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- 2016
- Panel Discussion
Mutual Constraints in Moral Cognition and Language
By: J. De Freitas, P. DeScioli, J. Nemirow, M. Massenkof and S. Pinker
- 2025
- Working Paper
A Cognitive Theory of Reasoning and Choice
By: Pedro Bordalo, Nicola Gennaioli, Giacomo Lanzani and Andrei Shleifer
We present a theory of decisions in which attention to the features of choice options is determined by the decision maker's categorization of the current choice problem in a set of problems she solved in the past. Categorization depends on goal-relevant as well as... View Details
Bordalo, Pedro, Nicola Gennaioli, Giacomo Lanzani, and Andrei Shleifer. "A Cognitive Theory of Reasoning and Choice." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 33466, February 2025.
- January 2001
- Article
Bringing Cognition Back In and Moving Forward
Keywords: Cognition and Thinking
Gavetti, G., and Daniel Levinthal. "Bringing Cognition Back In and Moving Forward." Journal of Management and Governance 5, no. 3 (January 2001).
- Article
Looking Forward and Looking Backward: Cognitive and Experiential Search
Keywords: Cognition and Thinking
Gavetti, G., and Daniel E Levinthal. "Looking Forward and Looking Backward: Cognitive and Experiential Search." Administrative Science Quarterly 45, no. 1 (March 2000): 113–137.
- 11 Aug 2003 - 16 Aug 2003
- Conference Presentation
Benign Stress and Cognitive Performance in Organizations
By: Modupe N Akinola, Wendy Berry Mendes and Teresa M. Amabile
- Research Summary
Relative Thinking and Consumer Choice
Fixed differences appear smaller when compared to large differences. Professor Schwartzstein has proposed a model of relative thinking, in which a person weighs a given change by less when he compares it to a larger range. Relative thinking implies that a person is... View Details
- 2019
- Chapter
Daring to Understand and Change Thinking
By: G. Zaltman
Jagdish Sheth's many outstanding qualities and contributions to management and society in general share a common theme. He dares to think deeply and challenges his own and others' thoughts. The larger lesson he provides, and the focus of this essay, is the need for... View Details
Zaltman, G. "Daring to Understand and Change Thinking." Chap. 2 in Handbook of Advances in Marketing in an Era of Disruptions: Essays in Honour of Jagdish N. Sheth, edited by Atul Parvatiyar and Rajendra Sisodia. SAGE Publications India, 2019.
- Forthcoming
- Chapter
Cognitive Barriers to Environmental Action: Problems and Solutions
By: Lisa L. Shu and Max Bazerman
Shu, Lisa L., and Max Bazerman. "Cognitive Barriers to Environmental Action: Problems and Solutions." In The Oxford Handbook of Business and the Natural Environment, edited by Pratima Bansal and Andrew J. Hoffman. Oxford University Press, 2012.
- February 2025
- Article
Seeing the Whole: Configurational Cognition and New Venture Resource Mobilization
By: Goran Calic, François Neville, Santi Furnari and C. S. Richard Chan
Research is scant on how multiple venture attributes combine as “whole packages” of signals (or cognitive configurations) in resource holders’ eyes, shaping a venture’s ability to mobilize resources. Drawing on a Qualitative Comparative Analysis of 1,395 crowdfunding... View Details
Calic, Goran, François Neville, Santi Furnari, and C. S. Richard Chan. "Seeing the Whole: Configurational Cognition and New Venture Resource Mobilization." Strategic Management Journal 46, no. 2 (February 2025): 309–347.
- 2000
- Working Paper
Capabilities, Cognition and Inertia: Evidence from Digital Imaging
Tripas, Mary, and Giovanni Gavetti. "Capabilities, Cognition and Inertia: Evidence from Digital Imaging." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 00-067, June 2000.
- January 2021
- Editorial
Marketing Thinking and Doing
By: John A. Deighton, Carl F. Mela and Christine Moorman
Deighton, John A., Carl F. Mela, and Christine Moorman. "Marketing Thinking and Doing." Journal of Marketing 85, no. 1 (January 2021): 1–6. (Editorial.)
