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- 09 May 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 9
theory of domain-contingent inequality aversion to explain this finding: we argue that workers view salary and equity as two domains and are more inequality averse in the equity domain. Inequality in equity... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 May 2009
- What Do You Think?
Do Innovation and Entrepreneurship Have to Be Incompatible with Organization Size?
managers to "'personally' drive innovation and competitive advantage." Gerald Nanninga placed the blame on "infestation" (parasites that successful organizations attract) and "cannibalization" (fear of... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
OPM Celebrates 21st Anniversary at Gala Florida Reunion
focused on the phenomenon of bankruptcy. A consultant to or board member of numerous corporations, financial institutions, and government agencies over the years, Hayes expressed his aversion to Chapter 11 proceedings for companies trying... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
In 2010, Maria Gotsch (MBA 1989) called a meeting with the chief information and technology officers at five of the largest banks headquartered in Manhattan. The session would last for three hours, but as Gotsch recalls, the executives in... View Details
- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
New Challenges for Long-Term Investors
the U.S. in the last few years. About a year ago, the Wall Street Journal ran a story about how Fed rate cuts had forced many retirees in the U.S. to "pinch pennies" (WSJ, July 7, 2003). Many people who retired in the '80s and... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- Portrait Project
Harman Kochar
If life could be planned I would have already – Eradicated Poverty from the World Controlled Global Warming Established World Peace Cured all Diseases Discovered the fountain of youth and last but not the least.... Built my mansion on... View Details
- 05 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 5
"last-place averse." Participants choose gambles with the potential to move them out of last place that they reject when randomly placed in other parts of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Porter Ranks Competitiveness
moved up four places to No. 27. The index is part of the research contributing to The Global Competitiveness Report 2006–2007, released last September by the World Economic Forum. For more information, visit... View Details
- 08 Jul 2015
- What Do You Think?
Do Americans Work Too Much and Think About Work Too Little?
profits) don't generally rely on long hours. When is the last time you saw an investment banking firm, in an industry known for working its people mercilessly, near the top of the best place to work list?... View Details
- 17 Mar 2023
- News
Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in New York
Starting this past fall and continuing through the coming year, Dean Srikant Datar is traveling to meet with alumni around the world. On Tuesday, March 14, more than 200 alumni in the New Your area gathered to celebrate and connect with each other at "HBS in New York:... View Details
- 01 Jul 2019
- What Do You Think?
Are Super Stretch Goals Only for the Very Young?
audacious goals among managers in some parts of the world to a lack of wealth, resources, and the risk aversion that accompanies these conditions. Sandeep, on the other hand, citing those who have risen from poverty to achieve... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Portrait Project
Matt Brady
gotten it wrong. The man who would take my place at the last minute felt it was his duty, not mine, to step into harm's way. And through his sacrifice, he'd given me a second chance at life. Now when my boys... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
In War-Torn Liberia, Student Gains a Wealth of Experience
she took last year helped her to identify ethical issues involved in the struggle to control the diamond industry in Sierra Leone, where diamonds have fueled a brutal civil war for the past decade. "The Diamond High Council View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
From A to Z
Temitope Abereoje Hometown: Ilesha, Nigeria Education: B.A., Economics, B.S., Information Systems, University of Maryland, College Park Languages: English, Yoruba Last Job: Associate, Goldman Sachs, New York Age: 25 Why HBS? “I was... View Details
- 16 Dec 2015
- Blog Post
Unexpected Moments at HBS
this August, I thought those would be the last real “new” friends I would have in my life. In less than 100 days, I have found friends who I know will stand beside me in my wedding and visit me at the hospital upon the birth of my first... View Details
- 24 Feb 2023
- News
Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in Palm Beach
Emeritus Bill Sahlman (MBA 1975). During his remarks, Dean Datar talked about several innovative initiatives that he anticipates will have lasting value for the School and that place the School at the... View Details
- 27 Oct 2017
- News
Unlocking Potential
dehumanizing, ugly, and dark places. If you tried to imagine the worst place possible to put someone, that’s probably what you would come up with.” Reset’s first residential program facility in Berkeley, California, opened View Details
- 09 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 9, 2008
Aversion, Diminishing Sensitivity, and the Role of Experience in Repeated Decisions. Authors:Erev, Ido, Eyal Ert, and Eldad Yechiam. Publication:Journal of Behavioral Decision Making (in press). Abstract Three experiments are presented that explore the assertion that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
A Simple Way for Restaurant Inspectors to Improve Food Safety
inspectors alike. On average, inspectors cited fewer violations at each successive establishment inspected throughout the day, the researchers found. In other words, inspectors tended to find and report the most violations at the first View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Researching Business and Politics in China and Southeast Asia
last year, which enabled her to spend six months in Singapore and six months in Shanghai conducting on-the-ground research and engaging with business leaders throughout the region. “I am interested in how globalization affects domestic... View Details