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The Multidimensional Effects of a Small Gift:: Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment

By: Ellen Garbarino, Robert Slonim and Carmen Wang
Using a large natural field experiment, we demonstrate that a small unconditional gift (pen) more than doubled both small (survey) and large (blood donation) responses. We find no evidence that the opportunity for a small response crowded out the larger response;... View Details
Keywords: Reciprocity; Gift Exchange; Blood Donation; Charitable Behavior; Field Experiment; Behavior; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving
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  • 21 Sep 2018
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Innovation Should Be a Top Priority for Boards. So Why Isn’t It?

  • 04 Mar 2015
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Challenging the Rate of Digital Health Care

  • 01 Jan 2013
  • News

When the Crowd Fights Corruption

  • 02 Mar 2023
  • Blog Post

Women, Work, and the "M" Word

“M” word, was positioned to become a leader and advocate for women by commissioning a study to better understand the experience of working professionals experiencing menopause. Our 2022 Menopause in the Workplace survey included 2,000... View Details
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The Effect of Hospital and Surgeon Procedure Volume on the Outcomes of Primary and Revision Total Knee Replacement: Magnitude and Mechanisms

My role in this study is to assess whether care provider coordination mediates the relationship between surgical volumes and patient outcomes. It is a study involving hundreds of hospitals and thousands of patients, and for the main study, coordination will be... View Details
  • 2024
  • Working Paper

Changing Perceptions and Post-Pandemic Monetary Policy

By: Michael D. Bauer, Carolin Pflueger and Adi Sunderam
We document that the Fed’s perceived monetary policy response to inflation shifted materially over the post-pandemic period. In forward-looking policy rules estimated from surveys of macroeconomic forecasters, the inflation coefficient rose significantly after liftoff... View Details
Keywords: Policy; Inflation and Deflation; Interest Rates; Perception; Government Administration
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  • October 2014
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The Promise of Positive Optimal Taxation: Normative Diversity and a Role for Equal Sacrifice

By: Matthew Weinzierl
A prominent assumption in modern optimal tax research is that the objective of taxation is Utilitarian. I present new survey evidence that most people disagree with this assumption, preferring tax policies based at least in part on a classic alternative objective: the... View Details
Keywords: Taxation; Theory
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Immigrant Entrepreneurs in U.S. Financial History, 1775-1914

Throughout its history, the U.S. has been the beneficiary of a worldwide in-migration of entrepreneurial talent. This article surveys finance, one of the many sectors in which immigrants made a conspicuous impact. Part I demonstrates the dominant role of immigrants in... View Details
Keywords: History; Talent and Talent Management; Groups and Teams; Entrepreneurship; Policy; Immigration; Banks and Banking; United States
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Using Internet Data for Economic Research

By: Benjamin Edelman
The data used by economists can be broadly divided into two categories. First, structured datasets arise when a government agency, trade association, or company can justify the expense of assembling records. The Internet has transformed how economists interact with... View Details
Keywords: Data and Data Sets; Research; Internet; Cost Management; Information Management; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Reports; Archives; Surveys; Economics
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  • 28 Mar 2017
  • Working Paper Summaries

CEO Behavior and Firm Performance

Keywords: by Oriana Bandiera, Stephen Hansen, Andrea Pratt, and Raffaella Sadun
  • 17 Apr 2015
  • News

This CEO Blind Spot Is Costing Shareholders Billions

  • 2016
  • Working Paper

What Factors Drive Director Perceptions of Their Board's Effectiveness?

By: Boris Groysberg, Paul M. Healy and Richard Ellis Crum
We use a survey of directors to collect data on their ratings of board effectiveness as well as board internal dynamics and key processes. Controlling for many of the governance metrics examined by prior research, we find that directors’ ratings of their boards’... View Details
Keywords: Board Of Directors; Corporate Governance; Performance Effectiveness; Perception; Risk Management
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  • 18 Mar 2014
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The Seven Skills You Need to Thrive in the C-Suite

  • 20 Jun 2013
  • News

To conversation about disengaged workers, listeners say, 'Yep'

  • 27 Oct 2020
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Election debates don’t sway voters enough

  • 27 Jul 2017
  • News

Want to Be Happy? Buy More Takeout and Hire a Maid, Study Says

    Thomas R. Eisenmann

    Thomas R. Eisenmann is the Howard H. Stevenson Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School; Peter O. Crisp Faculty Chair, Harvard Innovation Labs; and Unit Head of the HBS Entrepreneurial... View Details

    Keywords: advertising; broadcasting; communications; computer; e-commerce industry; electronic publishing; electronics; entertainment; fiber optics; high technology; home video games; information technology industry; infrastructure industry; internet; journalism; media; motion pictures; music; publishing industry; semiconductor; software; telecommunications; television; video games
    • 04 Apr 2013
    • News

    One Weird Trick to Save $345 Billion

    • Working Paper

    How Do Venture Capitalists Make Decisions?

    By: Paul A. Gompers, William Gornall, Steven N. Kaplan and Ilya A. Strebulaev
    We survey 885 institutional venture capitalists (VCs) at 681 firms to learn how they make decisions across eight areas: deal sourcing, investment selection, valuation, deal structure, post-investment value-added, exits, internal firm organization, and relationships... View Details
    Keywords: Venture Capital; Decision Choices and Conditions
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