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- 10 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
companies, where decision rights and incentives can be murky, and the effects of any given choice can be tough to pin down. So the authors chose a “lab rat” with fewer barriers to understanding—the venture capital industry. VC firms are... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Oct 2016
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October 18, 2016
2016 New York: HarperBusiness Competing Against Luck: The Story of Innovation and Customer Choice By: Christensen, Clayton M., Taddy Hall, Karen Dillon, and David S. Duncan Abstract—The foremost authority on innovation and growth presents... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Cold Calling - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
for example, call on a student from the same geographic region as the company in the case or a graduate of the same school as the case protagonist. This approach can be used to lighten the mood or add humor to the cold call as opposed to... View Details
- 26 Jul 2016
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July 26, 2016
and clinician-reported outcomes. These need to be used for internal improvement in health care delivery organizations, as well as for public reporting, so that patients can make informed choices about their health care. We need to do a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2018
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New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53873 Lazy Prices By: Cohen, Lauren, Christopher J. Malloy, and Quoc Nguyen Abstract—We explore the implications of a subtle "default" choice that firms make in their regular... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
(1776). Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55548 Harvard Business School Case 719-456 OTE: Managing in Times of National Crisis (A) In late 2010, Michael Tsamaz was appointed CEO and Chairman of Greek... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Jun 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27
and Charles C.Y. Wang Abstract—We argue, from an extensive literature review, that in the vast majority of research settings, biases in alternative expected-return proxies (ERPs) are irrelevant. Therefore, in most settings, the choice... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work
Small Business & the American Dream: How Technology is Transforming Lending and Shaping a New Era of Small Business Opportunity , Palgrave Macmillan, 2019. Amazon’s HQ2 (A) , Harvard Business School case, 2018. With Jan W. Rivkin.... View Details
- 20 Aug 2020
- Book
From the Plow to the Pill: How Technology Shapes Our Lives
For centuries, the creation of innovative technology—from steam engines and automobiles to computers and smartphones—has dramatically changed the nature of our work. Less deeply understood has been the impact of technology on the inner currents of our personal lives,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Shareholders Need a Say on Pay
terms of compensation levels, but in the choice of performance measures consistent with a firm strategy, goal setting, time horizon, etc." Like all interested observers, Ferri will be watching to see how compensation practices change... View Details
- 25 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 25
facilitate efficient information sharing but can also increase the possibility of favoritism. Using the investment choices of mutual funds in China, we test whether funds with close ties to their investees make timelier investment... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Aug 2016
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August 23, 2016
affects interventional cardiologists deciding between two types of cardiac stents. Analyzing 147,000 choices over six years, we find that individuals do respond to negative news by using the focal production tool less often. However, we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Feb 2018
- Research & Ideas
Customers at the Back of the Line Are Anxious—Can You Keep Them from Leaving?
Nobody likes being last. We avoid picking the cheapest wine on the menu or the final donut in the box. “And we hate being picked last in gym class,” says Harvard Business School professor Ryan Buell. “Humans are very social creatures, and... View Details
- 01 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1
funded HIV clinic in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Intervention: The study involved three arms. First, participants in the provider visit incentive (PVI) arm received $30 after attending each scheduled provider visit. Second, participants in the incentive View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Soltan Bryce
as the center of a community.” As a high school student, Soltan put in more than 1,000 hours of volunteer service with the local hospital, becoming, at age 16, one of the youngest EMTs certified in North Carolina. As a Morehead-Cain... View Details
- 02 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Indulgence vs. Regret: Investing in Future Memories
Consumer Behavior," forthcoming in the Journal of Marketing Research, she and Kivetz use a series of field studies to show that when consumers anticipate their long-term regrets, they're more likely to indulge in a choice that gives... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 20 Sep 2016
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September 20, 2016
hosts who have never had an African-American guest, suggesting only a subset of hosts discriminate. While rental markets have achieved significant reductions in discrimination in recent decades, our results suggest that Airbnb’s current design View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Nov 2023
- News
Love and Money
mentality creeps into their search for a mate by thinking about sorting through their potential choices of someone that they're going to date through a more superficial lens. They might search initially on attractiveness or status or... View Details
- 06 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 6
mark-plans backfire, consumer preferences shift, or tried-and-true practices fail to work in a new context. So is innovation just a low-odds crapshoot? In The Architecture of Innovation, Harvard Business School professor Josh Lerner-one... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018
IQ from IP: Simplifying Search in Portfolio Choice By: Chen, Huaizhi, Lauren Cohen, Umit Gurun, Dong Lou, and Christopher J. Malloy Abstract— Using a novel database that tracks web traffic on the SEC’s EDGAR servers between 2004 and 2015,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman