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- 18 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017
increase worker productivity (piece-rate pay), but also find that this negative relationship is attenuated by organizational legalization and worker participation structures. These findings challenge existing theories of decoupling by showing how these organizational... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 30, 2016
technology: the desire to signal to others. We present a field experiment where participants can choose to give up money if they do not follow through with an action. When commitment choices are made public rather than kept private, we... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 07 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
If you ask any given environmentalist to identify the biggest threat to the planet, you may expect to hear about man-made climate change, consumerism, or overpopulation. But if you ask Harvard Business School's Joseph B. Lassiter, he'll toss in another: single-issue... View Details
- 20 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways
of Verizon, created today's Verizon out of two big mergers, with Bell Atlantic and GTE. In both cases, Seidenberg took a step backward to the number two position, before eventually moving up to CEO again. This kind of signal from the top... View Details
- 30 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 30, 2008
brokerage firm size and status, and recommendation boldness. The changes have a large and significant impact on the classification of trading signals and back-tests of three stylized facts: The profitability of trading signals, the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Are Great Teams Less Productive?
learning processes by their nature involve facing failures—problems, mistakes—head on. The presence of problems or mistakes doesn't signal high performance to most people who might be watching. Some scholars go so far as to define... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 05 Apr 2017
- Research & Ideas
For Women Especially, It Pays to Know What Car Repairs Should Cost
very excited about this because, even though the attention-grabbing result here is that women get price discriminated, we can fix it with a relatively low cost,” she says. “But the other aspect is that consumers actually are able to change [their] behavior based on... View Details
- 06 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
Should Entrepreneurs Pitch Products or Ideas for Products?
more complete idea signals to the buyer that the writer/inventor is confident enough to make a real investment in the idea before trying to sell it. This is especially important for relatively inexperienced sellers, helping them break... View Details
- 25 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
More Than the Sum of Its Parts: The Impact of Modularity on the Computer Industry
rules specify. KC: In disk drives, for instance, the addressing scheme, the size of the data path [the wires on which the data flow], the number of pins [connectors between the disk drive and the computer], and the signal attached to each... View Details
- 08 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Women Negotiating in the New Millenium
of her own goals. She could suggest to her boss, "Would it be better to have a high-profile male partner on this assignment?" because that would send a stronger signal to the company and public that the firm took the issue of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 19 May 2016
- Research Event
Crowdsourcing, Patent Trolls, and Other Research Insights Highlighted at Harvard Business School Symposium
but we do need one big win to come out of this collaboration. We need some kind of signal that makes the world notice that there’s something important going on between SEAS and Harvard Business School.” Related Reading Digital Initiative... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman & Carmen Nobel
- 11 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Adding Time to Activity-Based Costing
of unprofitable customers, and dollars lost in unprofitable customer relationships. Such customer profitability metrics complement conventional customer success metrics, such as satisfaction, retention, and growth, to signal that customer... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 04 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018
that our experimental design minimizes informational social influence, homophily, and group-identity signaling to the general public. We find that there exists significant social influence within a user’s friend circles. While learning... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Jun 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Promise of Channel Stewardship
management of channels is not onerous. But when difficult management issues crop up, often they are a signal of deeper problems. If we don't address the core design issues, we don't gain much by way of channel strategy. Rohm and Haas... View Details
- 16 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
Transitions of Power Are Difficult. What Joe Biden and Other Incoming Leaders Need to Know.
out in a way that is consistent with how the new leader plans to govern, illustrates his or her values, and signals some of his or her later moves. It’s pretty demoralizing to live inside a situation needing a turnaround. To renew... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 6, 2008
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-099.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsApple Inc., 2008 Harvard Business School Case 708-480 In January 2007, three decades after its incorporation, Apple Computer shed the second word in its name and became Apple Inc. With that move,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Values and Employee Cynicism
in the quality of the work, no lost clients. Although employees were upset with the CEO they were still loyal to the organization, and they were still there. When people like Maverick's CEO are open to seeking feedback before there is any obvious View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 04 Feb 2015
- What Do You Think?
Is There a Stanford-Google-Silicon Valley School of Management?
signal that the best times are over for the company). Among these, CEO Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg have written a book, subtitled How Google Works. It is of particular interest for several reasons, not the least of which is that... View Details
- 10 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Negotiator’s Secret: More Than Merely Effective
and partisan perceptions. In short, you have grasped your own problem clearly and have sought to understand and influence the other side's such that what it chooses is what you want. Plenty of errors still lie in wait: cultural gaffes, an irritating style, inadvertent... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
ownership form signals the extent of institutional constraints and hence it is hypothesized that post-merger customer-mix changes will differ based on firm ownership form. Empirical analysis using data from public and private for-profit,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace