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- 28 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 28
(third-person theory of) or 2) as being and action are actually experienced "on the court," specifically as these are actually lived (real-time first-person experience of). As a formal discipline, the "on the court"... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 7
pattern common to important narratives around the world. A supporting website facilitates sharing of teaching materials and experiences by faculty using the case series. We report results from using this curriculum with undergraduate and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Recessions Push Some Entrepreneurs to Launch Too Soon
in different contexts, such as cities, co-working spaces, universities, and high-tech industries. I am especially fascinated by how our environments and past experiences shape our ability to create and spread those creations. My goal for... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Legacy of Boaty McBoatface: Beware of Customers Who Vote
experiment featuring a fake Kickstarter campaign for a company called Ozzie’s Organics and allowed some consumers to vote on the company’s product lines. Afterward, those participants were told either that the company would continue to... View Details
- 28 Jul 2016
- Op-Ed
Where is TripAdvisor for Doctors?
a transaction. I can't test drive several, I have to choose one. Likewise, if I have to overnight in Cleveland next Tuesday, I can't try two hotels, I have to choose one. That's when TripAdvisor reviews become helpful: experiences that... View Details
- 27 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Promotion’ That Makes You Feel Bad
to understand that employees on the favored side of a policy shift could experience anxiety or insecurity, even though it seems counterintuitive. "They know about those who are disfavored, but seldom do they recognize that those who are... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 08 Jan 2014
- What Do You Think?
Do Productivity Increases Contribute to Social Inequality?
worth thinking about as we go forward. The most interesting was that of Armando del Bosque, who asked, "How about reversing the causality? Does Social Equality Improve Productivity?" Based on his experience with "companies... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Dec 2011
- What Do You Think?
Thinking Slow: An Argument for Bureaucracy?
with the downside of thinking slow. So here is what my gut tells me about what you said this month: Thinking slow, as Daniel Kahneman calls it in his recent book by that name, is important under circumstances of high risk, uncertain outcomes, and a limited View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Stories 2007
methods. But the payoffs have not been nearly as dramatic for service industries applying lean principles. HBS professor David Upton and doctoral student Bradley Staats look at the experience of Indian software services provider Wipro for... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Reinventing the Dowdy Savings Bond
moderate-income families (LMI) families were given the option of redirecting some of their refund to savings? Would they take advantage? The Tax Test Tufano and a cross-sector team of nonprofit and private sector organizations explored those questions in an View Details
- 06 May 2002
- Research & Ideas
Profits for Nonprofits: Earning Your Own Way
self-sufficient while not being self-sufficient ourselves?— Alfred Wise,Share Our Strength The session, led by HBS professor James E. Austin, featured three managers whose experiences highlight the challenges and benefits of thinking... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking E-Leadership
boomers—the current economic uncertainty makes their wisdom and experience all the more valuable. Still, it's easy to get too caught up in this perceived intergenerational clash. As Harvard Business School professor D. Quinn Mills writes... View Details
Keywords: by Melissa Raffoni
- 09 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Manager’s Guide to Communicating with Customers Collection
the shopping journey have both pleasure and pain," he says. "Pleasure and pain exist close to one another, and one can be triggered by the other. The checkout person could be unpleasant. Or, he could do something nice that makes it a positive View Details
- 16 Nov 1999
- Lessons from the Classroom
Leading Change and Organizational Renewal
broad range of perspectives. Let me also add that smaller corporations stand to benefit as much or more than their larger counterparts who likely have had some experience in managing change and organizational renewal. Finally, we have... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 06 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017
observe homophily in ethnicity and gender increases the probability of forming teams by 25%. Homophily in education and past working experience increases the probability of forming teams by 17% and 11 % respectively. Homophily in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 16, 2016
forthcoming Journal of Financial Economics Who Neglects Risk? Investor Experience and the Credit Boom By: Chernenko, Sergey, Samuel Gregory Hanson, and Adi Sunderam Abstract—Many have argued that overoptimistic thinking on the part of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 2
seed-capital investments or alumni groups. Experiments with other models, whether internal or with partners, provide experience and readiness for future change. Learning from partners, or from corporate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration
office is not to have destroyed the innovative and entrepreneurial leadership of the United States. Our nation has long enjoyed an amazing gift from the world in the form of talented people. At times, individuals have come fully equipped to the United States with... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 03 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 3, 2015
the performance effects of those choices. We find that, on average, deviations lead to slower read times. Doctors tend to deviate more with experience and when they have more variety within their queue. Interestingly, deviations tend to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
perspective is at the same time grounded in theory and in the experiences of particular places. Reviewing state-of-the-art of economic geography, setting agendas, and with illustrations and empirical evidence from all over the world, the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne