Data and Data Sets - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

Six Steps for Reinvigorating America

allies. There's also a big gap between how these countries view Americans, the people, and America, the country. I have survey data in the book that show that. So why aren't we mobilizing more Americans to... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

22 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 22

and increased employment has attracted increased interest. Yet questions about efficacy and the efficiency with which funds are used is a subject of frequent debate. This paper examines empirical View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

The Founding CEO’s Dilemma: Stay or Go?

and deal with a very different set of challenges for which many founder-CEOs are not equipped. Objectively, many founders might agree that the CEO's job will require skills they don't have, but emotionally,... View Details

17 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 17

initial evidence for a positive feedback loop between prosocial spending and well-being, these data offer one potential path to sustainable happiness: prosocial spending increases happiness, which in turn... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

06 Jan 2011
What Do You Think?

How Should Management Deal With “Anonymous”?

large-size organization that has become wedded to the economies and convenience of the Internet? For example, assuming that email even exists five years from now, will we be able to use it for business purposes? Will large View Details

Keywords: by James L. Heskett

06 Dec 2011
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First Look: Dec. 6

http://www.people.hbs.edu/jsebenius/articles_scans/11_Limbert_Iran_Final_NegJOct2011.pdf A Reexamination of Tunneling and Business Groups: New Data and New Methods... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Why Privacy Protection Notices Turn Off Shoppers

companies shouldn’t have policy notices—after all, given the choice, customers do seem to prefer them. The research does suggest, however, that companies might be better off setting them, and letting... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail

24 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 24

sustainability investments, and an increasing number of investors integrate sustainability performance data in their capital allocation decisions. To date, however, the prior academic literature has not... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

A Perfect Fit: Aligning Organization & Strategy

(Please see sidebar.) At the same time, a consultant-facilitator (who eventually can come from within the organization itself) is interviewing the company's top managers about their own perceptions and effectiveness. After an effort that... View Details

Keywords: by Judith A. Ross

20 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 20

link: http://dx.doi.org.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/10.1016/j.jebo.2014.10.004 January 2015 Economic Journal Does Management Matter in Schools? By: Bloom, Nicholas, Renata Lemos, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen Abstract—We collect... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Feb 2018
Research & Ideas

The Airbnb Effect: Cheaper Rooms for Travelers, Less Revenue for Hotels

lobbying efforts in local and federal circles for stricter regulations governing Airbnb. The study focused on data from 2014, and the impact on hotels could be even greater... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Travel

31 Jul 2007
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First Look: July 31, 2007

Working PapersCoupled Search Processes: Why Is It So Difficult to Find that Organizational Design Matters? Authors:Nicolaj Siggelkow and Jan W. Rivkin Abstract Organizational design affects performance via coupled search processes. At... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

31 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 31, 2009

sample of private firms for which there is financial data available in the years before and after their initial public offering (IPO), I differentiate between those that have private equity sponsorship... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 7, 2007

commencing approximately two years down the road. In the new hiring regime for federal judicial law clerks, by contrast, judges are exhorted to follow a set of start dates for considering and hiring... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

25 Nov 2013
Research & Ideas

Hiding From Managers Can Increase Your Productivity

show went on, and that show was more productive." Similar results bore out in a follow-up quantitative field study at the same site the following summer, this time tracking the production of 3G USB mobile View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Manufacturing

28 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

Rethinking the Fairness of Organ Transplants

A proposal out of Harvard and MIT to rethink how kidney transplants are allocated could result in a fairer system giving patients longer lives. The new empirical model, which is intensely data driven, would... View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Health

17 Nov 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

How Activist Investors Became Respectable

(Editor's Note. Carl Icahn is in the news again. On Monday, SEC filings revealed the militant investor has sold his entire stake in eBay, after successfully pushing the company to spin off its PayPal operation. Harvard Business School professor Joseph Fuller looks at... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Fuller; Financial Services; Banking

10 May 2011
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First Look: May 10

simulations that allowed for longer chain segments and used actual patient data from the Alliance for Paired Donation. When chain segments of 4-6 are allowed in the simulations, NEAD chains produce more... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Feb 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Creating the Founders’ Dilemmas Course

how viable the dream. “We tackle the problems that are faced by almost any founder no matter what industry they are in, no matter what country they are in, and no matter what time frame they are in-boom or bust.” "We tackle the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education