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- January 2011 (Revised October 2012)
- Background Note
Strengths Become Weaknesses: Cognitive Biases in Founder Decision-Making
By: Noam T. Wasserman and Kyle Anderson
This note combines vignettes and scholarly research to outline the cognitive biases and decision-making strategies that influence key decisions in the founding process. It is argued that the same biases which provide early benefits can later prove to be a weakness for... View Details
Wasserman, Noam T., and Kyle Anderson. "Strengths Become Weaknesses: Cognitive Biases in Founder Decision-Making." Harvard Business School Background Note 811-068, January 2011. (Revised October 2012.)
- 11 Mar 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Becoming a Cognitive Referent: Market Creation and Cultural Strategy
- Article
Cognition and Hierarchy: Rethinking the Microfoundations of Capabilities' Development
Gavetti, G. "Cognition and Hierarchy: Rethinking the Microfoundations of Capabilities' Development." Organization Science 16, no. 6 (November–December 2005): 599–617.
- March 1992
- Article
Negotiator Cognition and Rationality: A Behavioral Decision Theory Perspective
By: M. A. Neale and M. H. Bazerman
Neale, M. A., and M. H. Bazerman. "Negotiator Cognition and Rationality: A Behavioral Decision Theory Perspective." Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 51, no. 2 (March 1992): 157–175.
- January 1995 (Revised June 1995)
- Background Note
Ways of Thinking About and Across Difference
Examines some of the habitual ways of thinking that are applied to so-called "diversity" questions to reveal the commonalities and limitations of these models--the way they can reinforce unexamined assumptions and destructuve emotional reactions--and to suggest an... View Details
Gentile, Mary C. "Ways of Thinking About and Across Difference." Harvard Business School Background Note 395-117, January 1995. (Revised June 1995.)
- May – June 2007
- Article
On the Origin of Strategy: Action and Cognition Over Time
By: G. Gavetti and Jan W. Rivkin
Gavetti, G., and Jan W. Rivkin. "On the Origin of Strategy: Action and Cognition Over Time." Organization Science 18, no. 3 (May–June 2007).
- February 17, 2021
- Article
Pandemic Self-Care for CEOs: Rituals, Running, and Cognitive Restructuring
By: Gamze Yucaoglu, Robin Abrahams and Boris Groysberg
Yucaoglu, Gamze, Robin Abrahams, and Boris Groysberg. "Pandemic Self-Care for CEOs: Rituals, Running, and Cognitive Restructuring." Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (February 17, 2021).
- January 2009 (Revised June 2024)
- Case
Design Thinking and Innovation at Apple
By: Stefan Thomke and Barbara Feinberg
Describes Apple's approach to innovation, management, and design thinking. For several years, Apple has been ranked as the most innovative company in the world, but how it has achieved such success remains mysterious because of the company's obsession with secrecy.... View Details
Keywords: Design; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Management; Product Design; Product Development; Research and Development; Creativity; Technology Industry
Thomke, Stefan, and Barbara Feinberg. "Design Thinking and Innovation at Apple." Harvard Business School Case 609-066, January 2009. (Revised June 2024.)
- January 2019
- Article
The ABCs of Financial Education: Experimental Evidence on Attitudes, Behavior, and Cognitive Biases
By: Fenella Carpena, Shawn A. Cole, Jeremy Shapiro and Bilal Zia
This paper uses a large-scale field experiment in India to study attitudinal, behavioral, and cognitive constraints that can stymie the link between financial education and financial outcomes. The study complements financial education with (1) financial incentives on a... View Details
Carpena, Fenella, Shawn A. Cole, Jeremy Shapiro, and Bilal Zia. "The ABCs of Financial Education: Experimental Evidence on Attitudes, Behavior, and Cognitive Biases." Management Science 65, no. 1 (January 2019): 346–369.
- 1983
- Article
Consumer Decision Making: Strategies, Cognitive Effort, and Perceived Risk
By: Rohit Deshpandé and Wayne D. Hoyer
Deshpandé, Rohit, and Wayne D. Hoyer. "Consumer Decision Making: Strategies, Cognitive Effort, and Perceived Risk." AMA Educators' Proceedings (1983): 88–91.
- 09 Mar 2017
- News
IDEO is Changing the Way Managers Think About Thinking
- March 8, 2016
- Article
Cognitive Fatigue Influences Students' Performance on Standardized Tests
By: Hans Henrik Sievertsen, F. Gino and Marco Piovesan
Using test data for all children attending Danish public schools between school years 2009–2010 and 2012–2013, we examine how the time of the test affects performance. Test time is determined by the weekly class schedule and computer availability at the school. We find... View Details
Sievertsen, Hans Henrik, F. Gino, and Marco Piovesan. "Cognitive Fatigue Influences Students' Performance on Standardized Tests." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113, no. 10 (March 8, 2016).
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Thinking Ahead
As we wind down 2023, there’s talk everywhere of generative AI and how it will fundamentally alter the world as we know it; but how does that translate for your corner of the business world? Is TikTok something you need to take seriously? (Is it time to dance?) We... View Details
- 09 Mar 2017
- Cold Call Podcast
IDEO is Changing the Way Managers Think About Thinking
- 26 Sep 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Dangerous Expectations: Breaking Rules to Resolve Cognitive Dissonance
- 2004
- Working Paper
On the Origin of Strategy: Action and Cognition Over Time
By: Giovanni Gavetti and Jan W. Rivkin
- 14 Jan 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Smart Money: The Effect of Education, Cognitive Ability, and Financial Literacy on Financial Market Participation
- October 2002
- Article
Cognitive and Personality Predictors of Leader Performance in West Point Cadets
By: Paul T. Bartone, Scott A. Snook and Trueman R. Tremble Jr.
Bartone, Paul T., Scott A. Snook, and Trueman R. Tremble Jr. "Cognitive and Personality Predictors of Leader Performance in West Point Cadets." Military Psychology 14, no. 4 (October 2002): 321–338.