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- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Why We Do—or Don’t—Donate Time and Money
They want the “warm glow”—to feel good from doing it. They want to signal something about themselves—that they are nice, for instance, or that they hold certain political tendencies. Volunteering is—or perhaps increasingly can be—a... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 28 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 28, 2008
Publication:Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (forthcoming) Abstract I model inefficient resource allocations in M-form organizations due to influence activities by division managers that skew capital budgets in their favor. Corporate headquarters receives... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System
must have built-in tests that signal problems immediately. And it is the continual response to those problems that makes this seemingly rigid system so flexible and adaptive to changing circumstances. The Experiments Of The Toyota... View Details
- Portrait Project
Kareem Reda
share, and to replenish my body (with food) and my soul (with faith). As for the rest of the year? I pay no attention to the rhythms and cycles of the earth, to the signals begging to be pondered. Will these days continue to pass me by... View Details
- 13 Sep 2017
- Blog Post
Ask A Coach: How Do I Find a Mentor?
importantly the failures. What missteps did they make that you could avoid? It is important when signaling you are ready to take on new challenges not to be too risk averse, but if you can foresee the pitfalls that snagged others on their... View Details
- 19 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 19
Publications August 2013 American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics Accounting for Crises By: Nagar, Venky, and Gwen Yu Abstract—We provide one of the first empirical evidence consistent with recent macro global-game crisis models, which show that the precision of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 27
duopoly rather than to remain a monopolist. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-003.pdf Preference Signaling in Matching Markets Authors:Peter Coles, Alexey Kushnir, and Muriel Niederle Abstract Many labor markets share... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jun 2014
- News
Freedom to Explore
HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation. “I recognized the impact alumni giving has had,” she remarks, “and decided that this was the right time for me to make a gift that at least partially signals the benefits that I personally received,... View Details
- 25 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Has Occupational Licensing Outlived Its Usefulness?
of training—while others having laxer or no regulation. The setting allows us to answer two questions. First, we can evaluate whether consumers care about occupational licensing requirements, in the absolute and compared to other quality View Details
- 02 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 2, 2016
families and in the asset management industry in general, as well as decline in capital of issuers borrowing from money funds. Incentives for Prosocial Behavior: The Role of Reputations By: Exley, Christine L. Abstract—Do monetary incentives encourage volunteering? Or,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Nov 2017
- News
SEAS Complex Reaches for a New Frontier
Slated for completion in 2020, the 500,000-square-foot SEC facility will serve more than 1,800 students, researchers, and faculty of Harvard’s fastest-growing school––the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS)––and View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Editor's Letter
coffee table instead of in the recycling bin. The new name reflects a real change in our focus: We want to be a medium for the entire HBS community, including students, staff, faculty, and alumni. There are editorial and visual changes, too, intended to View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Nurturing Emerging Scholars and Leaders
(i-lab). Doris and Sauer were a natural fit for these roles. In 1986, they left Lucasfilm to found Sonic Solutions, where they developed and marketed audio signal processing, professional sound editing, and later DVD and digital video... View Details
- 07 Sep 2017
- Blog Post
How One Organization Increased Their Internship Yield
delicate balance,” Murphy suggests, “between giving students the information they need, and giving them the space to make their decisions.” Be aware of the signals you send. “You’re always signaling what... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 28 Oct 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Nick Soman (MBA 2010)
What was the inspiration behind Reveal? “The inspiration for Reveal happened in 2009 during my second year at HBS. I got an illness called GBS (Guillain-Barré Syndrome) that stripped the protein sheaths around my nerves so they couldn’t take View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Research Brief: Capitol Gains
the bills due to a vested political interest in their outcomes. Using this model, the researchers discovered a phenomenon undetected by markets: After passage of such signal legislation, firms in the affected industries yielded abnormally... View Details
- 13 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Venturing: Entrepreneurship on the Inside
said. "If you look at companies like Cisco and others that depend less on R&D, you'll see they have taken a different model in the new economy. They essentially said, 'We will use the innovation in the marketplace, and we will View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
- 02 Mar 2023
- News
Carbon's Second Act
a circular carbon economy using humankind's CO2 emissions or the CO2 that's already in the air. DM: The aspirations and energy are important. But getting these big plans into action requires not just new ideas or the capital to support them—but a clear View Details
- 06 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 6, 2016
relationship between the successful use of humor and status is mediated by perceptions of confidence and competence. The successful use of humor signals confidence and competence, which in turn increases the joke teller’s status.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 22 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 22, 2016
monetary incentives encourage volunteering? Or, do they introduce a "greedy" signal and hence crowd out the motivation to volunteer? Since the strength of this greedy signal is normally unobserved,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne