Natural Experiment - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Feb 2020
In Practice

6 Ways That Emerging Technology Is Disrupting Business Strategy

algorithm can change the nature of price competition in its market and change the focal set of rivals. In addition, adopting a pricing algorithm may change the direction of a firm, requiring additional investments in IT, modified... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

01 Dec 2016
News

In My Humble Opinion: Chip Brewer (MBA 1991)

Mickelson, Henrick Stenson, and Lydia Ko. Under Brewer, Callaway’s US market share has increased 57 percent, a significant achievement as the number of active US players declines. “Melding the desire for a shorter format or more relaxed game with the classic golf View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Feb 2011
First Look

First Look: Feb. 1

Bonding Stick? A Natural Experiment Involving the Supreme Court and Cross-Listed Firms Authors:Amir N. Licht, Xi Li, and Jordan I. Siegel Abstract Using a natural View Details

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Research Staff Services - Faculty & Research

department, hiring approximately 350 researchers each year. The current RA population is comprised of a group of highly qualified people ranging from recent undergraduates to those with over fifteen years of related work experience. They bring to HBS strong View Details

25 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles

self-select yourself out of an opportunity because you think you might not qualify.” HOME REGION New York, NY UNDERGRAD EDUCATION University of Florida PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE Zarbee's Naturals (Johnson &... View Details

28 Jun 2022
Book

The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose

How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

20 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Five Discovery Skills that Distinguish Great Innovators

is basically a genetic endowment, but creativity is not. Nurture trumps nature as far as creativity goes. Six other creativity studies of identical twins confirm the Reznikoff et al. result: roughly 25 percent to 40 percent of what we do... View Details

Keywords: by Jeff Dyer, Hal Gergersen & Clayton M. Christensen

13 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

When Good Incentives Lead to Bad Decisions

in their paper, Incentivizing Calculated Risk-Taking: Evidence from an Experiment with Commercial Bank Loan Officers. Cole says he was especially surprised to find that the nature of the incentive actually... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking

15 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 15

refinement to use is critical because it can lead to dramatically different predicted outcomes. To better understand which refinement is more predictive of actual behavior, we conduct a controlled experiment in a setting central to... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

29 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 29

Michael Wheeler illuminates the improvisational nature of negotiation, drawing on his own research and his work with Program on Negotiation colleagues. He explains how the best practices of diplomats such as George J. Mitchell, dealmaker... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

November–December 2022
Article

Your Company Needs a Space Strategy. Now.

By: Matthew Weinzierl, Prithwiraj (Raj) Choudhury, Tarun Khanna, Alan MacCormack and Brendan Rosseau

Space is becoming a potential source of value for businesses across a range of sectors, including agriculture, pharmaceuticals, consumer goods, and tourism. To understand what the opportunities are for your company, the authors advise you to consider the four ways in... View Details

Keywords: Space Strategy; Emerging Markets; Natural Resources; Analytics and Data Science; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Adaptation; Competition; Aerospace Industry

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13 Dec 2022
Research & Ideas

The Color of Private Equity: Quantifying the Bias Black Investors Face

founders or senior partners. Significantly, they are more likely to be penalized than white-owned funds when they underperform, and they are less likely to reach fundraising goals. The opaque, risky nature of private equity—whose American... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds; Financial Services

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Curriculum - Business & Environment

MBA Experience Curriculum 1ms Required Curriculum (1st Year) Cases Environmental opportunities and challenges are embedded in most Required Curriculum courses so that all students understand the importance of the View Details

24 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 24, 2009

not only experience project-level success with the implementation of new work practices, but also organizational-level success as indicated by overall measures of performance. We tested our hypothesis in a longitudinal study of 23... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

December 2010
Article

Organising Response to Extreme Emergencies: The Victorian Bushfires of 2009

By: Dutch Leonard and Arnold M. Howitt

How can people and organisations best respond to emergency events that are significantly beyond the boundaries of what they had generally anticipated, expected, prepared for-or even imagined? What forms of organisations are likely to be best able to cope with such... View Details

Keywords: Organizations; Management Practices and Processes; Natural Disasters; Crisis Management; Boundaries; United States

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26 Jan 2024
Blog Post

HBS Alumna Fighting Cancer with a Novel Cell Therapy

and will call myself an engineer forever. But I recognized that my strengths and experiences are well suited for the business side of drug development.” Guardian Bio’s cell therapy uses dendritic cells, an essential component in the human... View Details

29 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 29

inventions as the top 1% of U.S. inventions for a technology during 1975-1984 in terms of subsequent citations. Patenting growth is significantly higher in cities and technologies where breakthrough inventions occur after 1984 relative to peer locations that do not... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer

Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Andres Hervas-Drane: The nature of competition is changing rapidly. Drivers such as globalization, deregulation, and technological change are opening opportunities for the development of new, original business... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Music

01 Dec 2019
News

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in their own way. “The MBA experience is such an incredible space to dwell in this future possibility of your life, a chance to process everything that you’re bringing with you,” says Morriss. “It was clear that Drew was very proud of the... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Chris Sorensen; #MeToo; DefJam; Arts, Entertainment

01 Mar 2023
What Do You Think?

How Much Does 'Deep Purpose' Matter to the Bottom Line?

mission is the starting point for its culture. The nature of a mission statement matters only if leaders and their employees believe in it and live it. In my research, too often I’ve found that leaders are content to check the box on... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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