Intuition - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ‘Collective Genius’

organizational context, with the right leadership, a group can amplify the diverse talents and ideas of its individual members. Leaders Foster Discovery-driven Learning Innovation usually arises from an often lengthy period of conscious experimentation and repeated... View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill; Entertainment & Recreation

15 Mar 2011
First Look

First Look: March 15

system of expense allocation, and anti-inversion legislation—reflect the intuition that building "strong fences" around the United States advances American interests. This paper examines the interaction of a strong fences policy... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Why Do We Tax?

political spectrum, are likely to see at least some intuitive appeal to the principle of Equal Sacrifice. It says that the goal of tax policy is to spread the costs of public goods so that each individual's "sacrifice" from paying taxes,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Legal Services

12 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 12, 2008

evaluated less negatively than harmful actions carried out directly? Four experiments examine the moral psychology of indirect agency. Experiment 1 reveals effects of indirect agency under conditions favoring intuitive judgment, but not... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Apr 2007
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First Look: April 17, 2007

various mechanisms that are discussed in the theoretical literature on collective action. We argue that several of these intuitive theoretical arguments rely on special additional assumptions that are often not made clear. We then review... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Feb 1997
News

Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management

skills, as HBS faculty and recent alumni explain in the following course profiles. Entrepreneurial Management Associate Professor Amar Bhide keeps a slide rule tacked above his office desk. "Although I don't use it anymore," he explains, "it taught me an View Details

12 Jul 2021
News

Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

paychecks, which means they can’t buy food. This may be one of the defining moments of our lifetime,” Sandberg told Forbes. She and her fiancé contributed $1 million to launch the COVID-19 Emergency Fund for Feeding Families, partnering with other tech... View Details

28 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 28, 2009

behaviors led to undesirable consequences, even if they saw those behaviors as acceptable before they knew the consequences. Furthermore, our results demonstrate that a rational, analytic mindset can override the effects of one's View Details