Publications

June 2022
Article

Conservatism Gets Funded? A Field Experiment on the Role of Negative Information in Novel Project Evaluation

By: Jacqueline N. Lane, Misha Teplitskiy, Gary Gray, Hardeep Ranu, Michael Menietti, Eva C. Guinan and Karim R. Lakhani

The evaluation and selection of novel projects lies at the heart of scientific and technological innovation, and yet there are persistent concerns about bias, such as conservatism. This paper investigates the role that the format of evaluation, specifically information... View Details

Keywords: Project Evaluation; Innovation; Knowledge Frontier; Information Sharing; Negativity Bias; Projects; Innovation and Invention; Information; Knowledge Sharing

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Field Course: Advanced Business Plans for Innovating in Health Care - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Field Course: Advanced Business Plans for Innovating in Health Care Course Number 6340 Nancy R. McPherson Professor Regina Herzlinger Visiting Lecturer Ben Creo Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits Paper/Project Enrollment:... View Details

26 Feb 2019
Working Paper Summaries

Infringing Use as a Path to Legal Consumption: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Keywords: by Hong Luo and Julie Holland Mortimer

1987
Introduction

The Role of Field Studies in Accounting Research and the Development of Accounting

By: Robert S. Kaplan

Keywords: Accounting

July – August 2005
Article

Prospects for Organizational Theory in the Early 21st Century: Institutional Fields and Mechanisms

By: Gerald F. Davis and Christopher Marquis

Keywords: Theory; Organizations

September 2004
Article

A Field Study of Group Diversity, Participation in Diversity Education Programs and Performance

By: R. Ely

Keywords: Programs; Groups and Teams; Education; Performance; Diversity

March 2025
Article

Does Communicating Measurable Diversity Goals Attract or Repel Historically Marginalized Job Applicants? Evidence from the Lab and Field

By: Erika L. Kirgios, Ike Silver and Edward H. Chang

Many organizations struggle to attract a demographically diverse workforce. How does adding a measurable goal to a public diversity commitment—for example, “We care about diversity” versus “We care about diversity and plan to hire at least one woman or racial minority... View Details

Keywords: Selection and Staffing; Recruitment; Diversity; Goals and Objectives; Communication Intention and Meaning; Behavior

01 Dec 2011
News

Reimagining the MBA

to a dozen cities in 10 countries during the January Term. It’s all part of an ambitious undertaking in the MBA curriculum centered around a new yearlong required course called FIELD (Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; FIELD program; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

20 Jun 2018
Working Paper Summaries

Show or Tell? Improving Agent Decision Making in a Tanzanian Mobile Money Field Experiment

Keywords: by Jason Acimovic, Chris Parker, David F. Drake, and Karthik Balasubramanian; Banking; Financial Services

2016
Working Paper

Paying for the Truth: The Efficacy of a Peer Prediction Mechanism in the Field

By: Natalia Rigol and Benjamin N. Roth

Article

Feminist Analysis of Micro Research on Gender in Organizations: Suggestions for Advancing the Field

By: R. Ely and Irene Padavic

Keywords: Research; Organizations; Theory; Gender

2017
Working Paper

Are You a Guest Here? Field Experiments on Racial Discrimination in Customer Service

By: Alexandra C. Feldberg and Tami Kim

Article

Achieving Focused Management Activities through Formal Performance Evaluation: Results from a Field Study

By: W. J. Bruns Jr. and S. M. McKinnon

Keywords: Management; Performance Evaluation

1984
Book

The Results and Interpretation of Three Field Trials of Lysine Fortification of Cereals

By: James E. Austin, Jean Pierre Habicht, Max Milner, Vernon Young and Linda D. Myers

Keywords: Food; Nutrition

2004
Working Paper

A Field Study of Group Diversity, Participation in Diversity Education Programs, and Performance

By: Robin J. Ely

2018
Working Paper

Show or Tell? Improving Agent Decision Making in a Tanzanian Mobile Money Field Experiment

By: Jason Acimovic, Chris Parker, David F. Drake and Karthik Balasubramanian

When workers make operational decisions, the firm's global knowledge and the workers’ domain-specific knowledge complement each other. Oftentimes workers have the final decision-making power. Two key decisions a firm makes when designing systems to support these... View Details

Keywords: Employees; Decision Making; Training; Performance Improvement; Money; Mobile Technology; Developing Countries and Economies; Financial Services Industry

SSRN

1 Aug 2010
Conference Presentation

Giving and Seeking Help in Creative Teams: A Field Study at a Design Firm

By: Colin M. Fisher, Teresa M. Amabile and Julianna Pillemer

Keywords: Creativity; Groups and Teams