • 07 Nov 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    When Glasses Land the Gig: Employers Still Choose Workers Who 'Look the Part'

    Seeking a programming gig? Wear glasses and keep your laptop in frame if you want your profile picture to attract recruiters on hiring platforms. A new study finds freelancers are more likely to land work when they “look the part” for a... View Details
    Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
    • 27 Sep 2016
    • HBS Seminar

    Catherine Tinsley, Georgetown University McDonough School of Business