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  • 04 Oct 2016
  • First Look

October 4, 2016

Abstract—Though fundamental to innovation and essential to many industries and occupations, the creative act has received limited attention as an economic behavior and has historically proven difficult to study. This paper studies the... View Details
  • 26 Feb 2007
  • Research & Ideas

The Power of the Noncompete Clause

of establishing a natural experiment, but you have to be careful because sometimes the legislature is just "catching up" with common practice, rendering the comparison useless. For example, if the Michigan courts had started... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 14 Feb 2012
  • First Look

First Look: February 14

reported feeling, to such an extent that receivers viewed regifting as similar in offensiveness to throwing gifts away (whereas givers clearly preferred the former). This asymmetry in emotional reactions to regifting was driven by an asymmetry in beliefs about... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 09 May 2021
  • Blog Post

Meet the MoMBAs – Persisting Through a Difficult Year

and breastfeeding – this is no surprise. That said, the student mother community at HBS is growing every year. In 2020 almost every section could have one mother in the mix, to add a unique perspective to case discussions and to act as a... View Details
  • 09 Jul 2012
  • Research & Ideas

The Unconscious Executive

both are true, and that careful consideration of all the options can be done by our unconscious mind. Both conscious and unconscious thought have strengths and weaknesses. There are decisions where we believe conscious thought outperforms... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 01 Feb 1997
  • News

Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS

the School, even as HBS alumni continued to distinguish themselves in the realm of entrepreneurial practice. In 1982, acting on a marketing survey they had conducted as second-year students, David W. Thompson (MBA '81), Bruce W. Ferguson... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry and Susan Young; profiles by Garry Emmons
  • 15 Sep 2015
  • First Look

September 15, 2015

Individuals Notice and Avoid Unethical Behavior By: Zhang, T., P. O. Fletcher, F. Gino, and M. Bazerman Abstract—Research on ethics has focused on the factors that help individuals act ethically when they are tempted to cheat. However, we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Sep 2010
  • What Do You Think?

How Transparent Should Boards Be?

Gogula put it, "While protecting the short term interests of shareholders and avoiding a depression of stock prices may be a tempting recourse for a Board member to take, long-term shareholder interest is what the Board needs to take View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 07 Feb 2012
  • First Look

First Look: February 7

fairness within the industry. Coordinating conflicting programs requires a careful balance between equity and efficiency. In our work, we first develop a fairness metric to measure deviation from first-scheduled, first-served in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Feb 2009
  • First Look

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 hospital neonatal intensive View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 22 May 2007
  • First Look

First Look: May 22, 2007

ambidexterity, the ability of a firm to simultaneously explore and exploit, enables a firm to adapt over time. In this paper we review and integrate these comparatively new research streams and identify a set of propositions that suggest how ambidexterity View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 May 2014
  • First Look

First Look: May 13

the same time, giving taxpayers a voice may act as a two-way "nudge," transforming tax payment from a passive experience to a channel of communication between taxpayers and government. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Aug 2016
  • First Look

August 23, 2016

experiences alter their responses. Moreover, although individual and other experience act as substitutes prior to negative news, we find that this substitution curtails significantly following the negative announcement. Finally, we find... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Apr 2015
  • First Look

First Look: April 28

Understanding Ordinary Unethical Behavior: Why People Who Value Morality Act Immorally By: Gino, F. Abstract—Cheating, deception, organizational misconduct, and many other forms of unethical behavior are among the greatest challenges in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 31, 2009

  PublicationsInnovator's Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care Authors:Clayton M. Christensen, Jerome H. Grossman M.D., and Jason Hwang M.D. Publication:McGraw-Hill, 2009 Abstract A groundbreaking prescription for health... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

4.2 Student/Faculty Ventures | MBA

instructor. Faculty members in either scenario should take care not to act in a way that might create real or perceived conflicts of interest—for example, the faculty member should ensure that all... View Details
  • 22 Aug 2006
  • First Look

First Look: August 22, 2006

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-011.pdf   Cases & Course MaterialsCutlass Capital, L.P. Harvard Business School Case 805-075 David Hetz and Jon Osgood are forming a new venture capital fund in 2001 to invest in health care... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Dec 2001
  • News

Reaching Out

satisfaction of applying their learning to a problem about which they care a great deal." Funded by the School principally through generous alumni gifts and supplementing what employer organizations can pay, fellowships enable students to... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Julia Hanna; Health, Social Assistance
  • 21 May 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research

Schedule each day. Many parents are caring for their children and guiding their remote learning while trying to do their own jobs—and feeling like they’re failing on all fronts. Eventually, thoughts about unfinished work tasks encroach on... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost
  • 08 Oct 2012
  • Research & Ideas

The Immigrants Who Built America’s Financial System

need to call a convention. There's no evidence in his correspondence that he thinks he's going to become the chief financial officer of the country. The Treasury Act that's passed shortly after Washington's inauguration creates the... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services; Banking