- July 2021 (Revised July 2024)
- Course Overview Note
Social Entrepreneurship and Systems Change
By: Brian Trelstad and Preeti Varma
Systems thinking is a discipline that emerged in the 20th century as a way to understand the complex interrelationships among various players and dynamics within an industry or field that resist simple, reductionist thinking. The big challenges we face play out in... View Details
Trelstad, Brian, and Preeti Varma. "Social Entrepreneurship and Systems Change." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 322-029, July 2021. (Revised July 2024.)
- June 2024
- Technical Note
Algorithmic Thinking
By: Michael Parzen and Jo Ellery
This note discusses the fundamentals of algorithmic thinking as it applies to enterprise. It covers both the basics of algorithmic thinking, as well as how to cultivate an algorithmic approach to problem solving. View Details
Keywords: Cognition and Thinking
Parzen, Michael, and Jo Ellery. "Algorithmic Thinking." Harvard Business School Technical Note 624-104, June 2024.
- 11 Jul 2016
- HBS Case
Neurodiversity: The Benefits of Recruiting Employees with Cognitive Disabilities
a virtue? That’s part of the thinking on this idea of neurodiversity; that we do better when we mix people who think differently or are wired a bit differently.” AUTISM AT WORK Pisano, the Harry E. Figgie... View Details
- January 2011 (Revised October 2012)
- Background Note
Strengths Become Weaknesses: Cognitive Biases in Founder Decision-Making
By: Noam T. Wasserman and Kyle Anderson
This note combines vignettes and scholarly research to outline the cognitive biases and decision-making strategies that influence key decisions in the founding process. It is argued that the same biases which provide early benefits can later prove to be a weakness for... View Details
Wasserman, Noam T., and Kyle Anderson. "Strengths Become Weaknesses: Cognitive Biases in Founder Decision-Making." Harvard Business School Background Note 811-068, January 2011. (Revised October 2012.)
- Article
Cognition and Hierarchy: Rethinking the Microfoundations of Capabilities' Development
Gavetti, G. "Cognition and Hierarchy: Rethinking the Microfoundations of Capabilities' Development." Organization Science 16, no. 6 (November–December 2005): 599–617.
- March 1992
- Article
Negotiator Cognition and Rationality: A Behavioral Decision Theory Perspective
By: M. A. Neale and M. H. Bazerman
Neale, M. A., and M. H. Bazerman. "Negotiator Cognition and Rationality: A Behavioral Decision Theory Perspective." Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 51, no. 2 (March 1992): 157–175.
- April 2021 (Revised June 2021)
- Case
IBM: Design Thinking
By: Srikant M. Datar, Amram Migdal and Paul Hamilton
This case describes the 2012-2020 effort at IBM to implement design thinking throughout the company and hire thousands of designers to serve on every product team alongside technical engineers and developers and product managers. IBM’s design transformation is told... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Business Divisions; Business Units; Business Organization; Change; Change Management; Transformation; Competency and Skills; Talent and Talent Management; Design; Human Resources; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Innovation and Invention; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Jobs and Positions; Job Design and Levels; Leading Change; Management; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Management Practices and Processes; Operations; Product; Product Design; Product Development; Organizations; Business Processes; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Strategy; Adaptation; Adoption; Technological Innovation; Information Infrastructure; Information Technology; Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; United States
Datar, Srikant M., Amram Migdal, and Paul Hamilton. "IBM: Design Thinking." Harvard Business School Case 121-007, April 2021. (Revised June 2021.)
- 11 Mar 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Becoming a Cognitive Referent: Market Creation and Cultural Strategy
- January 1995 (Revised June 1995)
- Background Note
Ways of Thinking About and Across Difference
Examines some of the habitual ways of thinking that are applied to so-called "diversity" questions to reveal the commonalities and limitations of these models--the way they can reinforce unexamined assumptions and destructuve emotional reactions--and to suggest an... View Details
Gentile, Mary C. "Ways of Thinking About and Across Difference." Harvard Business School Background Note 395-117, January 1995. (Revised June 1995.)